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In 1854, Esther Clarkson unpacked two cases of straw hats in the front room
of a Cashel Street cottage.
Word got around and the cottage became a shop, and in 1872 John Ballantyne
took it on and gave it his name.
Since then, the city has grown up around us. Generations have shopped here
for school shoes, homewares and wedding outfits ever since. When the 2011
earthquake shook the city centre, we closed our doors for eight months but
reopened in time for Cup and Show Week, because this is where we belong.
Our heritage is part of what makes Ōtautahi Christchurch, the city it is today.
We've curated everything you see from Lichfield Street to Cashel Street.
We're proud every day to make it our mission to make sure that
you found it.
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