A figure who has enlivened Christchurch’s streets for decades is Ian Brackenbury Channell, better known as the Wizard. Standing on a step ladder in Cathedral Square he addresses crowds on a wide range of (sometimes mysterious) issues. During the 1970s he and another Square identity – Renee Stanton (the Bible Lady) – would verbally joust about the subject at hand, to the delight of the watching crowd. This picture was taken in 1977.
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