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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Edward Dunn
My informant Moira Badstubner originally let me know about an organisation she had had been a member of, the The International Arts League of Youth. That article is here on the site, but in her latest letter, received during my … Continue reading
Pain in the butt !!
The site search facility is temporarily (hopefully) unavailable. During a test on 25 August 2011, I discovered that it wasn’t working and then found that Google had quietly instituted a charge for what was a free service and cut me … Continue reading
Posted in Housekeeping
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Steam-powered lorries ?
My informant William Paterson has written in to ask if anyone remembers steam-powered lorries similar to one above, being used in Durban during WWII. To answer, leave a comment by clicking the link below, or contact me in the usual … Continue reading
Municipal Band
Reader Alf Boyley has sent in a picture of a Durban Municipal Band helmet badge and wonders if anyone knows anything about the band. He wrote: Hope you are settled in Brisbane and that all is well. I came across … Continue reading
As though it were yesterday
My informant Trevor Friend has contributed a nice long article on his memories of growing up in Durban in the late 1950s and 1960s. If it doesn’t get your own memories going, I don’t know what will!!
Info requests
I think I’ve got most of the diary housekeeping issues out of the way in the last few entries and so I thought I’d make a start on some of the piled-up requests for information. Frikkie Buys wrote: Do you … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluff, Harcourt's Hotel, Howard Carpendale, Pick and Shovel
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The diary feed
All sorts of interesting things become possible after having migrated the Diary over to the WordPress blogging program. One of these is the ability to comment on entries and another important one is that it is now also available via … Continue reading
How the new diary works I
The Old Diary Pages, dating from the founding days of the site but still chock-full of interest, are archived and can be accessed through the Old Diary Pages option under Diary on the navigation menu at the top of the … Continue reading
How the new diary works II
Commenting Visitors to the site can now comment on diary entries or on other comments. It is a powerful and easy way for you to get involved in the site by answering people’s questions or throwing more light onto a … Continue reading →