There has been a very interesting contribution by Allan Hannah to a previous entry on the Musgrave area. Allan grew up in the area and has kindly set down his memories of people and places including the Los Angeles Hotel. Click here to go to the page and scroll down to his reply to Gerald Buttigieg’s comment.
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Doug Fairall
I seem to remember that the dairy by Earl Haig road was called Swales dairy
Gerald Buttigieg
Hi Doug,
There is a thread here on FAD covering the dairies in Durban. Swales Dairy is given as being in Valley View Road in the 1938 Durban Directory. There were quite a few dairies in that area and one must remember Earl Haig Road did not exist in 1938.
Doug Fairall
Does anyone remember the Burman drive hillclimb, the Snell parade races and the Stamford Hill aerodrome?
Who had a drink at the “Stamfie” hotel in Umgeni road?
Keith Titmuss
Hello Doug, there is a brilliant description of the races along Snell Parade on FAD. search Fairfield handicap.
Malcolm Bailey
I can certainly recall, as a car-mad school boy, the last three Burman Drive Hill Climbs – and the feeling of loss when the council cancelled the venue, as I recall, due to comlaints of noise from the residents of the Bill Buchanan old age home just below the start line. This was well before the days of health and safety: it was possible to get up close to the cars and competitors – and enjoy the heady mix of methanol and castor from the pre-war cars and bikes.