Author Archives: Gerald Buttigieg

This Post was sent to me for posting on Facts about Durban by Sid Bretell now living in the UK. .His photos are included.   Durban Police Dog Unit in the 1960s and 1970s   Sid Brettell. May 2025   … Read More

A reader Vanessa Maitland recently contacted me regarding a picture she had which  is shown below.  She  asked me to comment  on  it  if  I  could. Actually there is a post on Facts about Durban regarding the first Ice Rink … Read More

Personal Early Reminiscences. The alert that Christmas was coming was the early arrival of overseas letters. Letters as opposed to the usual aerogrammes. Christmas letters usually included a card and photos which you could not include in an aerogramme.   … Read More

Remembering Christmas.  Part 1 My memories of Christmases going back to my pre-teen years are not bad.  It would be just about now, a month before Christmas Share this:

A walk down a Memory Lane. Click on Picture to enlarge Amongst the many newspaper cuttings I was given, this one I came across took me back to different times, different chapters. Share this:

  1.  Methodist Church cnr Moore and Manning Road.  The side view different from its normal front view.  In the 60s very popular for weddings. 2.  St Mary’s Anglican Church Greyville. I remember reading it was one of the few … Read More

Durban Pot Pourri 16 Post Office Part 3 I was giving some thought as to why I remember the Post Office building so well. Share this:

Durban Pot Pourri 15 The Town Hall later the Post Office    Part 2 This week its pictures of the Town Hall later the Post Office over the years. There are quite a few so I selected the better ones and … Read More

Pot Pourri  14 The Post Office originally the Town Hall.  Part One. If you were born pre 1960 you would have grown up in an era when the Durban City Centre was in a way more part of our lives … Read More