We have had quite a few queries in recent days about the history of the Newmarket Stables in Durban which are apparently threatened with closure. If anyone has old photos or knows anything about the historic background it might help … Read More
Reader Michael Traynor has been in touch with a question about two intrepid aviatrixes who settled in Durban and may have been involved in the founding of the Women’s Aviation Association which has been mentioned on this site before. Michael … Read More
Here’s another great picture from Mary McCann’s photo album mentioned in a previous post. Nothing is really known about the picture or Bernie and Mabs except the approximate date of 1925 and that they must have been visiting friends or … Read More
There is a page on the site about Durban’s transport history including the electric trolley buses that ran there for a number of years. I recently received this great picture from Trevor Jones and couldn’t resist posting it. Trevor wrote: I … Read More
Karen Swanepoel wrote in recently to say that she’d been going through her grandmother’s photo album and discovered some really nice pictures of those early days. Karen is not sure that all the pictures show Durban scenes and the ones … Read More
We would like to apologise for any interruption in FAD’s normal smiling service which has been experienced in the past few days. We undertook some badly needed database maintenance and we fear that some comments may have been lost while all that … Read More
A longstanding friend of mine, over 60 years now, knowing of my interest in Durban, has given me a very interesting book about Old Durban. The book is called “Landmarks of Old Durban” and consists of a series of documentary … Read More
Hi There I have recently received three delightful photos of an old Durban House Boat from Sue Wessels. Sue answered a request from Derek Austin regarding his paternal grandmother’s family and in her note indicated she had a photo of … Read More
A friend from Cape Town sent me some postcards/ pictures of Durban which are not dated but which are interesting in my point of view if one looks at the background. The postcards sent to me are in the main … Read More
Syd Oram asked for information on several Durban topics. In order to “thin the herd” as such I am going to put the Coronation Brick and Tile topic as a separate post as that company goes back many years in … Read More