Mikhail Peppas sent in this scan of an article he wrote in 2009 on the Electric Cinema, Durban’s first cinema. Mikahil lectures in journalism and is an historian interested in cinema. Click the thumbnail below to view an enlargement. Share this:
I have received a number of info requests in the past little while. Ashley Trytsman wrote: I came across your site and it is amazing! I love Durban, my growing up stomping ground:) Please can you advise/ point me in … Read More
Reader Johnny Vassilaros alerted me to an interesting site run Graham Leslie Mccallum. The particular page I’m linking to is about Durban’s Railway Stations but there is plenty more of interest on the site. Share this:
Reader Mel Narunsky wrote: Hello Allan, I’m sure many old Durbanites will remember Cherry Wainer and Don Storer, who played organ and drums respectively regularly at one of the big cocktail places (I don’t remember which one) on the Durban … Read More
Reader Vernon Varty wrote in with some of his memories: Thank you for such a wonderful website … as some famous person once said: “There’s nothing like the Good Old Days.” We moved from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in 1941, long … Read More
Reader Richard Holmes sent this fine view of West Street. He thinks that it must have been taken sometime prior to 1931. Can anyone narrow the timing down at all? Share this:
Today was a momentous day because I finally sold the last copy of Facts About Durban that I brought with me over to Brisbane. I am unable to access the original files that the book was laid-out in and I … Read More
Mike Kamionka has sent in this picture of a certificate that was handed out on completing Durban’s Milk Marathon. The certificate border showing the route has been filled in by Jock Leyden, the noted cartoonist who worked for the Daily … Read More
What happened in Durban 50 years ago? 1965 Carrying on with the newspaper records kept by my late father in law, Archie Black, here are the items he pasted in his scrapbooks for the years 1965 and 1975. Share this:
More first railway information here Acknowledgement: This article is taken from the Natal Society’s Journal No. 40 dated December 2010. The article is written by Michael Cottrell. Some paragraphs have been omitted . The first public railway in South Africa: … Read More