Sheila McFarlane wrote in to ask: Hello Allan As an ex Durbanite, having being entertained at the Riviera, Cookie Look and even by John Drake’s band on the Berea, I was wondering if you have anything on the syncronised swimming … Read More
I have been backsliding (life gets in the way) for a while and a few items need to be dealt with today. The first item on the agenda is to finally answer the question of just who built the tidal … Read More
ADDED 25 October 2018: We now have a video of Aimee Lykes in dry dock. The subject of the vessel Aimee Lykes came up in the previous post and my informant Graham Read sent in a picture he took … Read More
There are a lot of bits and pieces that have been collecting so I might as well plunge straight in with a couple of pictures sent in by Bob Gooderson relating to the construction of the New Lonsdale Hotel. The … Read More
Here’s a response from Paddy Browning to an article by Tim Pullen. He wrote: This post relates to Tim Pullen’s entry on the 12th December 2010, “Reminiscences from Tim Pullen”, regarding the COCA COLA rotating advert on the side of … Read More
My apologies to those who posted comments in the past few days and did not see them appear on the blog until now. I had an issue whereby my computer could not connect to the Internet but a new WiFi … Read More
My informant Bianca Lawrence sent in a great picture taken from Russlyn flats in St Andrew’s Street and looking towards Broad Street. Shown is the old St Joseph’s School where Bianca was a pupil in Class 1. She said she … Read More
We’ve got a couple of pictures for you today. The first is of the Little Top and comes from Erica Koen which I have put up on the main Entertainment page because there is already quite a bit of stuff … Read More
A couple of posts back, Ariel Rudolph wrote in to ask about signs on the Bluff near the restricted military area. Legend has it that there was a sign saying that one was leaving Durban and another welcoming you to … Read More
Here’s a really cool link sent in by Warren Rodel. It’s to the website of Surfing Heritage SA which is based in Durban. They guys are concerned with the history of surfing in South Africa in general but there is … Read More