My informant Donald Davies has written in to ask if anyone knows anything about his Aunt Shirleen Gilbert,who owned a record shop in Durban and was a patron of the Durban Civic Orchestra. I have put up a page with … Read More
In 1938, the Richmond Women’s Institute leased a property in Richmond called Oak Cottage and this was converted into a holiday home for women and children who could not afford a getaway holiday at a resort. In 1941, Oak Cottage … Read More
I have just completed my fourth house move in 18 months and have been battling with motivation for all my creative projects, including FAD. I am now nicely settled and have begun to tackle some of the backlog that had … Read More
I sense that over the past few months, some of the topics raised on FAD have generated quite a bit of interest. I do not know how many people actually access the site merely to read the comments but I … Read More
My regular informant John Taylor writes: Hi Allan, My wife and I and our youngest daughter who is now in high school went out for a bite to eat the other night, and my daughter ordered a chocolate milkshake. When … Read More
Aimee from the Poole Flying Boat Celebration website has been in touch to ask if anything is known about Captain Edward Poole, who was based in Durban at the flying boats during WWII. In particular, Aimee is keen to know … Read More
The previous entry in the diary contains a response to a question posed some time ago by my informant David Rastall. I searched out David’s address to let him know about it and was absolutely mortified to find that he … Read More
My informant Richard Holmes wrote in with a reply to a long-ago query in the diary about a singer called Bill Williams: Your reader David Rastall asks if anyone can remember a nightclub singer / piano player from 50’s in … Read More
My informant Allan Connell sent in some queries which I put up in the previous entry in the diary. One of them was to do with the Cooper Light wreck which is named after the Cooper Light lighthouse on the … Read More
Things rather went off the boil as far as this website went but I have been trying to catch up with matters outstanding. One of those things which fell badly through the cracks was a note from my informant Allan … Read More