There has been a very interesting contribution by Allan Hannah to a previous entry on the Musgrave area. Allan grew up in the area and has kindly set down his memories of people and places including the Los Angeles Hotel. … Read More
We’re going to try an experiment but don’t be worried, it won’t hurt at all. Regular contributor Gerald Buttigieg sent in a story (a loooong time ago) about Durban’s dairies and bakeries that he dug up from his memories and … Read More
In a number of places in this site a tragic aircrash on Stamford Hill Airfield during WWII is mentioned. There is an eyewitness account, a few more details and, now, a picture of the pilot sent in by his nephew John Blake. … Read More
My informant Trevor Friend reminded me that I have a number of his pictures taken during the visit of the VC10 to Durban, referred to in the previous post. I had never gotten around to posting them and am now … Read More
A while ago I included Trevor Friend’s memories of Durban including the visit of the VC10 aircraft to Durban for trials. I have since heard from Maurice Ungless who was on that aircraft and I have put up a page … Read More
My informant Pat Sligo has chimed in with a couple of things lately. He provided some missing info on the cinemas page and I managed to find a picture of the Prince’s Theatre and Playhouse, which had been missing from … Read More
My informant Patrick Coyne wrote in with a question about a German bomber flying over Durban: Dear Allan You may remember me as the guy who wrote LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE! , the history of Gordon Road Girls’ School, plus … Read More
After a shamefully long time (emigration pushed a lot of things onto the back burner), I have finally gotten around to posting the balance of the pictures and news clippings sent in by my informant Pat Sligo. Pat was among … Read More
Keeping up with my resolution to add something to FAD monthly, this month I am taking a cue from John Taylor’s post about Musgrave Centre. Henwoods will only be a name familiar to those who knew Durban as it was … Read More
My informant John Taylor wrote in with some memories of an earlier version of Musgrave Centre: Hi Allan, It’s probably fair to say that Musgrave Centre in its original form was the first suburban shopping centre in Durban. As I … Read More