The site search facility is temporarily (hopefully) unavailable. During a test on 25 August 2011, I discovered  that it wasn’t working and then found that Google had quietly instituted a charge for what was a free service and cut me … Read More
My informant William Paterson has written in to ask if anyone remembers steam-powered lorries similar to one above, being used in Durban during WWII. To answer, leave a comment by clicking the link below, or contact me in the usual … Read More
My friend David Baird has contributed a long article on his reminiscences of the bars, pubs and hotels that he used to frequent in Durban from the mid-1970s. If you’re anything like me, you’ll have been in a lot of … Read More
Reader Alf Boyley has sent in a picture of a Durban Municipal Band helmet badge and wonders if anyone knows anything about the band. He wrote: Hope you are settled in Brisbane and that all is well. I came across … Read More
My informant Trevor Friend has contributed a nice long article on his memories of growing up in Durban in the late 1950s and 1960s. If it doesn’t get your own memories going, I don’t know what will!! Share this:
I think I’ve got most of the diary housekeeping issues out of the way in the last few entries and so I thought I’d make a start on some of the piled-up requests for information. Frikkie Buys wrote: Do you … Read More
All sorts of interesting things become possible after having migrated the Diary over to the WordPress blogging program. One of these is the ability to comment on entries and another important one is that it is now also available via … Read More
Commenting Visitors to the site can now comment on diary entries or on other comments. It is a powerful and easy way for you to get involved in the site by answering people’s questions or throwing more light onto a … Read More
The Old Diary Pages, dating from the founding days of the site but still chock-full of interest, are archived and can be accessed through the Old Diary Pages option under Diary on the navigation menu at the top of the … Read More
Some frantic thinking and typing has taken place since the last post and (touches wood) it seems that all pages are working as they’re supposed to. There are a good few tweaks that still need to be made but we’re … Read More