Leonard Rosenberg has written in to ask if anyone knows anything about forced removals in the Mansfield Road area. He wrote: Dear Alan I am looking for info and photos related to the forced removals in the Mansfield rd area, … Read More
Longtime FAD friend William Paterson has written in with a request regarding the impact on Durban of the Spanish Flu which swept the world after WWI. He wrote: Hello Allan Could you put out another general request for source material … Read More
Can anyone help the pictures in the following gallery which were sent in by my informant Ian Calder Potts (whose family, we soon discovered, were very friendly with my mum’s family in East Griqualand). The scans came from a book … Read More
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
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
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
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
I had an e-mail recently from Paula Santa-Rita who had a few questions and some memories. I lived in Durban between January 1966 to 1969 at Walsingham’s Catholic Girl’s Hostel in Berea just off Berea Road, if I remember it … Read More
Jon Eiselin wrote in with a query on the the tidal pool at Brighton Beach: Searching the internet to find some background information on the tidal pool at Brighton Beach near Cave Rock for a blog, I came across your … Read More
Nooky Him wrote asking if anyone remembers what hotel stood on the site of this picture: William Paterson wrote: Hello again Allan Can anyone shed any light on the Oriana Singers? They were a small group (5 or 6 people max) … Read More