My informant Tim Gallwey wrote in with the following: Hi Allan, Most of your material concerns the central business district and industry is hardly ever mentioned. I realise that this is a reflection of the material sent in to you … Read More
Click for new material added to the page in October 2018 Between 1960 and 1970, I was a parishioner of St Joseph’s Catholic Church which is located in Stamford Hill Road and the property included the corner, Argyle Road … Read More
Iain Wilson wrote in with the following memories. I was born, like a lot of people in Addington hospital and lived a part of my early life in Bathurst Road, Woodlands, Durban, (from 1956 until 1966). I attended the Infant … 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
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
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
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
Hannes Smith was regular visitor to Durban both before after WWII. He wrote: Although I was born and grew up in Krugersdorp in the old Transvaal, I have recollections of many happy times spent in Durban. My late parents must … Read More