Allan Hannah, a comparatively recent convert to to FAD, has sent a couple of e-mails. In answer to a recent question about the Cosmo and Firefly nightclubs, he wrote: Hi Allan Just had a look at the FAD site for … Read More
More from my late father’s scrapbook. He not only took pictures but luckily took the time to date them as well. This picture of my sister and I standing in front of the Durban Cenotaph in January 1949 raises some questions. … Read More
We’re nothing if not catholic in our interests here at Facts About Durban. This time it’s the riddle of one [or two] submarines which was [were] scuttled off Durban after WWII. I first became aware that at least one submarine … Read More
My late father in law, Arch Black was born in Durban in 1914. He went to Redhill Primary followed by DHS, then with the noted A.S. Langley as Head. He worked for the City Engineers Dept. till he retired having … Read More
My informant PJ Thomas remembers flying to Durban via BOAC flying boat. He wrote: Hi, I came across your web page and thought you might be interested in my experience. After WWII my dad was demobbed from the air force. … Read More
Back on 21 October 2009, Robin Lamplough wrote to ask if anyone had heard of a firm called Eagle Cabinet Works. Neil Gould has now replied to the effect that: Eagle Cabinet Works belonged to the late Joe Eagle [a … Read More
My informant Moira Badstubner originally let me know about an organisation she had had been a member of, the The International Arts League of Youth. That article is here on the site, but in her latest letter, received during my … Read More