For those Durbanites now living in other parts of the world and who left before this project was completed you may wonder what the finished product looks like. Also, the older Durbanites who knew this area from the 60/70s will … Read More
Cycling stalwart Geoff Waters got in touch a while ago to say that he had just put the finishing touches to a short history of the Mayville-Kings Park Cycling Club and asked if we would be interested in hosting it … Read More
A while ago I received an email from Marek Warunkiewicz which told the story of his father Janusz Warunkiewicz who designed the Ocean Terminal (always fondly known in our family as the White Elephant) on T Jetty and much of the … Read More
Reader Vernon Varty wrote in with some of his memories: Thank you for such a wonderful website … as some famous person once said: “There’s nothing like the Good Old Days.” We moved from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in 1941, long … Read More
More first railway information here Acknowledgement: This article is taken from the Natal Society’s Journal No. 40 dated December 2010. The article is written by Michael Cottrell. Some paragraphs have been omitted . The first public railway in South Africa: … Read More
This has been an on/off topic that I started, left and finally did finish. Please feel free to add any arcades I have left out and comment on any information pertaining to them. The Arcades of Durban. Share this:
Regular contributor Gerald Buttigieg has compiled a list of cinemas which existed in Durban in 1938. I have added it to the bottom of the second cinema page here. Share this:
A quick query on behalf of Shalendra Ramadhar. Does anyone know anything about an Indian bus company called Southbound Transport Co.? Please contact me if you do. I have had a very interesting submission from my informant Graham Read on … Read More
My informant Donald Davies has written in to ask if anyone knows anything about his Aunt Shirleen Gilbert,who owned a record shop in Durban and was a patron of the Durban Civic Orchestra. I have put up a page with … 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