New pictures
Bob Gooderson has sent along some very interesting pictures. This picture is of the site of the old station and the workshop complex. Bob had the following to say about it: The closest date I can guess is 1981/2. The … Read More
New harbour?
Regular contributor John Taylor forwarded on these two pictures that have apparently been circulating for a bit. The idea of digging out a second harbour for Durban (or extending the existing one) has been around for quite a long time. … Read More
Fragments
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In a number of places in this site a tragic aircrash on Stamford Hill Airfield during WWII is mentioned. There is an eyewitness account, a few more details and, now, a picture of the pilot sent in by his nephew John Blake. … Read More
VC10 update
My informant Trevor Friend reminded me that I have a number of his pictures taken during the visit of the VC10 to Durban, referred to in the previous post. I had never gotten around to posting them and am now … Read More
Super VC10 visit
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A while ago I included Trevor Friend’s memories of Durban including the visit of the VC10 aircraft to Durban for trials. I have since heard from Maurice Ungless who was on that aircraft and I have put up a page … Read More
Air cadets
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After a shamefully long time (emigration pushed a lot of things onto the back burner), I have finally gotten around to posting the balance of the pictures and news clippings sent in by my informant Pat Sligo. Pat was among … Read More
Captain Mollard
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My informant Nicole White has sent in a collection of pictures and newspaper articles which belonged to her grandfather Captain Roger Mollard who flew Imperial Airways/BOAC flying boats and ended up as BOAC Line Manager in Durban. I have put … Read More
Durban Johannesburg DJ Rally
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This is a reply to the previous post asking for information about the DJ motorcycle race. Ed. I looked through my late father in law’s scrapbooks 1970 to 1975 and came up with three cuttings on the DJ. I tried … Read More