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Union Castle

4 Aug 2017

Union Castle Memories

by Allan Jackson | posted in: New Articles | 4

  By Tim Gallwey – August 2017 An integral part of the old Durban scene were the lavender coloured mail ships of Union-Castle. They would leave Southampton at 4 pm every Thursday and, if my memory is correct, they would … Read More

Union Castle
6 Jun 2012

Memories

by Allan Jackson | posted in: Mini Memories | 60

Robert Hart wrote in recently: I too have fond memories of Durban. I was born in Johannesburg in 1972 and remember our annual holiday in Durban. You must appreciate that I was very young and my memories of the holidays … Read More

Chuck Wagon, Greenacres, Union Castle

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