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06 Aug Spam – Beware iNyanga’s curse

Posted at 14:55h in KZN Photo Record Blog

Due to the hectic amount of spam received on the blog section, I have closed the comment facility until I have a decent spam filter. My iNyanga has put a curse on all people who spam this site - beware ! ...

06 Aug Addington Childrens Hospital

Posted at 14:48h in KZN Photo Record Blog

I revisited the Addington Childrens Hospital whilst the International Architects Congress was on and the exterior of the hospital has been beautifully restored. Well done Rodney Harber, and all those involved in funding, restoring and caring for this great building. The interior has a lot of...

23 Jul Glenwood High School – Delville Wood Memorial Service

Posted at 15:53h in KZN Photo Record Blog

I was fortunate to be invited to the Glenwood Memorial and what a moving ceremony. Kevin Jordan, the science teacher organized a really memorable commemoration with DVD's, pipes, school buglers playing the last post , a moving song "The Green Fields of France" and personal...

17 Jul Delville Wood – Picardy – France

Posted at 12:35h in KZN Photo Record Blog

I have recently had the privilege of visiting the South African Delville Wood Memorial in France, one of the great battlefields of the 1916 Somme offensive. It is of particular importance to South Africa in that so many men of the S.A.Infantry Brigade gave their...

31 May Stainbank Nature Reserve

Posted at 09:43h in KZN Photo Record Blog

I completed a photo shoot at the Stainbank Nature Reserve in Yellowwood Park this week and met up with members of the Wilderness Leadership School based in the park. This organization does great work in teaching people the true meaning of ecology, and its objects...

31 May Caversham Mill

Posted at 09:23h in KZN Photo Record Blog

I visited the Caversham Mill in the Natal Midlands yesterday to meet up with a very distant relative, Jack Mudd who grew up in Caversham, and whose Grandmother lived in one of the old wood & iron homes behind the Mill. The Mill, which was built...

15 May Durban Gun Batteries

Posted at 09:39h in Military Sites

Whilst I am often on the beach front, I have often walked past the Natal Command façade but never noticed the two gun emplacement positions directly adjacent to Pirates Lifesaving club. These Batteries were two of many gun emplacements constructed during WWII to protect...

05 May Rietfontein Farm – Ladysmith – 24 October 1899

Posted at 12:46h in Military Sites

A visit to this site on the farm Rietfontein,near Nicholson's Nek, brings one into contact with John Hawkesbury, the owner of the farm and an ex Military man (Kings Own Border Regiment & U.S.M.C.R).John kindly gave me some background and then allowed me to photograph...

05 May Tchrengula – Ladysmith

Posted at 12:30h in Military Sites

A visit to this site which is on private property, provides an opportunity to stretch the legs up a fairly steep and overgrown kopje. Like the Brits in October 1899, I lost the path which ended in a full frontal ascent to the top, collecting...

05 May Laing’s Nek – near Majuba & Schuinshoogte (Ingogo)

Posted at 12:17h in Military Sites

The site of the battle at Laing's Nek where the British were defeated on 28th January 1881 is totally overgrown with wattle and the cairns have been destroyed. In contrast the battle site at Schuinshoogte (Ingogo) is well maintained and easily accessible. This battle took...