KZN: A Photographic Historical Record

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The Kamberg area is the jewel of the Midlands. The small chalets at Kamberg Nature Reserve,run by Ezemvelo are clean and comfortable and give you a great early morning starting point for a number of varied hikes. The trout dams are still stocked but the...

[caption id="attachment_95504" align="alignnone" width="213"] Russell High School - Hallway[/caption] [caption id="attachment_95505" align="alignnone" width="200"] Russell Hugh School - Stairs[/caption] [caption id="attachment_95506" align="alignnone" width="224"] Russell High School - Dome[/caption] [caption id="attachment_95507" align="alignnone" width="300"] Russell High School - Main original building[/caption] I visited Russell High School in PMB today and was permitted...

A visit to DHS was facilitated by Sharon Drew and then a meeting with The Headmaster, Leon Erasmus who gave of his time to show me around the various points of interest at the school. The school is looking in great shape and it was...

The two main Durban based yacht clubs based on the Esplanade have a rich history with masses of memorabilia in their respective club houses. Thanks to Percy at PYC and also to Liz Coxen (RNYC) for their assistance and information. RNYC for the History addicts,has a...

A big thank you again to Kevin Jordan of Glenwood High for the tour of the school and for allowing me to get on and take a comprehensive "shoot" of the school. The historical memorabilia and the care that is taken to display and preserve...

I have recently been in contact with Kevin Jordan, a teacher at Glenwood High Scholl who along with his pupils is doing a project to research more information on the South Africans whose names appear on the many monuments in KZN, in particular WWI. It's a...

A visit to the Redhill Cemetery yesterday uncovered a few interesting Military graves and Monuments scattered throughout the large area. There were monuments, graves including Chinese Merchant Navy Graves and memorials and plaques in the Jewish Cemetery. Thanks to Desmond Munsami, who has worked for 25...

So good to see that some of our old buildings are being cared for. I visited Town Hill and was pleased to see the North building is being refurbished. The south section is also in great shape. These buildings are over 100 years old worthy...

[caption id="attachment_95500" align="alignnone" width="300"] Maritzburg Golf Club fairways[/caption] [caption id="attachment_95501" align="alignnone" width="300"] PMB Golf Club - Honours Board[/caption] Whilst photographing at the Golf course I met with Charles Severn who has produced the 125 year record of this golf course. It is the oldest playing course in...

This is really an amazing place with the Cathedrals, school, hospital and beautiful support buildings. A big thank you to Brother Albert for the personalized tour. I was reading that in 1906 there were over 600 Monks & Sisters serving here - truly remarkable. You...

KZN: A Photographic Historical Record