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30 Jun

Posted at 11:41h in Uncategorized

[caption id="attachment_123005" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Durban North Police Station[/caption] Situated in the heart of Durban North is the local Headquarters of Durban North, South African Police Service (SAPS). Across the road from the entrance is the Wall of Remembrance for service members of this station who died in...

22 Jun

Posted at 18:31h in Uncategorized

Maidstone All Saints Church has artwork by Wilgeford Vann Hall, who specialised in stained glass and the wood carved Reredos created by her friend Mary Stainbank. They both worked at Ezayo Studios at Coedmore. This album shows the finished artwork, in situ, along with the...

19 May

Posted at 12:30h in Uncategorized

[caption id="attachment_122970" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Diorama at Buller HQ on Mount Alice[/caption] [caption id="attachment_122971" align="aligncenter" width="224"] Monument atop Mount Alice[/caption] [caption id="attachment_122972" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Diorama on Mount Alice[/caption] [caption id="attachment_122973" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The view of Spionkop from Mount Alice. (Spionkop Dam was built long after).[/caption] Mount Alice was the...

29 Mar

Posted at 15:42h in Uncategorized

[caption id="attachment_122882" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The closed site in March 2022 - closed 2015[/caption] It's sad to see the Morewood Memorial at Compensation is closed. The memorial was to commemorate Sir Edmund Morewood who grew the first commercial cane in 1851 and in turn produced sugar. The...

29 Mar

Posted at 14:18h in Uncategorized

    [caption id="attachment_122867" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Magudu Magistrates Court[/caption] [caption id="attachment_122868" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Farming scene on Magistrates Court - Sculpting by Mary Stainbank[/caption] [caption id="attachment_122869" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sculpture by Mary Stainbank on front façade of Magudu Magistrate Court[/caption] [caption id="attachment_122870" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mary Stainbanks working sketches for the court...

19 Feb

Posted at 17:58h in Uncategorized

My latest of my three books published in 2021, features on its front page, Botha House, built and completed in 1920 for Louis and his wife Annie Frances Bland (nee Emmett). Annie was by great great grandfathers , grandchild who had married, Irishman George Cheere Emmett. In...

28 Dec

Posted at 13:15h in Uncategorized

Spionkop Lodge on Woodlands Farm was the home of George Spearman and was to bear witness to one of the biggest defeats of the British Army in the early stages of the Anglo Boer War. (23/1/1900-24/01/1900). Present at the battle were, Winston Churchill, Louis Botha, General...

23 Dec

Posted at 17:24h in Uncategorized

The lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Westville is a real beauty, thanks to the abundance of stained glass in the church giving it a serene ambience. Under, Gallery - Churches you will find a full album of images. [caption id="attachment_121002" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Front of the...

21 Dec

Posted at 09:28h in Uncategorized

[caption id="attachment_120777" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Umhlanga UPL Warehouse, burnt in riots[/caption] [caption id="attachment_120778" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Umhlanga UPL Warehouse burnt in riots.[/caption] The skyline of Cornubia/Umhlanga was changed after the insurrection in July 2021.  This episode will remain a blight on the ANC ruling party forever. While local law...

17 Dec

Posted at 15:29h in Uncategorized

This post coincides with the departure of Karl Bressler, Deputy Head of the College to take up a teaching post in the Far East after a long spell at Clifton. Go well, Karl. Stubbs House at Clifton , was the residence of Harry Stubbs who founded...

KZN: A Photographic and Historical Record

KZN: A Photographic and Historical Record