Cape Town

The Cape Town residence of Cecil Rhodes

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Taken in Darling Street. The electric tram (bus). Note the "thingies" on the roof of the bus that had to be in contact with overhead wires for the bus to run.If these things came loose, the conductor (Cape slang: gartjie") had take a long pole, stored somewhere on the bus and replace these contact "thingies." Looked very dangerous at the time.

This photo dates from 1980. (photo Ray Ryan)

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a Sixties view of this well loved beacon in Cape Town that lost its battle against progress in the early eighties.Just about everybody in C.T. loved this place,and many a nostalgic tale can be told. This photo was kindly supplied by fellow Flickr member HiltonT from the U.K. He has a treasure trove of old S.A. images from the 50's and 60's here www.flickr.com/photos/63154252@N00/collections/7215762191... Well worth a visit!

With thanks to Brandon Platt. See more images from his album: "The Complete History of the Doll (!) House"

If you live in Cape Town, you know the "Cape Doctor."This south-easterly wind is a regular visitor during the summer months, and is also responsible for the famous "cloth" over Table Mountain. At times when it really blows it is referred to as the "Black South-easter", and can reach gusts of up to 140 Km/h as demonstrated here on the foreshore.(Photo The Argus)

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i have long been an avid follower of Etienne du Plessis' flickr stream, where he shares many vintage photographs including old shots of Cape Town. please click on the images to be taken to the…

I was recently forwarded an email with a collection of old photographs that has been taken in Cape Town, including the above image of Cape Town Station. Aside from the location, no details were given as to the history of the photographs, so I can’t tell you when they were taken or by whom. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading “Old photographs of Cape Town”

Cape Town, South Africa

I was recently forwarded an email with a collection of old photographs that has been taken in Cape Town, including the above image of Cape Town Station. Aside from the location, no details were given as to the history of the photographs, so I can’t tell you when they were taken or by whom. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading “Old photographs of Cape Town”