My friend and journalist Charles Leonard interviewed me a few weeks ago for his new podcast ‘This is Joburg’.
The final part of Newtown’s history covers the period from the mid-1970s with the start of the Market Theatre complex and subsequent developments up to 2020.
Why the underground? Last year I moved my research library into the ‘cellar’ under the house where I also keep my music. Father’s Day brought gifts of desk lights, concrete…
Initially, I wanted to complete Newtown in two parts. While working with the 1937 Goads map and a 1974 Curries Map of Johannesburg, I started digging into the various business…
The area known as Newtown was originally a marshy piece of land outside of the triangle known as Raandjeslaagte which was laid out as Johannesburg. It stood 0.9 kms northwest…
Please join me for my first JHF virtual tour and talk on Saturday 4th September at 2pm (costs and booking details below). I’ll be exploring Jeppe and Belgravia’s early history…
The Johannesburg branch of the GGSA is holding a free Zoom course on the 17th of July 2021 covering genealogical topics like using the familysearch.org catalogue and other helpful resources.…
I recently joined Melanie Walker on her Reading Room Podcast where we spoke about the book and all things ‘Johannesburg’.
Over the last 10 years, while writing this blog and researching early Johannesburg, I’ve looked at thousands of photographs in books, online, and in various archives. While backing-up photos, I…
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