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History of Hillbrow Pt.2

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07 Jan

History of Hillbrow Pt.1

02 Jan

Hospital Hill (Old Suburb between Braamfontein & Hillbrow)

26 Sep

Hillbrow’s revolving restaurant and disco

16 Jun

Lost churches of early Johannesburg

29 Apr

History of Braamfontein Pt.4 (Rand Show, WITS, Nunnery, Brewery)

25 Apr

A rare and detailed street map of Johannesburg from 1929

21 Mar

Rare 1931 Map of Johannesburg tram system

11 Jan

History of Braamfontein Pt.3 (Explosion, Cemetery & Early Rand Show)

30 Sep

Johannesburg 1912 – Suburb by suburb research

"What is fashionable now is despised by the next generation, thought quaint by the following and revered by the one thereafter"

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