Johannesburg 1912 – Suburb by suburb research

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23 Apr

Johannesburg traffic from 1934

Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…

14 Mar

Heritage Hero

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Heritage Portal mentioned my blog on their site! James Ball and I have been working on something around blue plaques and raising…

28 Feb

Brief history of the Plein Street telephone Tower on ReJHB on JHBlive

After a short break, my next piece for the ReJHB series is out on http://www.jhblive.com. Check it out here The picture above was taken from the stop at Park Station…

13 Feb

Bertrams and Lorentzville

Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…

05 Feb

Instagram feed

I’ve set up an Instagram feed for all things Johannesburg under the name JOHANNESBURG1912. I’ll be posting random pictures with a little history that fall outside the rigid suburb confines…

12 Dec

Brief history of The Wanderers on ReJHB for JHBlive

My latest piece for the ongoing series ReJHB on JHBlive inspired by the upcoming SA vs. INDIA cricket test has just been published. Check it out here.  This fascinating picture…

28 Nov

Before Ponte there was…

My next feature piece on JHBlive is out and gives a brief history on the site where Ponte now stands. Read it HERE in all it’s glory. If you’re a…

22 Nov

Fairview (once known as ‘Fawcus Township’ sometimes spelt ‘Faucus’)

Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…

23 Oct

JHBlive monthly feature

I’m back after a short period of burying myself in new research, planning and writing. The result (well, one of them) is my new monthly historical feature on JHBLive called…

17 Sep

Short film of Johannesburg from 1970/1

I came across this short film (more of a silent documentary set to music really) by Alan Michael Levy posted on You Tube. It’s an interesting look back in time…

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