Tag Archive: Hospital Hill

29 Jan

Notes from the underground Feb 2023

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…
January 29, 2023 at 4:49 pm 6 Comments
TMH c2019
01 Feb

Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children

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February 1, 2020 at 6:54 pm 9 Comments
07 Jan

History of Hillbrow Pt.1

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…
January 7, 2016 at 10:55 am 14 Comments
02 Jan

Hospital Hill (Old Suburb between Braamfontein & Hillbrow)

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January 2, 2016 at 1:57 pm 61 Comments
13 Feb

Early sweeping views

I’ve read that Johannesburg has been rebuilt three times. Initially it was a haphazard town akin to the wild west with lots of tents, tin structures and bars (and some clay huts-these prohibited after 1891 building regulations) With early deeper m…
February 13, 2011 at 10:34 pm 4 Comments