Tag Archive: Jan Smuts Avenue

14 Aug

Views of Johannesburg from 1961 from the film Basie

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…
August 14, 2016 at 8:44 pm 38 Comments
29 Apr

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

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…
April 29, 2015 at 10:22 pm 16 Comments
25 Apr

A rare and detailed street map of Johannesburg from 1929

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…
April 25, 2015 at 9:49 pm 19 Comments
16 Mar

This blog is now LIVE!

I recently imported my Johannesburg Posterous blog to WordPress as Posterous is closing down in April. Although the process was fairly easy and pain-free,  it did result in some format…
March 16, 2013 at 11:05 am 2 Comments
20 Mar

Heritage house run

I’ve decided to do a self-divised 10km heritage run through Parktown in the morning. I started running about a year ago after giving up smoking and changing the way I eat. Problem is that I find running a little pointless…It beats going to a gym…
March 20, 2011 at 8:14 pm 2 Comments