Plumstead
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Cape’s Storm
Jun 08 2017
Cape Town’s storm, reported as the “worst storm in living memory”, tore through Plumstead Cemetery on Wednesday night, uprooting trees and pushing over tombstones. In other incidents an uprooted tree landed on a block of flats in Plumstead and the wind brought down electricity cables in Athlone. No one was injured. The rains that came…
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Southfield Mayor Retires
Feb 22 2015
Active in the community since before we met him in the early 1990’s, the unofficial mayor of Southfield and a guardian of Princess Vlei, Jan Burger, has retired as ward councillor for Ward 72 after 14 years. To read this Bulletin news article, right click on the picture and select your option.
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Princess Vlei
Nov 07 2013
The Princess Vlei, the gateway to the wetland system that runs through Grassy Park, purifying the water before it runs into the sea … a historical body of water located on the fault line between Cape Town and the vast sprawl of the Cape Flats, offers a meeting point for Capetonians from both sides of…
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Memories of Plumstead – Part 7
Sep 24 2013
Plumstead was first mentioned when in 1692 a large portion of land beyond Wynberg and Constantia Valley was granted to free burgers Hendrik Jergens and Johan Barrens. They called it “Rust en Werk” – they endeavoured to farm it. Twenty years later (1712) the land was granted to Hendrik Bouman Brigeraad. After the decline of…
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Memories of Plumstead – Part 6
Aug 20 2013
The Naruna Cinema referred to by Mrs. Venner is known to me as the Palladium and came to my attention when the owner decided to stop operating it and the 1st Naruna Boy Scout Group operated it as a fundraiser. They did so well that they were able to build there Scout Hall nearby in…
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Memories 0f Plumstead – Part 5
Jul 20 2013
Mr. Mendelowitz built many homes in Plumstead in those early years and I remember a row of his “Blue Riband Houses” going up in Prince George Drive service road. Dick Burton Street was, of course, eventually tarred to our great relief, as it used to get very pot-holed and uneven. Before then there was even…
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Memories of Plumstead – Part 4
Jun 24 2013
I was fascinated with Mrs. Ball’s account of early Plumstead in the Southfield Road area, and I started thinking back to when my folks moved to Plumstead. There is a lot I have forgotten but I was quite surprised that I remember as much as I do. My family, name of Mc Allister, moved to…