Archive for February, 2019

Cape Town: Inside the Townships.

Cape Town: Inside the Townships.

Such knocking on the door wasn’t the usual sort; figuratively speaking it was a demand to be heard.The place was the South African Parliament and the urging came from the African National Council to educate the nation’s black youth – ‘ANC press Vorster for immediate action’ read the headlines of the Cape Argus. In 1974 this coincided with my first trip to Capetown and although…

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LIVING HISTORY- Sharing stories about Albert Dock Liverpool.

LIVING HISTORY- Sharing stories about Albert Dock Liverpool.

From a working dock to a thriving leisure attraction, the Royal Albert Dock Liverpool has seen many people come and go. A new Heritage Lottery supported project is looking for people with memories of the Albert Dock, particularly dockers and seafarers who remember it before it’s closure in the early 1970’s. What was it like to work there? What were…

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