Muizenberg, Cape Town : Muizenberg put put

Friday, July 11, 2008

Muizenberg put put

It is obviously too cold to have a game of Put Put, not a sole in sight. On closer inspection it seems that this was build way back in the 70's, in need of a dash of colour I'd say.

Cheers

2 comments:

Virginia said...: I took one look and said, "Yep, that's a PuttPutt for sure." Guess it's just not high tech enough for the kiddos these days. Sad.; July 11, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Unknown said...: Oooops - I seem to have splet PuttPutt wrong - sorry.; July 12, 2008 at 8:15 AM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.