Muizenberg, Cape Town : An old picture of Muizenberg

Friday, August 1, 2008

An old picture of Muizenberg

A friend this morning send though a old picture on Muizenberg, what the place used to look like in a time gone by. What is also nice about this picture is that it is an aerial shot.

I did not take this picture, but thought it important to give you guys and girls a look into the past.

Cheers

3 comments:

Steffi said...: Nice old photo of Muizenberg...Yes. of course if you have more pics of Muizenberg we will be very thankful about it.Thank you!My daughter will work as volunteer on the MJS.

Greetings,Steffi; August 1, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Unknown said...: Is MJS = Muizenberg junior school?; August 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Steffi said...: Yes !!!That´s right!; August 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM

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.