Muizenberg, Cape Town : The photos that I like

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The photos that I like

I would like to wish every one out there, the very very best over the festive season and may happiness be the theme of the next few weeks.

I am taking a few weeks off, so I am just posting photos that I have posted since June on this little blog, basically in a nut-shell my favorites.

Cheers

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Ah, that railroad track. Have yourself a good time with your friends and family. Shalom. Eric Sawyer.; December 24, 2008 at 6:16 PM
Tash said...: I remember this one! I like it very much too.
Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year.; December 26, 2008 at 10:04 AM

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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.