Muizenberg, Cape Town : Knead, Muizenberg

Friday, January 16, 2009

Knead, Muizenberg

Cheers

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I cannot believe the changes. I am amazed at how good the beachfront is looking. We used to skateboard outside and it had shops. Is the surf shop to the left still there, you know Tich's spot ? Surfer's corner, ...is the boom back ? Wow! Your photographs are beautiful! Peace, Eric.; January 16, 2009 at 2:01 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.