Muizenberg, Cape Town : Muizenberg life guards

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Muizenberg life guards

Cheers

2 comments:

KeithT said...: Great photos on this site! It's 40 years since I lived in Muizenberg (end of Alexander Road, in an apartment looking out to the bridge over Sandvlei). How about some street photos as a reminder?; January 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Steffi said...: Nice to see for me the area where my daughter is now...She is in Fish Hoek and Muizenberg.
Have a nice sunday!; January 25, 2009 at 9:07 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.