Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…
The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation has published the programme for their heritage weekend tours. It takes place on the 12th & 13th of October with various bus and walking tours on…
A Masonic Hall, also referred to as Freemasons’ Hall or Masonic Temple, is the building in which meetings of a Masonic Lodge are held. The foundation stones of these halls…
It was Bob Lefsetz who said, ‘Never promote before availability.’ Although the book was officially out two weeks ago, it’s now out-out. Most stores have now received their stock and…
While researching my book, Johannesburg ‘Then & Now’, there were several sections where the amount of information I uncovered was too much for the allocated space. The piece on the…
Heritage Weekend Heritage Weekend takes place on Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16th September. All tours depart from Emoyeni, 15 Jubilee Road, Parktown where there is safe parking available.…
It’s that time of year when the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebrates the rich history of Joburg with a weekend of interesting tours, films and exhibitions on Saturday 30th September and…
It’s official! I’m working on a Johannesburg book to be released in October 2018. The book is loosely based on some of the work on this blog and a whole…
It’s been some months since the last Johannesburg post. The reason is that I’ve been working on an exciting new project based on some of the work here (and a…
This piece covers churches built up to around 1955 that are still standing. The first piece covered the ‘Lost churches’ and can be read HERE. I’ve broken it up into…
