The Tatham Art gallery, which is a National Monument (1996), was originally the Supreme Court building and was started in 1865 but only completed 10 years later. It was used as such until 1983 at which point the Council transferred
After a number of sites which included the Market square, the ‘lunatic ‘ asylum was located near Town Hill in 1877. The building was completed in 1904 but further additions were made including the 1901 building below at the end
The 21 Buchanan Street Swimming bath was designed by Street Wilson and Fyfe and comprised a large hall enclosing the baths. The pool was opened by Mayor Payn on 7 December 1896. Funds for this pool had been provided by
This fine Pietermaritzburg School was built in Queen Anne revival style with the main building built in 1925 followed by the north wing in 1927, the Gymnasium in 1934 and the Norma Burns Hall in 1960. The original school
SANS under the expert guidance of Simon Haw visited the site of this battle which was one of many attempts to lift the siege of Ladysmith. The battle of Hart’s Hill (Inniskilling Hill/Terrace) was part of the attempt to relieve
This new book by Gerry Kearney, tells the story of nearly 100 members of the Persse family, who served in the Great War and has information on pre-war South Africa and the 1st S.A. Infantry Battalion. The book is
WW1 or The Great War How privileged we all are being able to celebrate peace 100 years to the day after the Armistice was signed in the forest of Compiegne, in 1918. People all round the World are today gathering
John McCrea’s poem, ‘In Flanders Fields” undoubtedly is the most well remembered poem emerging from WWI and hauntingly reminds us of why we remember the tragedy of this brutal war. The S.A. National Society, by way of publishing this
The Society earlier this year, arranged a trip to some of the Anglo Boer War battle sites. The tour ably organized by Committee member Angie St George, and with Simon Haw as the guide visited the following sites: Elandslaaghte –
This field guide to KZN’s 22 Trappist Missions, published in 2018,, is a must for anyone wishing to visit the Missions established by Francis Pfanner and his Trappists. The book sketches the story of this movement, that started in KZN