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Tag Archives: Langlaagte
Let’s go by bus!
Reading a blogpost about buses a few minutes ago got me thinking about my own experiences with bus travel as a child. Our family did not own a car, and living in Mayfair (Johannesburg), we were very fortunate that we … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged 61, Bus, Crosby, Homestead Park, James Hall Museum of Transport, JMT, Langlaagte, Loveday Street, Mayfair, Terminus
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The Remains of George Harrison Park
This is another of my blogposts that have been written after the fact and deals with George Harrison Park, or should I say, what was left of George Harrison Park when I visited it on 09 September 2011. … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa, West Rand
Tagged conglomerate, George Harrison, gold, gold mining, Johannesburg, Langlaagte, Riverlea, Witwatersrand
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Graves between the railway lines
I remember this cemetery from my young days travelling by train through Langlaagte to Mayfair. It is situated between the main lines and a spur that goes into the depot next to Langlaagte Station. Maintenance here does not happen very … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo Boer War, Cemetery, Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa
Tagged Cemetery between the railway lines, graveyard, Homestead Park, Langlaagte, Langlaagte Station, Mayfair, railway, Station, Transnet
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