South African family history, genealogy, heritage and interesting places, past and present. All articles researched and written by Anne Lehmkuhl. COPYRIGHT ANNE LEHMKUHL, no article can be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission. EMAIL ME
Port Elizabeth’s architectural heritage
Port Elizabeth's much-loved Margaret Harradine, former Africana librarian, has embarked on her post-retirement career by launching a book that should be treasured by all who love Port Elizabeth’s architectural heritage. Her Chronology, published a few years back, is a useful historical record full of photographs of Port Elizabeth. The new book, Hills Covered With Cottages: Port Elizabeth’s Lost Streetscapes, is another important historical record. It records, street by street, road by road, lost scenes of Port Elizabeth, covering 200 years. During her work as Africana librarian, Margaret made a computer compilation of every photograph of the town, showing streets, businesses, homes, institutions and the scenes which have now ceased to exist or which have been transformed through modernisation, city growth and demolition. The book was sponsored by the Port Elizabeth Historical Society, which will run off copies on the demand. The cost is R300.