Depicting an open bible, the monument faces the direction the Voortrekkers departed in Grahamstown has some very well known monuments and historic buildings. The 1820 Settlers Monument on the hill, the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, the Angel Statue, Observatory Museum with it's camera obscura and many more. One I didn't know about … Continue reading Grahamstown’s Bible Monument
Grahamstown has two monuments to the 1820 British Settlers on top of Gun Fire Hill overlooking the town. The most prominent is the Settlers Monument building, heart of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival, with its huge auditorium. I prefer the second one a few hundred meters away from the building a lot more. It depicts … Continue reading The Settlers Family in Grahamstown
Road tripping means discovering new places, often places you will never see otherwise. This was once again the case when I had to drive to Bedford for a meeting and decided to take the scenic route via Grahamstown. About halfway between the two towns I passed over the mighty Fish River and pulled over to have … Continue reading Carlisle Bridge and the Fish River
Back in the old days distance stones were used to indicate to travellers how far they had to go to the next town. These days there aren't a lot of them around and often they are found on old and back roads. But trust Geocaching to take me to one of them on the N10 on a trip to … Continue reading 27 miles to Cradock
The Angel Statue in Grahamstown is an Anglo Boer War Memorial depicting an angel standing over a fallen Boer soldier. Initially I wanted to try and get the sun on the angel's head as a halo, but I had to stand in a busy street to do that. Looking at the picture afterwards I realised … Continue reading Angel shining
To end off the series of posts on Grahamstown I decided to do a "Random ..." post on buildings in Grahamstown that wasn't featured in the other posts. Mainly because I had photos of them and nothing else to post them with.Situated between Rhodes University and the Grahamstown Botanical Garden is the old Provost Prison … Continue reading Random Grahamstown buildings
The Cathedral of St Michael and St George is the most prominent building in Grahamstown and is visible from just about everywhere in town. The church is an Anglican Cathedral and this is where the Bishop of Grahamstown keeps his throne. Construction on the building was started in 1824 and finally completed 128 years later in 1952.The reason for the … Continue reading Cathedral mice
The oldest official letter box in South Africa stands on the corner Worcester Street and Somerset Street in Grahamstown. The box is painted in the traditional Post Office red (Although there was some ugly blue graffiti on it during my visit. That is why the picture was taken from the wrong side with the sun in … Continue reading South Africa’s oldest letter box
The Drostdy Gate forms the main walk in entrance to Rhodes University from the High Street of Grahamstown. Originally built in 1841, it was the entrance to the military establishment which was to be on the site of the then unoccupied and unused Drostdy House grounds. Framed in the Drostdy Gate's arch is the clock tower … Continue reading The Drostdy Gate
T Birch & Company is one of the oldest outfitting and tailoring businesses in South Africa and opened up in Port Elizabeth in 1860. They expanded to Grahamstown in 1864 and has become the designers and official robe makers to most of the tertiary institutions as well as courts and churches in the country. But that isn't why I took Chaos … Continue reading Birch’s money chute system
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