There are a few 'cape town down memory lane' facebook pages filled with wonderful memories and photos. May be a good place for you to start Janet On 18 October 2013 08:00, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. OFF TOPIC - CAPE TOWN 1890-TODAY (joy) > 2. Re: Colonial Clippers (Irfaan Harris) > 3. Re: OFF TOPIC - CAPE TOWN 1890-TODAY ( glynis) > 4. re TALJAARD (Carol Beneke) > 5. Information on Clare (Quality Matters) > 6. Re: Information on Clare (Heather MacAlister) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:27:53 +0200 > From: "joy" <[email protected]> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] OFF TOPIC - CAPE TOWN 1890-TODAY > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Morning all - > > With my comment having been totally ignored on the Cape Town list, I am > hopefully trying to see if I have more luck here. > > Apart from being a Genie, I am also a keen Ameteur Photographer, and belong > to the Cape Town Photographic Society (CTPS). > > CTPS - having been founded in 1890 - turns 125 on 30 October 2015 - just > over 2 years from now. > > I am thinking of gathering as much info relating to what Cape Town was like > in that era, what cars were available, what earth-shattering discoveries > were taking place, and so on, in order to produce a documentary slide show > covering the > key events in the intervening 125 years. > > So - 2 years is not that long - considering the research that needs to be > done - which is why I am writing to you all. > > Please will those who know where historical gems are hiding let me know, so > that I can sniff them out, PHOTOGRAPH them, and make the documentary. > > Many thanks in advance > Joy Wellbeloved CTPS Audio-Visual Section co-ordinator > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:09:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: Irfaan Harris <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Colonial Clippers > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > and you can also look at? http://www.eicships.info/ > > > Irfaan Ivan William Harris > ? > RSA +27 10 500 3742 ZA > RSA +27 31 100 2342 ZA > UK?? +44 13 4420 6112 > USA +1 408 300 9486 ?From: East India Company Ships <[email protected]> > To: Irfaan Harris <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:18 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: ship Prince Regent of Westminster Capt Thomas Harris and > the book Villages of the Liesbeck. > > > Hi there > > The vessel is simply called Prince Regent, and it is my reference number > 1130. The vessel was launched in 1811 by shipbuilders Wells, Wigram and > Green, in Blackwall, London, for Principal Managing Owner Henry Bonham. > > Thomas Herbert Harris was the commander of the first four voyages of the > ship. > > I'm sorry that I have not yet got around to putting the information on my > website.? > > The logs of the vessel and other original information is at the British > Library. > > kind regards > Andrea Cordani ? MA, MBCS > East India Company Ships > http://www.eicships.info/ > > > On 26 February 2013 08:21, Irfaan Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > ? > >Hello > > > >I am looking for information? - which i could not find on your website: > of a ship called Prince Regent of Westminster. > > > >Please would you comment. > > > >Quote > > > >Will of Thomas Herbert Harris, Captain of The Honorable the East India > Company's Ship the Prince Regent of Westminster, Middlesex 29 November 1819 > > > >Unquote > > > > > >Thank you > > > >Irfaan Ivan William Harris > ? > RSA +27 10 500 3742 ZA > RSA +27 31 100 2342 ZA > UK?? +44 13 4420 6112 > USA +1 408 300 9486 > > > ________________________________ > From: Dennis Pretorius <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:25 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Colonial Clippers > > > WOW !! > > > > I asked a question about the Gipsy Bride and had so many answers that I > still cannot believe it !!? > > > > I was actually sitting trying to connect to ABSA to transfer money to order > an e-book from ABEBOOKS when I looked at my e-mail and had so many replies > offering advice and links and a link to a free download of the book. > > > > I have since downloaded and found only a "passing" reference to GIPSY BRIDE > but all the links provided by all has given me a wealth of information > about > the sailings and destinations of the ship > > > > I thank everyone who answered my question - I was overwhelmed by the > response on both lists. Many thanks > > > > I however still do not have a photograph or sketch of the ship - my search > continues. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Dennis Pretorius > > Krugersdorp South Africa > > Tel - 011-762-8911 > > Cel -? 083-679-8541 > > Fax - 086-609-8541 > > > > From: moonshell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 5:30 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Colonial Clippers > > > > Hi Dennis, > > I have just ordered a copy of this book.? It will be here in a few weeks so > if you have not yet received the information you need, I will be able to > help you in a little while. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:26:45 +0200 > From: " glynis" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] OFF TOPIC - CAPE TOWN 1890-TODAY > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAANRmCJZ/[email protected] > kwikmark.co.za> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Morning Joy, > > Please contact me as I have some lovely post cards on Cape town which I > inherited from my gt grandfather. You may be interested. > > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of joy > Sent: 17 October 2013 09:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] OFF TOPIC - CAPE TOWN 1890-TODAY > > Morning all - > > With my comment having been totally ignored on the Cape Town list, I am > hopefully trying to see if I have more luck here. > > Apart from being a Genie, I am also a keen Ameteur Photographer, and belong > to the Cape Town Photographic Society (CTPS). > > CTPS - having been founded in 1890 - turns 125 on 30 October 2015 - just > over 2 years from now. > > I am thinking of gathering as much info relating to what Cape Town was like > in that era, what cars were available, what earth-shattering discoveries > were taking place, and so on, in order to produce a documentary slide show > covering the key events in the intervening 125 years. > > So - 2 years is not that long - considering the research that needs to be > done - which is why I am writing to you all. > > Please will those who know where historical gems are hiding let me know, so > that I can sniff them out, PHOTOGRAPH them, and make the documentary. > > Many thanks in advance > Joy Wellbeloved CTPS Audio-Visual Section co-ordinator > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:31:51 +0200 > From: "Carol Beneke" <[email protected]> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] re TALJAARD > To: "Rootsweb - E.C." <[email protected]>, > "Rootsweb - S.A." <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi List > > Is there anyone on the list that can help me please. I believe a book has > been published on the TALJAARD?s. Does anyone know if such a book was > published also where I might be able to purchase it. > > Kind regards > Carol BENEKE nee STEWART > Port Elizabeth, South Africa. > 083 482 1482 > [email protected] > ________________________ > Researching: STEWART, STONE, LUKE, OLIVIER, BENEKE, BENECKE, VON BENECKE > and related families. (26 years) > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/Beneke.Benecke.von.Benecke/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:33:13 +1300 > From: Quality Matters <[email protected]> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Information on Clare > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > First time request. I am looking for the birth record of Madeline Clare > daughter of Douglas and Jean ( nee Finch) @ 1950-1953. If anyone can help > or point me in right direction. I am researching from New Zealand so very > remote > > Kind Regards, > Alan Sheath > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:28:02 +0200 > From: Heather MacAlister <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Information on Clare > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Alan > The only place is the Department of Home Affairs - as you live in New > Zealand i suggest you contact the local South African Embassy on Consulate. > regards > Heather > > > Heather MacAlister > > Clanwilliam Museum and Family History Centre > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clanwilliam-Museum-and-Family-History-Centre/595718640455429 > > Cell: 082-8082251 > Email: [email protected] > Twitter: africanaunty > Skype: africanaunty > > za.linkedin.com/pub/heather-woodland-macalister/6/40b/338 > > > > > On 18 Oct 2013, at 12:33 AM, Quality Matters <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > First time request. I am looking for the birth record of Madeline Clare > daughter of Douglas and Jean ( nee Finch) @ 1950-1953. If anyone can help > or point me in right direction. I am researching from New Zealand so very > remote > > > > Kind Regards, > > Alan Sheath > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOUTH-AFRICA Digest, Vol 8, Issue 316 > ******************************************** >