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    1. [ZA-EC] Fw: Port Elizabeth Street Names and some other places!
    2. Nikki
    3. And some more Kind regards nikki Sedgefield Market Square, The Hill, Main Street Site originally occupied by the Railway station, '.... here stood in the early days the popular boarding house of Mrs BROOK, hence the name of Brook Street." Rodney Street was named after a canteen known as the Admiral Rodney which stood at the corner of Rodney Street and Strand Street" Evatt Street - in 1824 Capatin EVATT as chairman of a small group of religious minded settlers assembled ( at a Tavern) "for the purpose of considering the most speedy and effective means of erecting a place of worship" "Coopers Kloof .........derived its name from the low red-tiled house that stood alone at the foot of the kloof, owned and occupied by the shoemaker named Mr COOPER" Rawson's Bridge - named in honour of the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. R.W. Rawson Wylde Bridge - named in honour of Mr. WYLDE then Resident Magistrate of port Elizabeth. Redhouse - "derives its name from the fact that on its present site there came into existence a small temporary mud and reed domicile in which lived an old seafaring European fisherman named COOK who prepared bait for his employer, a wealthy P.E. Merchant and keen angler, Deleberl Pritchett BLAINE,.....................COOK's hut was coloured outside with red ochre, making it quite a landmark and since the year 1859 the locality became known as the "Rooi Huis" or Redhouse." No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2637.1.1/5472 - Release Date: 12/19/12 22:43:00

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