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Walker, Michael
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"A forgotten story of how a small settlement on the False Bay Coast, consisting of no more than a few farms and a number of fishing huts, became within fifty years (1880-1930) the premier holiday resort in South Africa"--Rear cover.

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M. Walker
Language
English
Pages
160

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Table of Contents

The romance of Muizenberg
Muizenberg before becoming a holiday resort: shipwrecks, whaling, trek-fishing
The beginnings of a holiday resort
The Kalk Bay - Muizenberg municipal years (1895-1913)
Muizenberg Railway Stations and the pavilions
Two major projects: water, drainage and electricity
Other notable projects: the cemetery, Boyes Drive, Marina da Gama, the Marine Walkway
Main Road, the era of the horse and the arrival of the motorcar
Historical buildings on Main Road - Muizenberg to St. James
The quarries
Some premier hotels in the heyday of Muizenberg
Sir Herbert Baker architecture
Religion
Education
Sport and recreation
Wings over Muizenberg
S.A.W.A.S. during the Second World War. Appendix 1. The hotels of Muizenberg
Appendix 2. A century of pharmacies
Chronology 1870-1920.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index.

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St. James [South Africa]

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
968.7355
Library of Congress
DT2405.M85 W35 2009, DT2405.M85 W35 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 160 p.
Number of pages
160

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30482685M
ISBN 10
0620428813
ISBN 13
9780620428811
LCCN
2010486130
OCLC/WorldCat
502132427

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