When the popular board game, “Monopoly”, was introduced to Britain in 1935 by John Wadddington Ltd. of Leeds (Yorkshire), Marylebone (pronounced Mahr-le-buhn) was one of the four London railway termini chosen. The others were Fenchurch Street, Kings Cross and Liverpool Street.
BOOK REVIEWS
I purchased this book when it first appeared and have long felt gratitude to the editor and the publisher (Könemann) for this substantial and expensive undertaking. My own interest in photography has grown out of the need to document South African buildings and heritage places. So often old photographs are our only reference point for how things looked in the past.
BLUE PLAQUES
Bra Gib was the founding father of theatre in the black townships – writing, acting and training talented singers, dancers, and actors to appear in his Township Musicals. He entertained local audiences, bringing laughter and catchy songs to the makeshift stages, but his musicals also dealt with social issues of crime, poverty, and apartheid.