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United Kingdom

  • Ten Sites Every Roman Britain Enthusiast Should Visit
  • X Doesn’t Always Mark the Spot: Rediscovering Withington’s Lost Villa
  • Dean Goods: The Little Engine That Went To War
  • The South African Footprint in Parliament Square, London
  • Fortnum & Mason - A Staircase Reimagined
  • Looking Out Over the Highest Yew Hedge in the World
  • Edward Jenner: The Man Who Saved More Lives Than Any Person in History
  • The Contemporary Accounts of the Victorian Railways of Britain
  • Marylebone - The Station that Refused to Die
  • Oxford to Cambridge: The Revival of Britain's Varsity Line
  • Exploring Cirencester's Roman Amphitheatre
  • The Scottish Horse Memorial: Honouring the Fallen in Edinburgh and Johannesburg
  • The rise of railway preservation in Britain
  • Why build a majestic villa here?
  • Chunnel Vision - A long held dream
  • The Tay Bridge Disaster
  • What was the Crystal Palace?

From our Archive

  • The Death of James Christie Grant
  • A walking tour of historic Durbanville
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
  • Looking back at Johannesburg's Civic Spine controversy
  • Tunnel at Waterval Boven - Probably the best-known and most famous of all NZASM structures
  • Sandton and Randburg 1939-1969 - Experiments in Local Government
  • Houghton, Orange Grove, Killarney, Mayfair and Greenside get blue plaques!
  • Finding Mr Patel’s outfitter shop in Rockey Street
  • Rickshaws of early Johannesburg
  • JC Munro - Pretoria's longest serving photographer during the turn of the 20th century
  • The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - Something to chew on
  • The 1913 Land Act
  • Celebrating Flo Bird - 80 Years of a Remarkable Life
  • Visiting the Historic Harrismith Cemetery
  • Restoration of the Old Cape Archives

From the Directory

  • Amambatha Heritage Society (AHS)
  • Association for Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA)
  • Stellenbosch Interest Group
  • Daveyton Heritage Society
  • City Bowl Ratepayers and Residents Association (CIBRA)
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • Africana Books & Collectibles
  • Mayat Hart Architecture
  • Morbid Musings - Marie-Louise Rouget
  • Graaff Reinet Heritage Society
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