UPDATED: 20/04/2021 20 April 1886, Gladstone Hotel near the railway station opens. The Gladstone suburb – now De Beers suburb That the current suburb known as De Beers was first named Gladstone after the English Prime Minister of the time, ...
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UPDATED: 14/04/2021 14 April 1960, SA Protea cricketer Patrick Symcox born. 14 April 1982, Sonny Leon Library opens in Roodepan. Happy 61st Birthday Pat Symcox Patrick Leonard Symcox (born 14 April 1960 in Kimberley to Rodger and Joan Symcox) is ...
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UPDATED: 01/04/2021 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi (pictured) sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...
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UPDATED: 31/03/2021 31 March 1905, Pioneer cemetery closes officially. 31 March 1932, De Beers closes all their Kimberley mines as a result of the Depression. 31 March 1985, De Beers closes the popular Dog Show, a tourist attraction for over ...
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30 March 1892, William Shilling of Shilling Bottles fame, dies. WILLIAM SHILLING OF SHILLING BOTTLES Collectors of old bottles, as well as many elder residents of Kimberley and surrounds, recall the Shilling bottles, the glass bottles with the “marble” in ...
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UPDATED: 29/03/2021 29 March 1898, Kimberley’s old Town Hall destroyed in a fire. 29 March 1902, De Beers Director Captain HM Penfold, RNR, dies. Fire destroys 20 years’ worth of Council records Kimberley’s Town Hall on Old Main Street had ...
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UPDATED: 16/03/2021 16 March 1871, JB Robinson opens his Diamond Merchant’s office on Main Street, New Rush. 16 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference begins in Kimberley. Cecil Rhodes and his thoughts on death Cecil Rhodes’ ...
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UPDATED: 10/03/2021 10 March 1884, George Stanley murders his wife Christina in Beaconsfield. 10 March 1900, 4th Division Town Guard under Capt Irvine Grimmer formally disbanded. 10 March 1926, Richard Jackson, discoverer of the De Beers Mine, dies. 10 March ...
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2 March 1877, St Augustine’s Church opens in West End. 2 March 1896, Lease on “The Bungalow” transferred from Richard Solomon to Charles Rudd. 2 March 1900, Cecil Rhodes leaves for Cape Town after the siege. RUDD FAMILY TAKE UP ...
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UPDATED: 18/02/2021 18 February 1900, Worst day of the war for the British army with more than 1100 casualties at Paardeberg. 18 February 1929, Kimberley’s second Post Office on Market Square opens for business. 18 February 1966, St Boniface Mission ...
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