UPDATED: 31/01/2024 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone in what was Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s office/study at 7 Lodge Road in Belgravia. Now a private residence, the house was ...
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UPDATED: 28 July 2023 28 July 2016, Kimberley artist Jill Adams dies. Renowned Kimberley artist Jill Adams (nee Burrow) The renowned artist Jill Adams passed away in Somerset West on Thursday 28 July 2016, her death being largely unheralded other ...
Read More »TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 MAY
UPDATED: 29/05/2023 29 MAY 1901, 128 carat diamond found at Klipdam. Jack the Ripper and Daisy de Melker What on earth do Jack the Ripper of the London Whitechapel murders and infamous poison murderess Daisy de Melker (pictured) have to ...
Read More »TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 02 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 02/12/2022 2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. 2 DECEMBER 1971, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and rugby, dies. 2 DECEMBER 1978, Rapid Bird Guide for Southern Africa launched by author Dr Richard Liversidge. Beaconsfield ...
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