UPDATED: 13 JANUARY 2023 13 January 1900, The price of meat raised – beef 1/- and horse flesh 9 pennies per pound. Excerpt from “The Siege of Kimberley” – Its Humourous and Social Side – by T Phelan. Week ending ...
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Steve Lunderstedt January 13, 2023 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 13 JANUARY 2023 13 January 1900, The price of meat raised – beef 1/- and horse flesh 9 pennies per pound. Excerpt from “The Siege of Kimberley” – Its Humourous and Social Side – by T Phelan. Week ending ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt November 21, 2022 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
21 November 1899, Skirmish between the Boers and Cattle Guards outside Kenilworth. 21 November 1899, Lord Methuen’s British army leaves Orange River station and advances on besieged Kimberley. TWO CATTLE GUARDS KILLED OUTSIDE KIMBERLEY Despite the official stand by the Kimberley ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt November 3, 2022 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED; 03/11/2022 3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt September 5, 2022 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
5 September 1897, John McLauchlin of Church and McLauchlin drowns in a well. 5 September 1905, Professor George H Darwin (pictured) and the British Association for the Advancement of Science visit Kimberley. Professor Darwin’s visit to Kimberley By Hugh Robert ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt August 31, 2022 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 31/08/2022 31 August 1918, CBC Building Fund have produce sale at the City Hall. 31 August 1945, 1000 people attend opening of the Red Cross fete held at the Kbly Regiment. The Kenilworth Village Orchards “The shade and fruit ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt June 21, 2022 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 21/06/2022 21 June 1887, Horse drawn trams used for first time. 21 June 1900, Ed Ling, doyen of Kimberley cricket, dies. 21 June 1912, Death of Stephen Stokes, accountant and co-founder of the Kimberley Golf Club. Ed Ling arranges first ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt February 1, 2022 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
01 February 1876, The High Court of Griqualand West moves from Barkly West to Kimberley. 01 February 1899, Tramline between Kimberley and Kenilworth opens. 01 February 1909, Alfred Beit House, the hostel for girls at Kimberley GHS, opens. 01 February ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt April 23, 2021 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATED: 23/04/2021 23 April 1936, Charter meeting of the SA Museums Association held at the Public Library. 23 April 1941, Steam tram arrives in Kenilworth village for the first time. 23 April 1953, Springbok rugby player John D McCulloch commits ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt January 6, 2021 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
6 January 1983: Armed robbers make off with R14 000 from a business situated in Cheapside. 6 January 1983: Jan Jacob van der Westhuizen, the gunman responsible for the deaths of three people on 2 January 1983, dies in Kimberley ...
Read More »Steve Lunderstedt April 24, 2020 Historical, Today in Kimberley's History
UPDATE: 24/04/2020 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. Miners go on strike in Kimberley The white miners at all four Kimberley mines went on strike in ...
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