UPDATED: 20/07/2021 20 July 1891, British Isles defeats Griqualand West 3-0 at the Eclectic ground. 20 July 1971, Basil Humphreys, benefactor of Kimberley and son of William, dies. Basil William Clayton Humphreys DSC. The son of William Benbow Humphreys and ...
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UPDATED: 14/07/2021 14 July 1950, USA women’s hockey team beat Griqualand West women 2-1. 14 July 1964, SA hockey player Wally Ubsdell dies. Kenilworth Springbok hockey player Wally Ubsdell Walter (Wally) Alfred Douglas Ubsdell, a former Springbok hockey player, died ...
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UPDATED: 13/07/2021 13 July 1940, Salvation Army building in Crossman Road opened by Commissioner Cunningham. 13 July 1949, Springbok rugby player JWE “Klondyke” Raaff dies. 13 July 1990, Retired chief librarian Olive McIntyre dies. 13 July 1993, Artist Nellie Steenkamp dies. ...
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3 June 1932, Colonel Herbert Sextus Harris dies (pictured). 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. ...
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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: 12/04/2021 12 April 1872, Historian George Beet arrives in Kimberley. 12 April 1875, Black Flag rebellion led by Alfred Aylward starts. 12 April 1878, Sir William Solomon admitted to the Cape Bar. 12 April 1887, Kimberley Boys and Girls ...
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UPDATED: 12/02/2021 12 February 1872, Seat of Magistracy for Pniel District moved from Dutoitspan to New Rush. 12 February 1872, William Coates Palgrave appointed ARM for Beaconsfield. 12 February 1876, Telegraph office opens in Kimberley. 12 February 1880, SA cricketer ...
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UPDATE: 18/01/2021 18 January 1908, The municipal Merryweather fire engine, now in the mine museum, replaced. 18 January 1977, Belgravia Girls’ Junior and Kimberley Boy’s Junior amalgamate to form Kimberley Junior School. AMALGAMATION FORMS KIMBERLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL Kimberley Junior School ...
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23 October 1907, De Beers swimming pool on Warren Street opened to the public. Warren Street Swimming Pool The De Beers’ swimming bath opened to the public on 23 October 1907. From its inception the Kimberley Boys’ High School pupils ...
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UPDATED: 08/10/2020 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. Kimberley in the death grip of Spanish Flu On this ...
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