Early Durban pic

[Pine]

Big difference between that and these:

You should see it on new year's day

[MINCE]

makes you wonder where all those awesome cars disappear to?

[Stütz]

makes you wonder where all those awesome cars disappear to?

Well, lets not think about that. Lets just enjoy looking at them here. All those new pics of Durban actually just $%^&-ed up my whole day.

[riaanj]

Schweet. Where in Durbs is/was this?

Funny enough I don't know that place but here is the rest of the pics from a mail I received from a buddy of mine.

Some of these photos bring back some fan-%^$@-tastic memories of my childhood. The Malibu Hotel was an annual visit in December, right there in the hot spot of fun for kiddies. Damn, those were great times.

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WOW, that brings back a lot of memories from when I was a laaitie.. Good times hey!

[Goosebeak]

hmmm.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hr75pqA8bo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jps0R7UK330


AG PLEEZ DEDDY
(The Ballad Of The Southern Suburbs)
Jeremy Taylor

Single
(Gallotone PD 7-8531)

Ag pleez deddy won't you take us to the drive-in
All six, seven of us, eight, nine, ten
We wanna see a flick about
Tarzan and the Ape-men
And when the show is over you can bring us back again

Chorus:
Popcorn, chewing gum, peanuts and bubble gum
Ice cream, candy floss and Eskimo Pie
Ag deddy how we miss
Nigger balls and liquorice
Pepsi Cola, ginger beer
and Canada Dry

Ag pleez deddy won't you take us to the fun-fair
We wanna have a ride on the bumper-cars
We'll buy a stick of candy floss
And eat it on the Octopus
Then we'll take the rocket ship that goes to Mars

Chorus

Ag pleez deddy won't you take us to the wrestling
We wanna see an ou called Sky Hi Lee
When he fights Willie Liebenberg
There's gonna be a murder
'Cos Willie's gonna donner that blerrie yankee

Chorus

Ag pleez deddy won't you take us off to Durban
It's only eight hours in the Chevrolet
There's spans of sea and sand and sun
And fish in the aquarium
That's a lekker place for a holiday

Chorus

Ag Pleeeeeez Deddy - VOETSEK!

Ag sies deddy if we can't kraak to bioscope
Or go off to Durban, life's a henguva bore
If you won't take us to the zoo
Then what the heck else can we do
But go on out and moer all the outjies next door

Chorus

Words and Music by Jeremy Taylor, 1961

[bugspray]

Amazing pictures. I vaguely remember going to Newtons and the pools along the beachfront! Also watched as I grew up how it became derelict and eventually (this day) a new promenade! Ag I guess everything has to change.

Mini town is still open, albeit and excuse the pun scaled down. Either that or I've finally grown igger than the models .

[Retrobug]

Took my boy to Santarama last year
They were "upgrading" the place.
I watched a guy paint the models with a 100mm paint brush and a tin of roof paint!
Detail gone!