We attended the christening of the baby of friends of ours at the St Mark's Chapel in Framesby North this morning. St Marks Congregational Church is quite a big and popular church with christenings taking place in the chapel after the end of the church services and not in the church during the services.
I've driven past the Shri Siva Subramanier Aulayam Temple in Upper Valley Road many many times but only got to go inside for the first time not too long ago. The temple was built between 1893 and 1901 by the Hindu community and was consecrated in 1901. The complex actually has more than one temple with the one in the picture being the Shri Krishna Temple which was erected in memory of JV Valayden in 1961. The guy who was supposed to…
Seeing that I've done a couple of posts promoting the events organised by Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism for Tourism Month, I thought to do just one more. People tend to immediately know what you're talking about when you mention District 6 in Cape Town, but very few actually know that South End in Port Elizabeth has a very similar history. South End has a number of heritage sites which are connected together by the South End Museum Heritage Trail. One of the sites the…
My sincerest apologies to those who follow both this blog as well as The Firefly Photo Files for the double post of this picture this week. I've had a corrupt Windows files which meant that my hard drive crashed and its going to take a little bit of time to load all the programs again and then check to see which photos I haven't posted on the blogs. Luckily all my original pictures are on my external hard drive. Phew.Anyhow, this big cuddle toy…
Sue and Max (SAM) used to feature the St Philips Church in Richmond Hill quite often in their photography when they were doing PEDP but as I don't get to the area that often I haven't done so. The other day I was on my way to the Oval for Chaos Boy's school athletics and found myself riding through Richmond Hill. I couldn't resist not stopping and snapping a pic.
I have a very good knowledge of Port Elizabeth and thanks to doing this blog I often discover new things and places while looking for something new to post. A little while ago Max asked me if I knew that there was a holocaust monument in Glendinningvale. Well, to tell the truth, I didn't. I had seen the monument before but I actually thought it was a modern art piece. The following information I got from the plaque in front of…
Standing at the bottom of Walmer Boulavard is one of two mosques that survived the demolition of old South End. In the early 1890's Imam Jalaludien Abrahams, together with his trustees, set about the task of having a mosque built as this was much needed in the area then. In 1893 the land was transferred to the Trust and the Mosque of Righteousness was completed in 1894.
The church tower of the Holy Trinity Church in Central
The Anglican Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin stands just off Market Square next to the old Public Library in Port Elizabeth. The church's foundation stone was laid in 1825 and it was finally opened in 1832. In 1895 the building was gutted by fire, but it was quickly rebuilt with money donated from people as diverse as the Cape Prime Minister, Cecil Rhodes and President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal.
The Hill Presbyterian Church in Central silhouetted against the bright blue sky For more "looking up towards the sky photos", visit Skywatch