Playing in the park
Even though its been a wet winter so far we've also had some beautifully warm and sunny winters days in between. Ideal to take the kids to play in St Georges Park.
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19/07/2012
St Georges Park and cricket stadium
I chose the perfect day last week for a walk around St Georges Park. Beautiful blue skies, no wind and warm winter temperatures. Its really sad that more people don't spend a time in the park. More importantly, if more people go there during the day the bad and unwanted elements will disappear from it.
15/07/2012
Conservatory
I took the Kidz and their friends on a trip around Port Elizabeth the other day to discover and explore a couple of historical attractions. It was a lovely warm winters day so I decided to make St Georges Park one of our stops with a quick look at the Pearson Conservatory before spending some time on the play equipment. The Conservatory (originally opened in 1886) reopened last year after extensive renovations and I still can't get over how stunning it looks. …
05/07/2012
Looking into St Georges Park
Looking into St Georges Park through the trees towards the gardens beyond
25/05/2012
Thobeka
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum consist of two buildings flanking the main entrance into St Georges Park. In the foyer of the right hand building the figure of Thobeka welcomes visitors to the gallery. Thobeka is a work of art by artist Willie Bester and consist of welded recycled metal. She was purchased by the museum in 2002 and has been on permanent display in the foyer.
28/03/2012
Supporting the Warriors
I received tickets to go and watch the Warriors, our local cricket franchise, play the Knights in a Pro20 game on Friday night. I've only taken the family along to a cricket match once before a couple of years ago and decided to do so again. We sat on the grass banks below the Duckpond Pavilion and Chaos Boy pulled his chair right up to the barriers flying his Warriors flag.
13/03/2012
Coastal City art exhibition
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum (previously the King George VI Art Gallery) currently has a very interesting exhibition going called Coastal City. The majority of the pieces on display are historic and fairly old, but that is what I loved about it. My favorite painting on display is one done by Thomas Baines in 1853 called "The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay".
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24/02/2012
Mother and children
Yesterday's post I did about the Port Elizabeth Cenotaph wasn't the first featuring this great memorial. A little while ago I received a comment on a previous post featuring the Cenotaph from Andy Gardner in Durban. Andy's father was James Gardner who designed the memorial and also did the sculptures which are part of it. On two sides of the memorial are sculptures, one representing a mother and child and the other St George, placed so for the purpose of symmetry. The woman…
23/02/2012
Cenotaph and art gallery
One of the prominent memorials in Port Elizabeth is the Cenotaph standing in front of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Gallery. The city's war memorial was unveiled by former mayoress Mrs WF Savage on 10 November 1929. The memorial was the work of James Gardner of the Art School and was originally erected to the memory of the men from Port Elizabeth that fell during the Great War. After the Second World War memorial panels were added to the walls behind the…
22/02/2012
St Georges Park Swimming Pool
The St Georges Park Swimming Pool next to the St Georges Park Cricket Stadium was opened on 12 November 1937. The opening of the pool was celebrated with a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night Dream" and was said to be one of the most beautiful and modern baths in South Africa at the time. The complex has a Olympic sized swimming pool, a kiddies pool and a grand stand with seating for 1080 people. The well knows South African playwright Athol…
01/12/2010