BULAWAYO MEMORIES

Wanted - Photos of not so popular places



Can anyone help please, looking for help with any old Bulawayo photos – the older the better. Would like to add these to the website bulawayomemories – many thanks John Mason email to byomemoriesphotos@gmail.com

Paddonhurst Swimming Pool

St. Claire’s Maternity Home

Glass Castle

Redrup Castle in Lochview

Park Inn Motel (Jbg road)

Goetz Observatory – Coghlan Avenue (inside and outside to show equipment)


SPORTS CLUBS - Inside & outside if possible photos of representative players, presidents etc

    Municipals Sports Club – 23rd avenue

    Old Techs Sports Club (Busters) – Cecil Avenue

    Postals Sports Club (Behind Hartsfield)

    Callies Football Club (next to Hartsfield)

    ? Indian Sports Club (Opposite Northlea School)

    Raylton Sports Club - Boards and photos of representative players, presidents etc.

    Hillside Bowling Club – Banff Road

    Hillside Tennis Club - Boards and photos of representative players, presidents etc.

    Queens Club (Matabeleland Cricket Association) Boards and photos of representative players

    Bowls Clubs – Honours boards, Champions etc. (Bulawayo Bowls Club, Hillside Bowling Club, Raylton Bowling Club, Parkview Weizmann

    Tennis Clubs – Hillside, Suburbs, Parkview Weizmann etc.


SCHOOLS & NURSERY SCHOOLS

    Raylton Primary School (Photos entrance, front classes back, inside class & hall)

    Marjory Saunders Infant School (near Tech College off Park Road)

    Baines Infant School – Athlone Avenue (Photos entrance, front classes back, inside class & hall)

    Fir Trees - Hillside

    6th Form College - Fairbridge Way

    Childrens House? - Borrow Street next to Pool


HOTELS - Bars, lounges etc

    Exchange Bar (Inside the bars) & entrance to ladies bar from Selborne Avenue there was a foyer, 5 Aces boards etc

    Roslington Hotel – Entrance and foyer to rooms, think there was a pond or fountain inside

    Doric Hotel – 13th Avenue Fife Street cnr – Inside reception, dining room and passages

    Empire Bar – Downstairs in Basement of Southampton House Main Street

    Civil Service Club Bar – Downstairs in Basement Cement House, Selborne Ave & Main Street

    Cecil Hotel – Reception, Dining Room and Bar

    Palace Hotel Gardens, Lounge, Bar & Dining Room

    Marjories Night Club (Pub and lounge in Monte Carlo Arcade left corner)


OTHER

    Blocks of Flats – Borrow Street, Wilson Ave, Rhodes Street, and in the area 1st-3rd Ave down by Fort Street, Jameson Avenue and Lobengula Street.

    Hillside Library (Part of Post Office)

    Leander Riding School

    Drive In Cinema (Johannesburg Road) - Projector room, Cafe counter, humps car parks, speakers

    Loch Lion (river down by the prison & BAC)

    Drive In and Nite Star (photos of projector building & snack bar, photos of parking humps & and speaker poles)

    Ncema Dam – Bar and lounge area, Captains & champion boards etc.

    Driver Training Centre – In Centenary Park

    POSB (Original before moved to the corner of Main & Selborne) Used to be near the Post Boxes (Centre)