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Fun Fact: Flaming Red (Durban, South Africa)

19 July 2022 by My Durban

A “Durban Botanical Gardens” image from Flickr – click on the name of the photographer below to see more Durban goodness and to thank the photographer.

Flaming Red (Durban, South Africa)
Photo by ~MVI~ (warped)

Durban Botanical Gardens

~MVI~ 2011 Archive


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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The “Cuban Hat” and its neighbour “The Nest” were two very popular drive in locales situated on the then Lower Marine Parade in Durban. They were especially popular in the late 50s / early 60s when own car transport became an essential must have amongst young adults. These were the days when young adult life changed considerably when freedom of movement, the changed music and habits of the time and there was a general improvement in living standards. Initially any form of car was better than none because as the saying was, it enabled you to get to “where the action was”. Action being where parties, socials, “sessions” and get togethers. The fact that you could pick up your mates or girl friends and go together as a group made life good. Parents of the time had to adjust to the times because they were brought up when stricter parental control was generally enforced. The days of dates being, sitting in the lounge with the parents were no longer and life was now centred on getting out and about and mixing with your own age group.


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Durban is a major coastal city and the economic hub of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province in eastern South Africa. Governed by the eThekwini Municipality, it is renowned for its busy seaport, tropical climate, diverse cultural influences (African, Indian, and colonial), and the popular “Golden Mile” beachfront promenade, serving as a premier tourism and industrial center.
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