Blackwood Hodge (Rhodesia) Ltd: Salisbury
Blackwood Hodge (Rhodesia) Ltd
Salisbury
Leopard Rock Hotel Vumba Leopard Rock Hotel was built and opened by the Seymour-Smiths in 1946. The Seymour-Smiths were a well-known local family who decided after the Second World War that a need existed for a holiday hotel at the top of the Bvumba Mountains. When opened, the hotel offered accommodation for up to 40…
J H Vivian & Wilfred Watson (Pvt) Ltd Salisbury
J Ginsberg & Co Ltd Bulawayo Joseph Ginsberg was born in London 10 November 1894. He left London to live in Rhodesia in 1920 where established J Ginsberg & Co Ltd in the same year. Previously married to Gertrude Ginsberg with two children, Faye and Louis, he later married Mabel Bones Ginsberg (b.1909) on 28…
Mashaba Victoria District Mashaba (now known as Mashava) is a small mining town. Asbestos was and still is being mined in this small town. There are three mines in the town: Gath’s Mine, King Mine and Temeraire Mine. Post Office History 1915.05.22 – Opened as a postal agency under Fort Victoria. 1915.06.09 – Upgraded to a…
Chirundu Sugar Estates Ltd Chirundu In 1953, UK sugar sugar refiner Tate and Lyle established a sugar cane plantation at Chirundu on the south bank of the Zambesi. In 1954 it leased 1,600 hectares from the Southern Rhodesia Government. Sugar refined at Chirundu was taken to Ndola to be refined and sold in Northern…
Papiere AG Type I FB