BULAWAYO MEMORIES - FIRST 100 YEARS 1890s to 1990s

1950's

1950s Abercon Street & Selborne Avenue (looking east) Polliacks on Selborne, Sanders and Bradlows Building
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1950s Abercorn Street & 8th Avenue (looking east) Kirrie Buildings on 9th Avenue under construction
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1950s Main Street & 12th Avenue - Bernstein Motors (next to Nottingham House)
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1950s City Hall (east side) and north view Fountain
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1950/51 Empire Theatre and Bar - 1oth Avenue & Main Street) where Southampton House is now
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1950s Eskimo Hut
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1952 Government House Original hut
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1950s Main Street & Selborne Avenue (looking south)
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1950s National Museum (8th Avenue & Fort Street (Now Customs House)
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1950 Drill Hall Grounds with Cooling Towers in background
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1950s Magistrates Court - Selborne Avenue & Fort Street
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1950s The Chalet Hotel - corner Rhodes Street and 8th Avenue (from top of City Hall tower) and Stanberra House
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1950s Adecotts Photo Studios & ?Standard Butchery - Rhodes Street & 8th Avenue (from top of City Hall tower) looking west
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1950s Savoy Hotel & ?? Grocers Self Service (became Gordons SPAR) - Rhodes Street (from top of City Hall tower) looking north
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1950s Standard Bank  - corner Fife Street and 8th Avenue (from top of City Hall tower)
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1950s - Standard Bank, McCullagh & Bothwell and Harolds Clothing Fife Street & 8th Avenue (from top of City Hall tower)
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1950s Duly's Garage - Abercorn Street and 11th Avenue (looking west to 12th Avenue) Abercorn House on corner 12th Avenue
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1950s OK Bazaars, Carlton Hotel and McCoullach & Bothwell on Aberson Street & 8th Avenue south side
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1950s Airport Terminal
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1950s Scotts Building, Albany House and Southhampton house behin Rhodes Statue - Main Street & 8th Avenue
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1950s Albany House - Main Street (looking west)                                            1950s Southampton House and Smart & Copley - Main Street
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1950s Standard Butchery - Grey Street & 8th Avenue (from top of City Hall tower)
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1950s - Empire Theatre and Bar - Main Street & 9th Avenue (Now Southhapmton House/ African Life Building)
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1950s - Police Station & Kaufman Sons & Co - Fife Street & Selborne Avenue (from top of City Hall tower) looking north
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1950s - Police Station & Selborne Hotel - Selborne Avenue between Fife Street and Rhodes Street (from top of City Hall tower)
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1950s - Savoy Hotel Fife Street between Selborne Avenue and 8th Avenue (from top of City Hall tower) looking west
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1950s - Haddon & Sly extensions 8th Avenue & Grey Street (from top of City Hall tower) looking south
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1950s Gifford High School Administration Block & aerial view of grounds
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1950s Police Station, Hassamals and Pioneer Bottle Store - Fife Street and Selborne Avenue (from top of City Hall tower) looking n-east

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1950s M.Thal & Co, Knight Bros and Selborne Hotel - Selborne Avenue and Rhodes Street (from top of City Hall tower) looking north
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1950s - Lange's Store and Meikles - Abercorn Street and Abercorn Street (looking north)
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1950s - Post Office and ?? Building opposite side with Matabele War Memorial (looking south)
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1950s - Bulawayo Club, South African Mutual Building & Grand Hotel behind Rhodes Statue (looking south)
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1950s - South African Mutual Building - 9th Avenue & Main Street (looking north)
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1950s - Selborne Avenue - Post Office & Telephone Exchange behind Matebele War Memorial (looking west)
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1950s - Main Street And Selbourne Ave cnr - ?? then ?? building behind Matebele War Memorial (looking south)
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1950s - Selborne Hotel - Selborne Avenue & Rhodes Street (from top of City Hall tower) looking north
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1950s - Whightmans & Son - Rhodes Street & Selborne Avenue (from top of City Hall tower) looking north
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1950s Polliacks & Meikles behing Police Station - Selborne Aveneue & Fife Street (from top of City Hall tower) looking north west
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1950s - Downings Bakery  - Selborne Avenue & Grey Street  (from top of City Hall tower) looking northeast
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1950s - Willougby's Building behind Matebele War Memorial - Main Street & Selborne Avenue (taken from Post Office cnr)
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1950/51 - Main Street ??? now Fazaks                                      1950/51 Main Street - Post Office - looking south
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1952 - Selborne Hotel - Selborne Avenue & Rhodes Street - Centenary crowd & parade
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1952 - Empire Club - 6th Avenue & Main Street - flag at half-mast for King George VI
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1950 - Government House
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1950 - Government House Gates and side of building with roses
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1951 - Government House - Road turnoff

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1951 - Matopos Hotel
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1951 - Scotts Building - Main Street & 8th Avenue (looking east)
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1950/51 - Agency Chambers & Teramel House - Main Street & 6th Avenue (looking north)
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1950/51 - Pioneer Bottle Store - cnr Selborne Avenue & Fife Street (taken from Police Station cnr)
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1950/51 - 8th Avenue Pharmacy - 8th Avenue & Abercorn Street (was original Academy of Music)
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1950/51 Abercorn Street - Preece & Mackenzie Printers
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1950/51 Williams Buildings - Selborne Avenue & Fort Street
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1953
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1953 - Contrsution dome Rhodes Centenary
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1954 - Palace Hotel & Theatre - Abercorn Street and 11th Avenue
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1957 - City Hall parking area - along Grey Street (now Jairos Jiri) - where Fritz used to leave his mules after towing to Grey Street
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1954 - Southhampton House construction - Main Street and 9th Avenue
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1955 - Kaufman & Sons Co Ltd - Fife Street & 6th Avenue
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1950s 3rd Magustrates Court - Selborne Ave & Fort Street
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1950s High Court
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1950s - General Hospital & Nurses Hostel with Tennis Courts and parking
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Maleme Dam hills
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