Salisbury
Foundation stones at Bulawayo Railway History
Museum
Some Nostalgia stories to begin with
Salisbury – A trip down Zimbabwe’s
Gourmet Lane 1979 – 2018 Written by: Llewellyn Hughes
During the late 70’s our Country was involved
in an independent struggle and most of the males were involved in some
form of military service ........
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Another - unknown author (possibly a Harare
Journalist - thank you whoever you are !)
- Time, ladies and gentlemen ... please: ...
what a pity - they are all gone. The once much-loved George Hotel in
Avondale closed on January 4 - sold to Multi-Choice as their new HQ. A
planned valedictory meal in the grotesquely named Freckle and Phart pub,
or the depressing dining room, which was reminiscent of railway
architecture ........
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and finally Salisbury - Mike Tucker's travel of
historical buildings
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Crest & Arms Before 1939
1939
1986
1894 Market, Strachan & Co, Govt Offices
1896 First Hospital, Statue
1900's Commercial Hotel
Resin & Taylor Outfitters
Manica Road
1912 Post & Telegraph Office & Mazoe
Coach
1915 Manica Road
1927 William Bain, Grand Hotel & Prince Edward School
Sanders - 1st Street - The Bird Cage
Restuarant
1950 Street View and airport
Anglican Cathedral, Drill Hall, Haddon &
Sly
Haddon & Sly
Post Office, Manica Road & Hospital
Post & Telegraph Office & street view
Race Track
Barbours, Airport and ???
1st Street & Lake Mcilwaine
Barbours, Jameson Avenue & Meikles Hotel
Miekles Hotel & Jameson Avenue
NEM Building, Century Buildng & Jameson
Avenue
Century Building, Jameson Avenue SAA, &
1st Street
Pearl Assurance
Jameson Avenue
Robinson House,
Meikles Hotel, Salisbury Club & Manica
Road
Commerical Hotel, Manica Road & Catholic
Church
Salisbury Gardens, Victoria Memorial
Library & Museum
Salisbury Gardens, Maltas Bros &
Cathedral
?? School, Manica Road, Resin & Taylor
Merchant Outfitters
School & Salisbury Club
Railway Station, Town Hall & Manica Road
view
Salisbury East view & Salisbury Kopjie
views
Salisbury East view & Salisbury Kopjie
views
?? & Haddon & Sly Building
?? & Meikles Hotel
St. Mary's Cathedral
McCulloughs & Whitehead
Salisbury city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small
military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort
Salisbury after the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company
administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia
achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the
seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between
1953 and 1963, the capital of the Central African Federation.
The Pioneer Column, a military volunteer force of settlers organised by
Cecil Rhodes, founded the city on 12 September 1890 as a fort. They
originally named the city Fort Salisbury after The 3rd Marquess of
Salisbury, then British Prime Minister, and it subsequently became known
simply as Salisbury. The Salisbury Polo Club was formed in 1896. It was
declared to be a municipality in 1897 and it became a city in 1935.