With the Taj Cape Town’s unique city centre location we’ve started to develop a fascination with the surrounding area’s history. There is so much that has taken place right on our doorstep and a lot of it remains a secret, still unknown by the vast majority of locals and visitors. This simply will not do!
We plan on sharing the interesting Cape Town historical facts we unearth – or we have shared with us – with you.
Let’s start with the very relevant and very busy Adderley Street and how it got its name.
Adderley Street was originally called Heerengracht. But, in 1850, in honour of Charles B Adderley, it was named Adderley Street.
This street name was bestowed as thanks to Charles B Adderley for halting plans to turn the Cape into another convict colony.
The story goes that Adderley – at the behest of the colonialists who’d settled in the fairest Cape – refused to allow a ship to dock and unload its convict cargo. The ship – being unable to dock in port – was forced to sail on.
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The street ought of course to have been renamed when Adderley did the Brit thing and changed his to Norton.
I like your competition.. I have 2 nice questions you could use seeing this is going historical…
1. In the upstairs bathroom at Groote Schuur (Ministers Estate in Rondebosch) there is an unusual bath of what is it made and who had uitinstalled it?
2. Same house.. in one of the downstairs rooms there is a very unique wall cladding.. what is it made up of?
Maybe use both questions for one competition.. you want the answer.. contact me..
kind regards
Marie’ Sparks
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