SATURDAY, 14 th MAY
Newtown is bubbling with Museums which have some fantastic new displays for you to enjoy. They are mostly housed in grand and gigantic old buildings. This tour covers the industrial architecture and the history of the old Electricity Site and Fresh Produce Market as well as a visit to the new Geological exhibition at Museum Africa, sparkling with a sumptuous display of crystals, the Workers Museum which is an old Compound tracing life for men in Compounds from 1908 up till 1980. Then it will be time to admire the beautiful Turbine Hall, an industrial Cathedral and finish the afternoon off with the S A B World of Beer. Beer Brewing is a traditional occupation in Johannesburg and you get to taste the product as well. Newtown is also the epicentre of Johannesburg’s urban renewal, and an optimist’s view of the city of tomorrow.
MEET : Ed Coogan and Brian McKechnie
TIME :13h30 – PLEASE NOTE EARLY STARTING TIME
PARK : Public parking between Sci Bono and Worker’s Museum – from Jeppe Street turn left into Miriam Makebe Street and immediately right into the parking area.
DURATION : Approximately three hours
COST : R90.00 for members and R110.00 for non-members which includes R35.00 entrance to the World of Beer
MAX No : 40
WALKING TOUR -'JEPPESTOWN'
SATURDAY, 21 st MAY
We are venturing back to a favourite historical area. The second oldest building in Johannesburg is the Church of St Mary-the-Less 1889 which we visit and where start the story of the Jeppe family and their name sake. Amongst the Edwardian shops there are still Nineteenth Century gems The Grand Station Hotel no longer Grand or an hotel, but it is still there with memories of heaps of prawns and Norman’s Grill. There is even a sky sign advertising a bottle store, but on a charming three storey building it doesn’t offend the way the giant building wraps do today. Jeppstown boasts the biggest concentration of buildings over 100 years. They may be shabby, but they are the real thing.
MEET : Val Hammerton and Clare van Zwietan
TIME : 14h00
VENUE : PARK STREET between Madison and John Page Drive alongside the Park. We have organised car guards
DURATION : Approximately two and a half hours
COST : R60.00 for members and R80.00 for non-members MAXIMUM
MAX No : 40
BUS TOUR -'CELEBRATING THE SCOTTISH PIONEERS’
SATURDAY, 28 st MAY
Spend the day with us as we trace the immense contribution made by the Scots in the development of Johannesburg, from H.B. Marshall's Marshall's Township and his other interests to some of the Presbyterian churches, Scottish memorials, homes and activities. Many of our suburbs were developed by the Scots - Craighall, Blairgowrie to name a few, and no tour would be complete without a drive through Kensington.
We will finish at The View to look at their magnificent restoration and their bar will be open - drinks for your own account.
MEET : Winnie Job and Dennis Adams
TIME : 10h00 to 17h00
VENUE : Sunnyside Park Hotel, 2 York Road, Parktown
DURATION : Most of the day
COST : R190.00 for members and R220.00 for non-members excluding lunch and the afternoon drinks at The View
MAX No : 32
NOTE : In true Scottish style, we are saving the pennies, so please bring a picnic lunch!
JUNE 2011
BUS TOUR - 'CATCHING THE BRT ELLIS PARK TO THOKOZA'
SATURDAY, 4 th JUNE
After boarding the bus at 09h45 for departure at 10h00 at the Ellis Park North Bus Station we will travel through the inner city of Johannesburg. Here we get a look at a truly African city with its colourful street vendors peddling their wares. We will also pass well known historical land marks from the colonial era.
After leaving the city we pass through industrial / mining areas, seeing remnants of old gold mines, mine dumps and then on our left like something from outer space the spectacular 90 000-seater Soccer city. “The big Calabash “
We will enter Soweto through Diepkloof, here you will see the township in action through the windows of the bus. We will continue on to Thokoza Park, where we disembark and visit Regina Mundi, (the queen of the world) Soweto’s largest Catholic Church which besides being a spiritual haven for thousands of Sowetans also played a pivotal role in the township history, often referred to during the struggle as the parliament of Soweto.
Back on the bus to Boomtown, from Boomtown we catch a feeder bus to Vilakazi Street (boasting to be the only street in the world to have had two Nobel Prize winners as residents, namely Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu). We will visit the house of Nelson Mandela which is now a museum and a national heritage site. Vilakazi Street is also famous for being part of the route taken by the marching school children in the 1976 uprising. We will follow the route on foot from the Morris Isaacson High School to the Hector Peterson Memorial in Kumalo Street. We will spend a short time at the memorial before heading back to our bus stop, and back via Boom town to Ellis Park at around 17h00.
MEET : David Forrest 083 325-5817 and Pascale Petit
TIME :09h45 Ellis Park North Bus Station – PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE AS WE CANNOT WAIT
PARK : Safe parking has been arranged opposite the Ellis Park North bus station. Directions; come up Houghton Drive past the Wilds, continue on St Andrews under Louis Botha into Joe Slovo, left into Charlton (heading towards tennis arena), see Engen Service Station on left, take first road left, and keep left to vacant ground opposite bus station, below the Engen Garage.
DURATION :
COST : R130.00 per member and R170.00 per non-member – Includes bus fare, all entrance fees but NOT parking and lunch. We suggest you bring a pack of sandwiches with you; otherwise you will be able to purchase a snack along the way.
MAX No : 40
NB: BOOK THROUGH THE TRUST OFFICES ON 011 482-3349
Last Edit : 29/3/2011
