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Letters to the Editor

Arial History Revisited

This month, we received a few interesting “electronic” letters to
the editor. The first one was forwarded by Krimpie Coetzee – all
the way from Pta in SA. It seems from the details that this photo
may well have been taken in 1920 – when the first aircraft offi-
cially landed in what is today Harare in Zimbabwe. That landing
happened this month – a hundred years ago. (I think we should
credit Johnathan Waters here somewhere… so, talk that as done
now.)

What I find so fascination - when viewing the incoming let-
ters - is the ability to revive pieces of history that may well go
forgotten, had we not stated talking to each other via virtual
platforms. I’m loving that the folk are sending on content – even Winter in the Cape!
though they claim to know nothing about writing. Long may
this kind of writing last – I’ll keep sharing the history and mem-
ories as long as you keep sharing the content. You know it’s winter in the Cape when it snows! The Cape
is a winter rainfall area so the people down there are always
happy when it rains – they need the water to get through the
long, hot summers. Typically, a Cape winter’s day is grey and
wet – chilly and damp… much like our summer’s days here
in Ireland – joke-joke. Therefore, the people stay indoors and
hide from the weather, if they can.

However – when real winter strikes and it snows… the
people usually chase the snow… and go find somewhere to
play in the fluffy white stuff. Snow in the Cape is often an
event. Lo-and-behold, two friends sent me photos… Manie
J from Robertson and Craig W from Cape Town. I’m not too
sure about the credits here but I’m sure the photos are open
source, so I’m going with them… thanks lads – if I get into
copyright hassles, I’ll send the bill on to you!

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