The Former Methodist Chapel Is Now A Museum

It was one of the few buildings saved from the bulldozers

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February 23rd 2010
The District Six Museum District Six was once a densely-populated, busy area of Cape Town. Towards the end of the Nineteenth Century here and the adjoining areas of Woodstock and Salt River were working-class areas of Cape Town where all races lived together. It is of extra interest to me because it was in these areas that my great-grandfathe ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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