Amongst some of the first visitors to the newly opened National Memorial to David Livingstone in 1929, were several important visitors from Africa. Amongst them, Chief Tshekdi Khama of Serewe, Bechunaland Protectorate (second from the left) took time to come to Blantyre and see the memorial first hand, making sure he also visited the new […]
A couple of people in recent months have asked me where the little African Hut was at the David Livingstone Centre. The hut was reconstructed to show the type of accommodation that our famous Explorer friend used to live in whilst in Africa on his travels. The straw hut is no longer there and was […]
I recently posted about the little straw African Hut which was built in the grounds of David Livingstone Centre in the 1930s, which was a replica of the hut David Livingstone lived in whilst in Africa. Now, i always thought it was removed due to weather, but have recently learned that burned down. It wasn’t […]
Through April and May I’ve been showing some colourised photos. Taking the high resolution photos from my collection and exclusively showing Blantyre in colour from all those years ago, courtesy of help from Scotland Colourised. I hope you’re as impressed by the results as I’ve been. All these colour photos will be available in my […]
Around 2 weeks before the David Livingstone Centre opened, a press day was held, inviting reporters to come along to the newly renovated centre, and see for themselves the amazing transformation. The intention was that the press would cascade their excitement in all the local newspapers. A few photos are available from this event, including […]
Pictured here in the 1930s are visitors to the African Hut, reconstructed in the grounds of David Livingstone Centre. The hut was a reconstruction of the place where David Livingstone died, whilst in Africa in 1873. This was part of the original tourist attractions when the centre opened on 5th October 1929 and was located where the […]