Tainted Maiden’s Cove memories

“The memories of Maiden’s Cove are, for most of the people, tinged, even tainted, with the experience of apartheid, its oppressive restrictions and limited opportunity of the most ordinary kind. This is because, although the memories may be deep and rich, Maiden’s Cove was one of only two beaches on the Atlantic coast ‘reserved for coloured bathing’.” — Dr Stephen Townsend, an architect and heritage practitioner