STREETS THAT MOVE

Grahamstown Sunset, whose newly inducted president, Robyn Cooper, welcomed participants warmly.

As the swimsuit-clad bathers emerged from the dam after a hundred-or-so metres they were greeted by cups of hot chocolate handed out by Tim Dold and his PG Glass gang. Polar Plunge dippers had being asked to bring along blankets and warm clothing for the needy. Dold said donations of blankets and warm clothing can still be dropped off at PG Glass in Bathurst Street, “where Shattercat will gladly receive them”. In case of any mishaps, a Gardmed Ambulance Service crew was on hand. Rotary Sunset members continued their community spirit by picking up 10 bags of rubbish from the edges of the dam.

Past editions of this column dealt with the names of Makhanda streets, and there has been positive feedback from readers. Former resident and Kingswood College staffer David Stevens, now living along the Garden Route, has penned this week’s “street story”.

He writes: “During 2021 I researched the history of the names of the public streets which were incorporated into the greater Kingswood College campus over the years, for the College archives.

“On an early street map I picked up Kennelly Street running below City Lords and between Ayliff and Trollope streets. Knowing that there is no street in that situation I delved a bit further and located Kennelly Street near Fort England Hospital (in Sunnyside). “Unfortunately I could find no reference as to why that street ‘moved’ from one side of the town to the other, and it would have been of interest to discover the then town planner’s logic in showing it clearly on a street map only for it to later reappear elsewhere.”

Very interesting indeed, seeing the writer of this column lives just one street away from the “current” Kennelly Street.