HISTORY SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE
Dear Members,
1. Our next talk, at 1100h on Sunday 27th
August, is going to be a little different from normal in that it will be
illustrated with a display of live chickens in Robin and Jenny Taylor’s garden
at 17, Lillesdon Road, (which is on the corner of Coleford Road), Greendale.
SPEAKER: ROBIN
TAYLOR
Robin Taylor is well known to most of us as the past
Chairman of the Mashonaland Branch of the History Society. He is also the
foremost expert on steam locomotives in Zimbabwe.
Robin was born in Harare and
his secondary education was at Churchill School. His early career was in the
Civil Service and he took early retirement from the post of Under Secretary in
the then Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 1985. He subsequently worked for
the Coffee Growers Association, a commodity association of the Commercial
Farmers Union and this was followed by the position of Administration Manager
of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society.
SUBJECT: THE HISTORY OF POULTRY SHOWING IN ZIMBABWE
Robin will be talking about
the history of poultry showing in this country dating back to the first show
which was held in 1897.
He will also explain what it
is a poultry judge looks for in selecting prize winning chickens and the
fascination this hobby has to poultry fanciers. He will touch on the origin and
history of some of the better known poultry breeds.
1.1 As it will be an outdoor event please bring your own chairs and it
is advisable to wear hats. Robin and Jenny have a shady garden and
if
you so wish you are welcome to remain and picnic in the garden after the
talk.
1.2 You can approach the address from two directions: Take Harare Drive
from Enterprise Road and proceed in a southerly direction past Oriel Girls
School. Cross over Pringle
Road minding the speed humps and the first turning right after crossing Pringle
Road is Coleford Road. Turn right into Coleford Road. On the
corner is a large ZAOGA Church. The house is second on the right.
OR
1.3 Take the Arcturus Road, pass the Kamfinsa Shops and continue
straight along Arcturus Road passing the Pringle Road intersection. First after
this intersection turn left into Coleford Road and it is the third house on the
left.
1.4 A good landmark from either direction is the large Z.E.S.A.
substation opposite Robin and Jenny’s house. If from either
direction you reach the
Harare Drive/Arcturus Road intersection you will have gone too far and
missed the turning.
1.5 Parking will be outside the property but our host will arrange
supervision of the vehicles.
1.6 We hope you will be able to join us for what we are sure will prove to be
an interesting and different talk (combined with a picnic if
you should feel so inclined).
2. A brand new 156
page consolidated Index to Heritage of Zimbabwe (Editions 1 – 35) is now on
sale for US$20 from Adele Hamilton-Ritchie (contact mail adele@zol.co.zw and telephone 0776 401276 or
04 744651).
Only 100 copies have been produced and it is therefore
likely to become a collectors’ item.
The Index will
also be on sale at future HSZ talks.
This Index is
the result of many months of intensive labour by Chris Halse and Mike Fox (who
rendered their services without charge) and the
Society is very grateful to them. There were, however, type-setting and
printing costs which your Society needs to
recover from sales of the Index (so
please give your support in this regard and let us sell out all 100 copies
as soon as possible”).
3.
A footnote from Karen Howard-Beard:
"I recently
went to watch "Dunkirk" at the movies at Sam Levy’s Village. I
would urge anyone interested in history to watch it. The story follows
several people and is not over dramatized like other
WWII movies. It really put the scale of the loss of lives and the
struggle survivors went through into perspective".
Charles Castelin
Chairman, History Society of Zimbabwe,
Mashonaland Branch
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