Westgate today is a tiny industrial and warehousing suburb that sits between Ferreirasdorp and Fordsburg with the M1 running through it. The original TCA building was at 2 Marshall Street along with the KMT school sports grounds. Wow Marc your research of an area never fails to impress me, thank you. In 1904, there were 2457 (23 of them women) Chinese in SA and around 6000 in 1947 (1877 woman). A fascinating ‘trade’ brought over by the Chinese was a game called ‘fahfee’. Established in 1896 in Ferreirastown as a communal meeting place for immigrants from Ponevez (Jubilee booklet from 1949 says 1899). Unfortunately and prior to the experiment, local Chinese were included in legislation along with Indians (termed ‘Asiatics’) that curbed and controlled competing with white-owned businesses. A long, but immensely satisfying read. Working Life 1886-1940. O-166 Cottage and additions 1896/6 He was held in high esteem as the mayor at the time D. F. Corlett attended his funeral. The first building of consequence in Ferreira’s camp was the Central Hotel. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province of South Africa 19th century. Designed by A. Klute, the building included the factory, house, and offices. All these issues still plague parts of Johannesburg today. After their service finished, not wanting to return to an impoverished India and having become ‘defiled in terms of the caste system’ as indentured labourers (Tomaselli, 1983: 216), they stayed on in South Africa. The first barbershop belonged to George Meredith in Ferreira’s Camp. Heights Hotel (Source: Mining Camp to Metropolis), Heights Hotel (Source: S. A. Standing three metres tall, the sculptures form a triangle in Pigeon Square. The demolition date may be right, but the building was not part of the Magistrate block. D-110 Chancellor House 1948 The foundation stone was laid by I.W. Some shopkeepers simply dismantled their corrugated iron structures and moved them from Ferriera’s Camp to stands in the newly proclaimed Johannesburg township. The Lenz era of the company ended in 1931 with the resignation of Otto Lenz’s son. The new city was called Johannesburg, apparently in their honour. Sometime in 1887, the ground was transferred to the Norton Syndicate who then received the license income. Prior to lockdown, the theatre hosted plays and musical recitals which will hopefully continue once rules are relaxed. ‘Town beer’ had to be made quickly to avoid detection by the police. Everyone is different —we all sound, speak, and move differently. There is evidently a brass plaque at the site commemorating the society. Rehabilitation of Infrastructure (Sewerage, other services, co-ordination) Early farms and original camps of Johannesburg (Source: Johannesburg: One Hundred Years). Most South African Chinese (i.e. The area just south of Westgate has been largely covered by the highway networks of the M1 and M2 and their various interchanges and was previously made up of mine land and dumps from the nearby Crown Mines and Robinson GM Co LTD before they were cleared for the highway ‘ring’ that was constructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Drawings for the pulpit of the Wesleyan Church Ferreirastown (Source: Museum Africa), Roughly below where W-278, 280, and 281 and behind the Wesleyan Hall is the St. Alban’s Coloured Church, Ferreirastown (1898 and 1927). It was noted by the same source that it demolished to make way for the Magistrate’s Court in 1944, but this is partly incorrect. By 1930 the majority of its members had moved to Doornfontein and a new Ponevez Synagogue was built in Hilner Street (Saul Margo c1931) which survived up until the 1960s. Liz Delmont kindly sent me research she had done on early Indian and Muslim communities that included information on the site of the first mosque. However, it was not until 1652 that the Europeans founded a colon… More specifically, a discussion of the history of the area is not complete without an understanding of the effects of apartheid. This is certainly true of music from South Africa. The Ponevez Sick Benefit Society was established in 1896 in Ferreirastown where the synagogues served as the house of prayer, and communal meeting place for immigrants from Ponevez (Jubilee booklet from 1949 says 1899). We had many fights with young white policemen, especially on Friday nights, when they returned to Vorster Square after drinking sprees in town. If not this one, it may have been across the road at F-7 as both are indicated to have a Chinese connection. As a result, they lived around Chinatown in Ferrerasdorp and ‘Fietas’ as well as other areas inhabited by non-whites like Sophiatown and Martindale. The Wesleyan Church can also bee seen on the right), Ferreirastown Wolhunter & Fox Str looking south (Source: Golden City), Ferreirasdorp Wolhunter from Fox stree looking South 2020 (Source: Marc Latilla).