The Folk Club at the Plaza Hotel was famous for unplugged acoustic music.

“I went there with the late photographer from Independent Newspapers, Grant Erskine, who was a regular there.

“The Durban Music School in Albert Park is the old harbour master’s house, opposite Diakonia Council of Churches. The Diakonia Centre was a hub of activity in old South Africa, with many of the activist organisations having offices there. There were times when police/army vehicles used to park in front of the Centre, surveying all of us activists inside. Many important meetings were held there,” Thompson said.

Over the years, she said, those who could afford to move away relocated to the suburbs like Hillcrest and other areas.

24:T469,She recalled that the black, white, young, old, poor and rich got along really well in Albert Park, and there was even a basketball league. "A fabulous theatre friend, Trevor Yates, lived in Albert Park. He had made a tiny theatre in the basement of his building where he used to entertain the local kids. I remember seeing the old classic, Dinner for One, performed by him and his wife," she said. The Folk Club at the Plaza Hotel was famous for unplugged acoustic music. “I went there with the late photographer from Independent Newspapers, Grant Erskine, who was a regular there. “The Durban Music School in Albert Park is the old harbour master’s house, opposite Diakonia Council of Churches. The Diakonia Centre was a hub of activity in old South Africa, with many of the activist organisations having offices there. There were times when police/army vehicles used to park in front of the Centre, surveying all of us activists inside. Many important meetings were held there,” Thompson said. Over the years, she said, those who could afford to move away relocated to the suburbs like Hillcrest and other areas.25:T498,

In the past few weeks, vagrants were removed from the park and there was a joint clean-up wh

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