Sunday, 7 June 2020

sands of time...


I've had an ongoing fascination with the fate of this ex-German town in west Africa...Its decline began in the early 1930's...

the little ghost town of kolmanskop — CONNIE AND LUNA
Its fate today is so far from the bustling era of diamond mine fever, 100 years ago...

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Love some of the stories attached to the town.
Pets were difficult to keep in the conditions, but one family had a pet ostrich that terrorised the townspeople. It was only partly able to redeem itself at Christmas by pulling a sled containing Father Christmas over the sand.
Source: Kolmanskop

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