Thursday, 1 September 2011

Salisbury.

 5.)Salisbury in the early sixties was a wonderful place,Jacaranda trees in bloom,the drone of christmas beetles at night,the fresh smell after the late afternoon thunder showers and in homes all over the city,sundowners on the stoep (porch) just before dark.You would also hear the soft calls of the servants as they parted for the night and made their tired way to the kaia at the bottom of the garden.In the morning the milk tokens would be put out for the early delivery of milk and Mazoe orange,as a Rhodie would say : mushie!(great stuff)Also expect the bread delivery man on his 3 wheel bike.In town you would see the hustle and bustle of a new day starting,the yellow Rixi taxi,s dodging in and out of   the traffic,the newspaper vendors selling the Rhodesia Herald,my Dad always bought his from the vendor outside Cabs Building Society just off 1st Street about 3 blocks down from Jameson Avenue.

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