Several years prior to retiring, I cast about for a hobbie or activity to maintain my mental acuity. My son introduced me to WordPress, a program to record whatever fascinated one. After recording all the interesting activities and events in my life more as a record for my children when I had long since passed on, I decided to record the history of Port Elizabeth but with a difference. Instead of a merely being a recounting facts, I envisaged that it should uncover the world as it existed . By that I mean the human element. Every now and again a reader will draft a missive to unburden themselves of what they experienced in the Port Ellizabeth of yore. My brother Blaine has also availed himself of my blog for similar reasons.

This blog arrived yesterday from a Glen Williams-Jonosky of Bangkok Thailand in which he shares that part of his life spent at Seaview. This is a verbatim copy of that email.

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