A family file titled: Beadle Family and Relatives was recently acquired at a car boot sale in Johannesburg. The album, containing the Beadle family tree and many other family documents of significance was solely bought for the photographs contained therein. For some reason the seller was not negotiable on the rather exorbitant selling price. I budged and acquired the album at his selling price.
BOOK REVIEWS
‘Geomotional’ is a remarkable and beautifully illustrated exploration of – as the sub-title says – ‘Geometric art, past and present’. The book, which has us journey through images, words, poetry and song, and gives account of a ‘performance-installation’, is compiled by Mary Elizabeth Lange, who is prolific in her writings on Indigenous art and story, and various intersections with heritage.
BLUE PLAQUES
Built in 1897, for DS Adriaan Jacobus Louw, as Mrs Van Warmelo refused to move from the previous Pastorie, when her husband died. The bricks from the old “Kruiskerk”, that stood next to the Klip Kerk were used. The house was used by DS Louw until 1931, by other ministers, as an old age home and is now a guest house.