Delving into the dusty and historical archives The Benoni City Times’ title site, www.benonicitytimes.co.za, now brings you some BCT flashbacks from years gone by.
Taking you on a trip down memory lane. This image is of Benoni in the early 1900s. Image supplied by Glynis Cox Millett-Clay.
Here are some snippets from the BCT on this week, 43 years ago, in the Friday, February 19, 1971, edition:
The problem of livestock theft in Benoni’s agricultural areas and its plots is not a new thing by any means. This news story in the Friday, February 19, 1971, Benoni City Times, highlighted how a council fence in Putfontein was continuously cut in order for thieves to steal livestock.
Talking cents? Take a look at the prices of these grocery items at local Spar stores in February 1971. Margarine at 10 cents? Talk about buttering your bread on both sides.
Will Apollo be unmasked? There’s nothing quite like an international wrestling match. On the night of Friday, February 19, 1971, Albert “The Rock” Wall, a wrestling champion from Great Britain met the so-called “mystery man of South African wrestling”, Apollo, at the Benoni Town Hall in an attempt to unmask him.
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