Moments in history you wish you'd witnessed
From the same book as the photograph below we learn of the Duke's tour of the Union of South Africa, and in particularly his momentous visit to Jagersfontein.The Duke's tour of the Union was enlivened by many unrehearsed incidents. At Jagersfontein, for instance, the Duke, having received the town's address of welcome, instead of returning to his car made a detour by a side street, where he encountered a traffic barrier. As seen in this picture [to come], he vaulted this, followed by the crowd, who appreciated to the full the spontaneous and unaffected nature of the Duke's attitude.
Strangely the town's website fails to mark this historic occasion, though I suspect it remains the highlight of the lives of any of the folk who were lucky enough to have been there.
posted by Matthew @ 12/13/2004 05:03:00 PM
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