Visiting Cape Town, South Africa

Visiting Cape Town, South Africa

The iconic Table Mountain, from Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa In April 2023 we were fortunate to be able to visit South Africa. My partner Ken had never been to South Africa so it was wonderful to see the places I know so well through his eyes. I grew up in...
Kids Capers with a side of cyanide

Kids Capers with a side of cyanide

Across the road from our house in Chromer Street, Selukwe were three tennis courts, a sanitary lane and the government buildings. The government buildings included the post office, police station, telephone exchange, police yard and holding cells as well as the...
African born

African born

I was born in a small town in Rhodesia, called Selukwe. I was the second of three children born to Frank and Joan Hosie. My folks had met during WWII.  Mum, Joan Pinder, was born in Morely, Leeds, UK the eldest of 7 children.  Dad was born in Bulawayo,...