75th Anniversary of Royal Family Visit to South Africa Day 63
Day 63: 3rd April 1947
Programme
Flight from Pretoria to Pietersburg (Now called Polokwane, in area of Limpopo)
Polokwane was an old Bantu name for the area and means " the place of rest".
Here is google maps to show area as I was not sure of the location
Maundy Thursday
Flight to Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal. During the flight the plane carrying the King & Princess Margaret collided with a vulture.
A letter sent on the 9th April but about the visit on the 3rd April to Pietersburg.( I purchased an Airletter but it got lost in the post).
Postal Cover for the 3rd April 1947
Introduction to Pietersburg
Pictures from a magazine
HMS Vanguard
The Captain reports that the problem he had on the sail down with his feet had flared up again and so he cancelled all on shore visits that were planned for him.
8000 visitors were reported to have come on board the ship and in the evening a detachment of Royal Marines and band did a drill display and beat the retreat in front of the City Hall.
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