Lusaka the Capital of Northern Rhodesia



The beauty of African color.


The Ministry of Finance - my alma mater - Lusaka 1959.


The Secretariat and Parliament in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia in 1959.


The Northern Rhodesia Colonial Governor's Rolls Royce Silver Wraith
1957 FLW 86 Park Ward Landaulette. Lusaka, outside Parliament in 1959.
Currently owned by Mr. R. Hammer of Chicago, Illinois, USA.


Colonial Pomp and Ceremony, outside parliament in 1959. Lusaka, N. Rhodesia


The King's African Rifles band on parade.


The King's African Rifles on parade.


The Governor's Residence in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia in 1960.


The new Anglican Cathedral in Lusaka in 1962


The play of sunlight and color cast by the windows inside Lusaka's new cathedral.


The High Court Lion - Lusaka, 1959.



Downtown Lusaka - Cairo Road - in 1959.


More of downtown Lusaka - Cairo Road - in 1959.


Another shot of downtown Lusaka in 1959

Downtown Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia 1961

Parliament Building Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia 1961


Bill Curphy outside the first house we caretook admiring the 1953 Chevrolet which
blew its engine with disastrous results on the way to a soccer match.


Bill Curphy with Moses, our very elegant cook, and family in 1959


The cook's house behind the house I caretakered with Bill Curphy.


Probably the nicest house I caretook. It belonged to Tom Shaw, a very senior colonial officer.


Peter Ferrett, Dixie Dean, his daughter, Sally Dean, Michael Voysey,
Eve Williams, and a Dutch friend of ours.



Wendy with one of Frank's cats.


Wendy with one of Frank's cats.


Mr. Lewis's servants who came with his house (at double pay of course) when I caretook it in 1960.


Sally and Dixie outside my house in 1961 as they prepared, with my three year
old goddaughter, to go overland from Central Africa to England. They made it!


Another shot of the Deans and the old Land Rover he bought from the airport.

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