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From the film archive: 16mm footage of the legendary Aces United at Curries Fountain stadium <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Wall of Death: Tommy Chetty and Amaranee Naidoo ride alongside each other on the notorious Wall for enchanted fans (courtesy Ranjith Kally). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Glamour couple: Musicians Sonny Pillay and Miriam Makeba in rehearsal in Durban (courtesy Ranjith Kally). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Big Bump: Pumpy Naidoo and Springbok Radio announcer McKay confront each other at the Durban City Hall (courtesy Ranjith Kally). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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1965 Showdown: Caddy turned golfer Papwa Sewgolum defeats Gary Player in the 1965 Natal Open, at a time when Player was the the world's top earner in the game (courtesy Ranjith Kally). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ruffled a few feathers: Activist and feminist Dr Goonam lived her life as she pleased with her non-compromising principles and alternative lifestyle (courtesy Goonam family). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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An annual event: 16mm film footage of Durban's beaches during Easter.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Market life: Octogenarian Vic Pillay remembers the heydays of the Victoria Street market, the Crimson League gang, Manning Rangers Football Club and gangster Michael John.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Presenters Riason Naidoo and Aziz Hassim in conversation with veteran DRUM journalist Farook Khan in one of Durban's oldest and most frequented eateries - 'Victory Lounge' - on the corner of Grey & Victoria Streets.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Drs Monty Naicker and Yusuf Dadoo, leaders of the South African Indian Congress, visit India after independence in 1947 at the invitation of Mahatma Gandhi (courtesy Naicker family).<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Big Five: 'Big Daddy' Naidoo, second from left, leader of the Crimson League gang and owner\/coach of Aces United Football Club (courtesy Veena Partab).<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rare 16mm footage of black boxing in the Union.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Flying Men: Three members of the Sonny Moodley Troupe in perfect timing on a Durban beach (courtesy BAHA).<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Stiles Gang: Mac Naidoo (centre) of the Victoria Street Market and Manning Rangers Football Club with some members of his gang (courtesy Naidoo family). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Riason and Aziz cruising through Durban's yesteryear in a 1939 Chevrolet <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Former boxer turned promoter Benny Singh (right) training Mckenzie in his Durban gym (courtesy BAHA). <\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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From the film archive: 16mm footage of the legendary Aces United at Curries Fountain stadium Wall of Death: Tommy Chetty and Amaranee Naidoo ride alongside each other on the notorious Wall for enchanted fans (courtesy Ranjith Kally). Glamour couple: Musicians Sonny Pillay and Miriam Makeba in rehearsal in Durban (courtesy Ranjith Kally). The Big Bump:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigdaddyfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}