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kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this?
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Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 398 Location: Where everyone knows you
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sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called?  Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? Just unbelievable that our grandparents were riding on double decker buses on smooth and wide roads. Then everything went downhill....
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Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? Vegetatation If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 398 Location: Where everyone knows you
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Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes. Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ?????
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Photoshop I may be wrong..but then I could be right
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 398 Location: Where everyone knows you
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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MatataMingi wrote:Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes. Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ????? Wah!! If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/19/2009 Posts: 3,142
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MatataMingi wrote:Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes.
Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ????? And they say my brothers and I are weird.
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MatataMingi wrote:Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had
extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes. Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ????? That was education and learning, not schooling as it is today. From this conversation, i now understand why KENCOM is a bus stage. I have always wondered what the rationale was to have a stage there next to a 5star hotel and a corporate office. I look forward to seeing how the satellite cities will turn out. Nairobi has become one big ghetto. "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/9/2009 Posts: 2,003
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MatataMingi wrote:Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes. Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ????? Whoa! You guys had a life. Unrelated, you must be above 65 by now. I never knew wazua is not only vijana.
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sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. Not National Archives but Kenya Commercial Bank, that's why the area is called 'commercial'. The street between commercial and Ambassador is the shortest street in Nairobi, hence the name Short Street.
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 398 Location: Where everyone knows you
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radio wrote:MatataMingi wrote:Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes. Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ????? Whoa! You guys had a life. Unrelated, you must be above 65 by now. I never knew wazua is not only vijana. Yes Sir, You are almost right. I am 67. Wazua has to have some older people, not only vijana. We can give you guys some history of how Kenya, and particularly Nairobi was and what a mess it became.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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MatataMingi wrote:radio wrote:MatataMingi wrote:Impunity wrote:MatataMingi wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. The Hilton Hotel was built on that bus terminal. What were those green buses called? I don't remember who was running the buses. It think it was a British company, before they were taken over KBS. However, very fond memories of those times.Things were organized - We used to live in Nairobi South, and there were no high schools nearby. - Therefore,I went to the Duke of Gloucester ( called DOG ) from 1961 to 1964 for my O levels, and by that time Highway Secondary had opened in Nairobi South, and so I went there from 1965 to 1966 for my A levels - The transport to school was very organized. To go to DOG and other schools, the bus company ran a special Double Decker service, subsidized, for school kids only . It used to leave at 7am from Nairobi South and stop on the way to pick more kids going to schools in Ngara, Parklands etc. - On the way home this student bus was not operational. The reason was that, whereas, all students had to go to school at the same time in the morning, but they did not come back at the same time. This was due to fact that we had extracurricular activities, like the photography club, different sports etc etc. -Therefore, for the ride home I had to take a bus from near DOG, and change for the bus to Nairobi South at that Bus terminal,that is now Nairobi Hilton. - The bus fares were cents, not shillings. - We used to have a hearty lunch of Githiri from Mama Rose, or a boiled & roasted corn cob from Mwangi, for 10 cents. The school system at the time was no financial burden for my civil servant father. You know what. Just writing this has brought tears to my old eyes. Does were the days. How did we manage to mess everything up. ????? Whoa! You guys had a life. Unrelated, you must be above 65 by now. I never knew wazua is not only vijana. Yes Sir, You are almost right. I am 67. Wazua has to have some older people, not only vijana. We can give you guys some history of how Kenya, and particularly Nairobi was and what a mess it became. I understand that before independence on needed to have a "pass" a sort of visa to go to Nairobi. That pass was only given to those who had genuine business to do in the city. Also once you were allowed in you couldn't mangamanga ovyo ovyo coz some streets eg kenyatta avenue were out of bounds to nyeuthi. And a nyeuthi could only live in eastlands.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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Gordon Gekko wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. Not National Archives but Kenya Commercial Bank, that's why the area is called 'commercial'. The street between commercial and Ambassador is the shortest street in Nairobi, hence the name Short Street. So the National Archives house was a KCB house before? What was it housing before the KCB? Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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Impunity wrote:Gordon Gekko wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. Not National Archives but Kenya Commercial Bank, that's why the area is called 'commercial'. The street between commercial and Ambassador is the shortest street in Nairobi, hence the name Short Street. So the National Archives house was a KCB house before? What was it housing before the KCB? KCB is that tiny building to the right next to the double decker bus. And behind it i can see Sabina Joy.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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jaggernaut wrote:Impunity wrote:Gordon Gekko wrote:sqft wrote:Ngong wrote:kiash wrote:Wow when was this? wish i could have known those times Nice, which part of Nairobi is this? I can see National Archives, Ambassador Hotel. That stage must be the area outside Hilton hotel. Not National Archives but Kenya Commercial Bank, that's why the area is called 'commercial'. The street between commercial and Ambassador is the shortest street in Nairobi, hence the name Short Street. So the National Archives house was a KCB house before? What was it housing before the KCB? KCB is that tiny building to the right next to the double decker bus. And behind it i can see Sabina Joy. I am waiting for @MatataMingi to clarify, weweuko too young to know. Kwanja Sabina Joy was not there then, the place was occupied by a Kodak shop! Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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