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Old Nairobi
jaggernaut
#1 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:13:06 PM
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Saw some interesting old Nairobi photos, 1955- Tom Mboya, Moi Avenue, Kimathi avenue, Kenyatta avenue, Judiciary, City Hall.




jaggernaut
#2 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:14:46 PM
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Railways headquarters - Haile Selassie/Moi avenue junction.

Coolio
#3 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:18:20 PM
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Meanwhile at Uhuru park, very poor drills especially from 4GS.
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jaggernaut
#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:22:45 PM
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National Archives:

jaggernaut
#5 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:30:01 PM
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Kenyatta avenue, city market, All Saints cathedral, Kipande house. The Uganda railway passed at Loita Street.

jaggernaut
#6 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:32:55 PM
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Kenyatta avenue before the traffic jams and parking problemssmile .
jaggernaut
#7 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:35:25 PM
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:39:34 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:

those cars are cute.......smile
jaggernaut
#9 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:39:52 PM
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The Norfolk Hotel

jaggernaut
#10 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:42:01 PM
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Kenyatta Avenue - when Nairobi was a mzungu town, 'natives' were banned from the city centre.

jaggernaut
#11 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:46:58 PM
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City Hall. East Africa safari rally.

josiah33
#12 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:48:00 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
Kenyatta Avenue


Looks like a scene from an English town from the past.......

Na kwani kulikuwa na ALLSOPPS those times?
Bigchick
#13 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:53:30 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
Kenyatta Avenue - when 'natives' were banned from the city centre.




Yaani we black africans could not afford to get to town.Hapo ni wazungu tuu wanavuka.

Or it was a restricted road for wazungus only.

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jaggernaut
#14 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:55:27 PM
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Bigchick wrote:


Yaani we black africans could not afford to get to town.Hapo ni wazungu tuu wanavuka.

Or it was a restricted road for wazungus only.

Thankyou to all our freedom fighters


'Natives' needed a special pass (a visa) to visit the city.Sad Sad Sad
washiku
#15 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:03:48 PM
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jaggernaut
#16 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:04:59 PM
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Sailing at Nairobi Dam before the Hyacinth.

essyk
#17 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:08:39 PM
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tao was a no go zone?Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

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jaggernaut
#18 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:09:59 PM
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Traffic policeman.

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#19 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:14:54 PM
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1950s. Maasai warriors matching along Kimathi street.

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#20 Posted : Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:25:23 PM
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Safari Rally, City Hall.
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