Harare Landmarks

[biffon]

guys post in this thread, satellite images of Harares favorite spots!

Avondale Flea Markets

[biffon]

Borrowdale Village - where most of us cut our teeth on the club /pub scene:smiley32:

[Poison]

What memories...

[FerrariSucks]

Cool idea

[Kirsty]

Hey,

Do any of you remember when in Avondale instead of the TM there was a nightclub? I was like 14/15 years old when it existed, so 12 or more years ago.

But I remember going to a movie with friends and coming out at 11pm and waiting to be picked up I passed a car I recognized parked outside the nightclub. It was one of my Senior hockey teammates car.

This is where the story gets funny and better earn me some reputation point for remembering the night club & for telling such a funny story.

I saw her inside the car rummaging for something (or so I thought) and thought I'd say hi. Well I walked closer to the car and she wasn't rummaging for anything she was getting lucky. I was scard for life, seeing her butt in the air like that. Yikes!!! I could never look her in the eye again on the field.

[Kirsty]

Borrowdale village brings back some funny memories also. I remember being at the Keg on Saturday for lunch or somethign with girl friends of mine. We are eating chips and whatever and this drunk guy comes up to the wondow from the outside of the keg and takes his pants off and squishes his tiny slong on the keg window. I have never laughed so hard in my life, I almost chocked on a chip.

And one night at the keg before going to excape I remember finishing our drinks and then walking outside to make our way to the nightclub and there was a bay crawling in the middle of the road. Some stupid bitch in the keg forgot she had a kid.

How the hell did we even make it past and survive childhood?

Zimbos - there is no one else like us.

[RustyBear]

wasnt it called pink flamingoes or something like that

[chantillylace]

Wasn't the club in Avondale called Rosalinds? Hammy will know!

[RustyBear]

Thats it, but before that im sure it was pink flamingoes

[Richard]

flami's was on the lomagundi road towards westgate, wasnt it?

[biffon]

rosalinds was what is now edgars - or was edgars when i was last in zim

between Nandos and TM

[Richard]

you are right big man, it is edgars now, and tm has always been there, but the club was inbetween nandos and the icecream place.

[squeakyB]

Yeap it was roslinds - was the first club I ever went to in Zim - brings back some memories he he he he...

[Aboriginal]

My first nightclub was Archies. Pretty fun place. Weird to think used to go into the city to a nightclub! Thinking back it was a dingy dive, and those poor fish at the bar! Fluoro lights for all their live. :smiley36: Man

[TiGeR]

:smiley36: You havin a spot of bother posting there mate? Who remembers the Tube?

[RustyBear]

I remember the tube but wasnt there another club just around the corner from there aswell. There was also lavhanus.

[FerrariSucks]

:smiley36: You havin a spot of bother posting there mate? Who remembers the Tube?

The Tube i will never forget, had a friends 18th at Tube and drank so much i fell asleep across the road on the pavemant. Woke up the next day and had a 36hr hangover.:smiley11: :smiley11: :smiley11:

[FerrariSucks]

I remember the tube but wasnt there another club just around the corner from there aswell. There was also lavhanus.

Wasn't Sarah's around the corner

[biffon]

pics guys .... that way we can remember easier... will try get one of the Tube & also of Sports

[Poison]

Westgate..
747

[biffon]

sweet

[biffon]

Stadiums

[squeakyB]

ARKIES - well now that brings back some memories..... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm miss spent youth !!!!! Who remembers Turtles - never went there at night but always used to bunk off school and go there during the day and drink with friends - especially during O'levels!!! he he he - wrote my history O'level smased on VODKA SOAPIES!!!!! Might be the reason I failed it - he he he he

[Kirsty]

My goodness, I have no recollection of "The Tube".

I do remember Turtles - but I swear my mates told me that it was a gay bar, so that kind of scared me as I had already been hit on by chicks on the hockey field, didn't need anymore of that thanks.

But I do have fond memories of "Archies". Ladies night on Thursdays till 10.30pm I think. I remember have dudes come and undress to their undies.
I remember once Rick - from Eaglesvale I think - was the stripper one night. And my mates and I hid from embarassment 1) that we knew the dude, 2) he was all greased up & had a really hairy butt & 3) he was dating a chick that dove with me -and she had no clue he was doing this as a side deal.
Also when you entered Archies on ladies night you had to write your name on this piece of paper and then they'd pull you name out the hat and you had to go parttake in a drinking game or do something gross with the stripper. I remember making up names so when the announcer said them it would cause gasps or huge amounts of laughter. Or all of us mates would get together and pick 1 mate and we'd all write the 1 mates name down, and she'd be wondering how she got picked for all 4 drinking games. So funny.
The shit that must have gone down in that place in the separate area on those couches ... yuk! Gives me the heebee geebies.

[Kirsty]

I also have fond memories of the stadium. I played many a hockey match on those fields. I always used to love watchign the pitch for when they turned on those sprinklers and people would get nailed with them. Not just sprayed but the enire force of the sprinkler would nail them in the ear of hip and almost send them flying. Mean to laugh at but soooooo funny.

All Africa games was also in the bigger stadium. That was fun being in the opening ceremony for that. I also remember taking part in some athletic event there I had to do the long jump. And the boys schools had their athletic stuff there a few years in a row if I recall. Remember watch it one year and thinking "how boring" but it wasn't at all.

[Kirsty]

I also learnt to drive in the stadium parking lot. My hill starts are killer - I rock at hill starts going forward or in reverse - I'm untouchable. Taught my brother Staurt Carrihill how to drive in there as well.

[RustyBear]

Can you all remember the cricket internationals at harare sports, those`were some of the best days of my life sun, mates and booze

[biffon]

you forgot the cricket!! haha

[RustyBear]

Ya every now and again you could glance over to the pitch if you could see past your nose lol.

[Poison]

Where many of us have spent numerous hours getting drunkard watching ciricricket...

825

[Shayne]

See if you can get MUgabes' new and old house.

[Poison]

826

[Poison]

Need to try and locate the new one now, does anyone have a rough idea of where it is?

[neillhinds]

Avondale- Rosslins, Borrowdale-hooters, westgate.........mmmmm forgotten its been a while

[Shayne]

I know where Mugabes new house is. It near Borrowdale Brook golf course on the other side of the mountain.

I cant believe you cant see anything of Bobs House in Town. It almost looks derserted.

[vukenmuven]

826

Notice how the lawn is green and well kept ... so much for a hose pipe ban, if there's still one?

We could send him our hose pipe ban from the UK if he wants ... yes, a pipe ban in the UK. Not "mud island" anymore ...

[vukenmuven]

Anyway, where were we? Landmarks ... Branigans, IT (I think!) and not forgetting those that took a challenge, Circus ... I never went there though.

Good Fellows, Sandroes and dare I say it, Xcape.

[Aboriginal]

Many hours spent at the 'Goalpost bar' Helensvale when short of dough! Had some awesome fun there with the black guys playing 'slug' and pool! Always got whipped! ha ha

'The Book cafe' in the Avenues weird but cool in a way!
'The News cafe' in ?Avondale very trendy and expensive!

[vukenmuven]

Sports Cafe

[vukenmuven]

That garage just outside Lake Chivero ... forgot its name ... but it was a great supplier of booze, and a brilliant pit stop for the thirsty.

Had a lay-by party just a few hundred metres away from it ... what a gas.

[biffon]

haha lakeside motors wasnt it? not sure
remember we always stopped there for an attrocious pie and a creme soda.. and maybe a big packet of things...
Poison did you go with us to Kwekwe for that one hockey tournament, and we stopped at Rob Perotti's kribs in kadoma on the way there.. i remember getting BENT!! after that match hey!! what a blast!

[chantillylace]

Are you guys talking about Turnpike? That was the best petrol station in the world........EVER!

[biffon]

that was it --- well done Chants

[zimboykie]

Come on, ouens! How can you ever forget the place where ALL nightclubbers were weaned - Hellenics on a Friday night with Spugs disco & the Mega discos at Eyeties (Italian Club to the uniniated) !!!!! Don't forget Your Place aka Marilyns & the last great den of iniquity in the town centre - Sandro's!!! Great places to get trashed & chunder in the carpark. Aaah, the days of my youth . . . . . . .

[biffon]

one would think you are several years advanced in the experience department compared to most TCB members....

geezus! Hellenics & Italian club... dude those were HOLE's when i was doing the chunder rounds, and reserved to weekends when we were looking for more variety in our lives ie: knife fights with goffel gangs etc!!! :D :D

or maybe youre just dodgy!

[chantillylace]

Spug's - hahahaha one of those dudes is my cousin!
Sandro's was the first club I went to! I felt so out of my league - like a baby schum! Guys were hitting on us every 5 secs and i just wanted to go home to my mommy!

[biffon]

haha!!! only club i was ever denied access... really pissed me off

i was underaged, but a chick same age as me in my group was let in .... at the time i didnt realise why and was devastated, but looking back on it now see it was purely in the best interests of the club.
ie:
underaged guys = no money to spend = boot up the rectum!
underaged girls = being bought drinks from sleazebag 40yr old men = $$$

[zimboykie]

Hey Biff! So whatta ya tryin' to say china? Dodgy? It sounds like you were the dodgy one getting involved in knife fights with goffel oeuns! lol! Hellenics & Eyeties must've dried up by the time you were old enough to go out? Those places were pumping back in '86,'87 & '88 then Rosalinds & The Hangar were the happening places until an oke took a dive off the first floor at Hangar. It just shows how long ago that was when guys used to tuck their shirts in & white trousers were the rage! Ah, the times they are a changin'.

[Shayne]

The Hangar is a new one to me. Where was that?

[biffon]

Hey Biff! So whatta ya tryin' to say china? Dodgy? It sounds like you were the dodgy one getting involved in knife fights with goffel oeuns! lol! Hellenics & Eyeties must've dried up by the time you were old enough to go out? Those places were pumping back in '86,'87 & '88 then Rosalinds & The Hangar were the happening places until an oke took a dive off the first floor at Hangar. It just shows how long ago that was when guys used to tuck their shirts in & white trousers were the rage! Ah, the times they are a changin'.

in 86 i still considered girls offensive and full of disease!, i would rather play with frogs & fish at the time hehe
so yeah i guess your right

WTF is the hanger!:whistling:

[RustyBear]

this shit is before my time my first ever clubs were turtles and archepileagos

[izabokkeman]

Man these places are way before my time, when I was a kid, we went to dolca vita in avondale(if you got bounced you could get trashed in the car park neway) or Xcape/Cyberia, just before i moved the place to be was Da Vinci's in borrowdale, A kick ass club when i went back was retro lounge which is closed now, it was opposite saint johns, but then i am still a baby!!!

[Poison]

Xscape/Cyberia is now called "Glow" and Blue Zoo is now called "Zinc.."

[izabokkeman]

Glow!!! I think it should be called Kindergarden or somthing, coz last time i was in there I felt old and I was only 17!!!!! Blue Zoo where was that ??

[biffon]

blue zoo was the second room in Xcape- played music for rhodies!
all the farmer kids danced there,
usual music heard was
1) Sit down = james
2) Chumbawamba = tubthumping
3) YMCA = those gay dudes
4) summer of 69 - bryan Adams

[Aboriginal]

Ha ha so true!

[RustyBear]

can anyone remember the matrix in highlands shopping centre, behing TM?

[chantillylace]

:smiley3: OMG - I've been away too long! I can't remember where highlands is or what it's shopping centre looks like!:smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19: :smiley19:

[Shayne]

It wasnt highlands shops. It was newlands.

[chantillylace]

Ok Newlands I know! Phew! What was the name of that really great restaurant there - just as you entered Newlands, on the right coming from Sam Mac? They made the BEST Don Pedro's in the world!

[biffon]

News Cafe....
scrap that thought.. i know the restaurant i also know the owner but i cant remember the name of it...

it was a womans name if i remember right.

[RustyBear]

oh ok hammond newlands then but its in highlands is it not???
Who went to billy fudpackers? It was a quite a good watering hole

[Shayne]

Who went to the Bronze monkey in Bulawayo?

[FerrariSucks]

Anyone go to Sarah's night club? (R&B night)

[Poison]

I only went to Sarahs when it was called Wiggle...

[zambezilover]

Who went to the Bronze monkey in Bulawayo?

it was the brass monkey shayne

[leggless]

What was the place called in Arundel Business park that was pretty good and oregens in Borridale

[zambezilover]

Captains Cabin. We had greenballs bachelors there and got very drunk

[Raevoyn]

Memories .....

[squeakyB]

did anyone used to go to the little restaurant type place before going to arkies and have those shooters - kinda liek tequila but stringer - man forgotten the nam of the place and the awful shots - but they did get you ratted!!! he he he!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhh crap that forget the place bit - EUROPA for grapper/grappa (however you spell it)...

[Cez]

oh yes...the only way to start the night!!!! except when some people chickened out and you had to down all of them - then boy did you not feel so good - but the night ended up even better!

[Kirsty]

It was a greek restaurant, and the shot was ouzo wasn't it. Went there once or twice on the way to Archies.

And wasn't the Brass Monkey in Bulawayo the place you guys went when on school trips to cheat on your girlfriends? - And you thought we didnt' know.

[zambezilover]

Europa was a fine place to get smashed. We used to bunk classes and go there for a couple of drinks. Used to end up staggering out of that joint after too many grappa

[zambezilover]

A place i really enjoyed was the Tube man that place had the best sound system out of all the clubs in H Town

[Poison]

Ya the Tube rocked.. That sound system was amazing..
I was there every Saturday for the Rave Asylums..
The lasers were cool.. Bouncing around all over the place..

[Blazzo]

Who remember Sports Cafe, I worked behind the bar and TubbyPieThief (IJ)was the Dj at one stage, think it was the friday night place when I started there, also worked at NewsCafe in Newlands,then Goodfellas for a short while.. good Cocktails at both Sports and NewsCafe!!Strawberry Daiquiris, Long Island IceTeas and California Iced teas were the most popular at Sports. I still have my Bartenders shirt from there, tight fit though..

[squeakyB]

Remember Sports Cafe like the back of my hand - lived at the place practically!!! Was the first place in Zim to get flavoured Tequila - Lychee being my fav and always over indulging in it

[WotanFoss]

I used to enjoy The Book Cafe and Goalposts and going to Circus on Saturday aftrenoons.

[Bianca]

OMG - so many memories! Rosalinds was the 1st night club I ever went to - I remember getting lifts there on the pretence of going to the movies! ha! Turtles - who remember karioke nights there? I was always up for a sing song! And good ol' Archies - what a night club! We used to nip out of school lunch times/study hall times for a quick vodka, lime and lemonade! (Want to vom just thinking of drinking that now!) And loved Sarah's - used to go there on a Fri night. And all this was before I left Zim at the tender age of 17 - PLEASE don't let my future kids be like me!!!

[Shayne]

Who went to East 24 / Putt Putt to play games and ice cream?

[Cez]

more times than i can count... my uncle was a member at putt putt. does anyone remember put-ting in avondale?

[Shayne]

That one under the car park.... what ever happened to it?

How about Water Whirled?

[Cez]

yup that one - it didnt last long, not popular enough!

Water World - man had some great times there - i remember doing a triathlon fun day there - it was exhausting!

[Shayne]

When it first opened, i remember going down over 110 times in day. I was a really engertic kid :)

How about sunrise beers on Domboshwa rocks after a night out?

[Cez]

yup - the fun we had growing up! why do we have to grow up?!!!!

[Bianca]

Oh lordy - my two fav places growing up! When Water World 1st opened I was there every weekend with my mates sunning ourselves in our bikinis! What a jol! We would baby oil our bums, stick our bottoms between our 'cheeks' and then whizz down those slides! Recently went to Wild Wadi in Dubai and the new Water World in Durbs and they are both FAB!!!

[Cez]

yup - had tonnes of fun! havent been to a place like that in years... maybe i should!

[Shayne]

I was at Wild Wadi a few days ago :)

Who remembers parties at that church in Borrowdale. St Gerrads wasnt it?

[Bianca]

Me! I went to every one!! And I had a great time at each one!

[Bianca]

Sigh.... I had an awesome time growing up in Zim.... Like Cez said earlier - why do we have do grow up damnit!

[Bianca]

yup - had tonnes of fun! havent been to a place like that in years... maybe i should!

Well I see you live in Bracknell - don't they have some sort of Water World there? Can't remember what it's called but everytime I drive in to Bracknell when visiting mates I see the sign for it.

[Shayne]

I say shall this once and once only.

Twisty bread from Pizza hut after boozing at Sports cafe at three in the morning. Brings TEARS to my eyes.....

[Bianca]

I had already left for Durbs by then so I missed out on a whole new generation of partying and munchies in Zim

[Cez]

you missed out on a lot of fun then!!!
they do have a waterworld thingy in bracknell, but its small and poofy! not too bad i suppose, but not tonnes of fun!

[biffon]

we used to go play table soccer "whatyoumacallit" there- on a thursday evening after work - was great fun !

[Blazzo]

Sigh.... I had an awesome time growing up in Zim.... Like Cez said earlier - why do we have do grow up damnit!

Grow up? speak for yourself hehe :smiley2: :trytofly:

[biffon]

peter pan's my hero!
http://www.moviecitygeek.com/arrays/images/2003/peter_pan.gif

[Blazzo]

My hero..:smiley20:

[biffon]

heehee - you go boy!!

[Bianca]

lol - whatever rocks your world!

[Lindsey]

How sad .. I feel really old coz I have to admit to being a serious Hellenics, Itais and Rosalinds fan ... those were the days... though I also did the Archies clubbing thing too. I remember leaving Zim to travel round the world when I was 19 and 10 months later go back to have a night out at Rosalinds - only to be shocked at how it was no longer... The Hanger was on Samora Machel Avenue - opposite Livingstone House and had great live bands playing...

[Peas]

National sports stadium & Hockey Fields :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/National_sports_stadium.jpg


Westgate shopping centre - shopping!:smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/Westgate_shopping_centre.jpg


Borrowdale - OK Grand challenge:smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/Borrowdale.jpg


Bobs house - drop a b........ :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/Bobs_house.jpg


Kariba - parties :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/kariba.jpg


coca cola - where we got all our coke from :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/coca_cola.jpg


Donnybrook - motorbikes :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/Donnybrook.jpg


Eaglesvale - eaglesjail :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/Eaglesvale.jpg


Harare airport - where we say goodbye to all our mates :smiley20:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/hunnipie/Harare_airport-1.jpg



IF YOU GOT ANYMORE - STICK EM UP!!! :smiley20: :smiley20: :smiley20:

[FerrariSucks]

very good

[dallas]

cant wait to get home!!!

[A N T]

i can never find anything i look for on that google earth thing. What am i doing wrong ???

[fantaniatastic]

That Google earth is awesome!! Those snaps are great well done will load some more later:-)

Ciao ciao for now, gotta dash!

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CELEBRATE THE STRUGGLE....!!

[biffon]

there is another thread with a few more images here (http://www.thechiefbaboon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=897&highlight=westgate)

[biffon]

actually ill merge them.... :D

[Gustav]

Well An update for you all as Im still in good old Harare

Sandros is now a church

Archies is still going but not really the kind of place that you would want o be seen in

Sarahs, again you dont want to be there, not sure what its called

Tube same story as above, basically to cut along story short you just dont go into town any more, I have no idea about turtles i think that closed ages ago, like I said havent been into town in ages, but will make an effort to have a look.

Rosalinds, is now edgars

lavanhu is no longer

Aguilars then branagans, I have no idea think its gone,

Red Fox, dont go there unless you like it rough and with out vasaline

Origins, is currently being fitted out to become a woolworths I think, no one is quite sure yet.

Xcape, aka blue zoo, aka, zin/glow whatever, is still going although I ind of feel like an old pervert when Im there.

Da Vinci's is going but very very young audience, as young as 12, geez they starting young, I remember when I was 12 running around the garden with a toy gun and trying to kill imaginary VC,

Sports Cafe, is now a clothes shop

News Cafe, now called trax, is run by track armour, he used to be the manager of sandros, for you ex sandros goers he was the little short bald guy.

Billy fudpacker, is still going but yor best bet is a thursday night, they have two guys singing, they are crap but makes for a good atmosphere, not many people go, so its usually a chilled one or two.

Keg in borrowdale, pretty good for those afternoon drinks when you bunking off work with some mates or collegues, but generally crap in the evenings, however that may change with the varsity students comming back for xmas holidays, other wise known as the "Salmon run" he he

Otherwise not much left in town, most folks start off at OGs for the weekend warm up( Although there has been a rather nasty incident where a young fellow was beaten and stabbed to death, I will explain in another thread if anyone want to know the details) anyway let me carry on, they have a disco some friday nights as well, then folks move on to borrowdale or in my case home.

Saterdays are very dead around town, people usually go to the lake or in my case skydiving, and get boozed there, or move on to a braai or house party if you crack the nod.

Sundays.......hmmm..... sundays, usually just a spur of the moment piss up anywhere, sometime a continuation of the previous evening.

If I can remember any more I will let you know, or if you wanna find out about any of your previous haunt let me know I will investigate for you.

Gus

[biffon]

hey gus open a thread in the news section about that lighty that was killed - i heard about it from one of the zimbo guys at work but dont know the details.. something about him bashing his girlfriend and her dad asked someone to rough him up and they went a bit far..???

[Gustav]

Im not sure of the full details but when I find out then will let everyone know, but basically some guy was defending his mate and got stabbed in the process

[Shayne]

Any update to this story. I was there when it happened but heard a 100 different stories.

[Gustav]

A little bit of an update, still the details are a bit clouded.

the guy was not stabbed but died because of a blood clot in his brain. there were a few guys arrested for it, but later on released. no one has been charged etc for this incident.

exactly why this happened is a mystery, no one really knows still loads of stories going around town.

[Poison]

Some others that were left out for some strange reason..

Good old
East 24: for the driving range and playing Pool.
Putt Putt: Well for putt putt and playing arcade games.
Water Whirld: for those fun summer days daming up the tubes and making the water go down the stairs..
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[biffon]

you forgot the urban legend of the razor blades in the tube joints!!