THEN AND NOW

I AM GOING BACK A VERY LONG WAY, TO THE MINE HOUSE IN SPRINGS WHERE I SPENT THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE It’s fascinating, the difference between houses then and now, and what was considered adequate, comfortable, perhaps even luxurious. Built around 1930, the house was a square, dark-blue face brick, with a corrugated iron roof, steel windows and wooden floors. The rooms were all of a reasonable size: sitting room, dining room, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and one loo off the back stoep. Kitchen,