TBT Eastleigh Old Town Edition

[kingolonde]

Chopper,
if theres something i lusted for in my chilhood its this bicycle.
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Me too. But they were a preserve of the well to do them days.
Then BMX came. Daddy wa kina Brian bought them , na hapo ndio Kingolonde learnt riding a bike!
Thanks for memories

 

[Meria]

Mombasa Marikiti 1960

 

[Meria]

Nyali Bridge around sixties

 

[mzeiya]

we really have come from far
ata @mzeiya hakupata hii
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Hahaa hii nayo nilipata. Si ni pump ya mafuta taa

 

[Manana]

for 5 KCr, what was the nickname for this and why were customers being served with 2 when they order.
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Mukurinu. Mbili mbili Kama kawaida

 

[Meria]

Njiru starts 1989 Safari

 

[kingolonde]

Hii ni ya Kenya though. Courtesy of EAI Ltd...
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The plastics...and taste of food was never the same.View attachment 11907

Then what followed,thankfully I had stopped cooking by then...View attachment 11908

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Kenya Industrial Maufacuring Board. Hii ilikua ya mboga, cowboy chapo

 

[Meria]

Mike KIRKLAND - Robin NIXON / Nissan 200 SX

 

[Meria]

Shekhar MEHTA - Rob COMBES / Peugeot 205 T16 E2

 

[Meria]

Safari 1986
(1) Juha KANKKUNEN - Juha PIIRONEN / Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2

 

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[kingolonde]

Law Courts Mombasa 1955
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The museums department took them over and refurfished them a lot.
Once they were perfectly done, Judicary reclaimed them back.
Now houses the Court of Appeal, Mombasa

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

Kenya Industrial Maufacuring Board. Hii ilikua ya mboga, cowboy chapo

Hiyo industrial ni yako. Ilikuwa East African Industries...

 

[kingolonde]

Mike KIRKLAND - Robin NIXON / Nissan 200 SX
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There was Juha Kankunen, I think. We called him Juha Kalulu!

 

[Meria]

Crowd cheers a rally car in rural kenya in the 70s.
waona aje hio "Scannia"?
Kenya would come to a standstill during the safari rally.

 

[Meria]

Hiyo industrial ni yako. Ilikuwa East African Industries...

you wrong, mtu wa Tongaren is very right

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

Kulikua na Magnum pia

Mchezo uliishia hapa... No Excuses

 

[Liberty]

Thika Rd C: 1960s
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Nimeona landrover 109 nilibeba nayo miraa sana 1999 - 2000 na kuitumia pia kwa driving school ya kuzunguka kiwanja Saturdays and Sundays evenings one round charging 50/=. My hustle them days kabla nikuwe Holy Father