The legendary Bulawayo B.A.C. Bar has burnt down !!
Bulawayo's Favourite Watering Hole - the Bulawayo Athletic Club Members Bar and Billiard
room burnt down last weekend in Bulawayo.
Residents living close to Bulawayo Athletic Club in 12th Avenue Bulawayo on Sunday night,
were horrified to see a bright glow emanating from the centre of the club buildings.
Although the fire was attended to by the Bulawayo fire Brigade, a large part of this historic
club was destroyed by the fire which was believed to have been started by an electrical
fault.
Over 100 years of Athletic events have taken place at this club, one of the very first sports
clubs in Bulawayo formed in 1894. The Club has for a century offered cricket, tennis,
bowls, squash and billiards and was a significant venue for many international sporting
events.
The cosy members bar was totally destroyed, as was the delightful snooker room with two
magnificent full size billiard tables, although the cocktail bar was saved, as was the
Walkden Hall, the squash courts, the changing rooms and the familiar veranda from
whence countless friendly and not so friendly cricket matches have been supported for
over one hundred years !!
Sadly an enormous amount of stock from the bar was destroyed in the blaze and the
sound of bottles exploding could be heard from afar.
Now this is crisis material with many loyal BAC regulars who will be most unhappy not to
be able to prop themselves up in their favourite corner, and order copious quantities of
Castle Pilsener from Neville the worlds best barman for the past 37 years !!
BAC Chairman - Trevor Williams and the committee have resolved to do their best to get
the club up and running again as soon as possible, in spite of the awful economic climate
in Zimbabwe.
The club is hoping to start a small web site for BAC in the hope that ex BAC stalwarts
worldwide might dig deep to help rebuild this historic portion of Bulawayo's sporting
history.
enquiries e mail
Peter (Salty) Ward:- prward@netconnect.co.zw
Craddock, Michael Henry, passed away suddenly over the long weekend. He
will be very sadly missed by his brothers Cyril, Allan, Thomas, James and
Colin and his sister Elizabeth. Gone now to be with Margaret in Heaven.
Mikey Craddock - passed away so suddenly - no time to say goodbye. Only the
Lord knows why he took you now and we take comfort in knowing that you are
in a better place with him. We will miss you so much Bro but you will be
forever in our hearts - never to be forgotten! All our love Tees, Cyril,
Travis and Chad.
Michael Craddock - taken so suddenly - the Lord needed another Angel in
Heaven and he chose you - only he knows why. We will miss you but we will
never forget you. All our love Bernita, Piet, Lana, Joshua and Hannah.
Lesley- Anne Dunn - Passed away in Harare on 11th August 2007.
Wife of the late Pat Dunn and adored Mother of Michael and Patrick.
Beloved sister of Corinne, Gerald and Betty.
Aunt of Alastair, Andrew, David and Julia Muir.
Revered ex-teacher for many years at St Johns Junior School, Harare.
Always to be remembered by her heartbroken family for her kindness, generosity and
courage.
' Life I know not what thou art -
I know that thou and I must part.
Say not Good -night , but in some brighter clime
Bid me Good - morning '
The funeral for the late Ted Durrett wih be held at City Presbyterian (Cnr Jason Moyo/ 5th
Ave) on Monday the 27th at 300pm.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but for all those of you who knew Sue Monckton I'm
sure you would want to know that her daughter was killed in a car accident on Sunday.
As you know Sue is now living in SA but has retained her e-mail address for a while. If
you would like to write to her and Simon the address is
Of late I have read many poems, comments, querying thoughts put on paper with regard
to what is happening to our country and its people. Surely we already have the answers to
all these questions if we look to our Father in Heaven. His Word is an infinite source of
information. May I humbly share what I believe is the problem with our beautiful world and
the land we love so much.
In Deuteromony 11 v 1 the Lord has said. " Love the Lord your god and keep his
requirements, His decrees, His laws and commands ALWAYS."
v13 reads. "So if you faithfully OBEY the commands I am giving you today-to love the
Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul-then I will send
rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains , so that you may gather in
your grain, new wine and oil. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will
eat and be satisfied."
V 16 continues "Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and
bow down to them."
V 26 says. "See I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse----- the blessing
if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; the curse if
you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command
you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
When each of us takes a few serious moments to contemplate the true position of our own
lives in relation to the Word of God, it is not difficult to see for ourselves the areas we fall
short of the commands of God. Rom 3 v 23.
Those who want to study further, look at Chap 28. The curses are upon the unbeliever, the
non compliant disobedient. These we do not judge but encourage them to turn in
obedience to God.
May serious Christians take time to pray for the people of this country. Without God this
country will never prosper. Without prayer the Lord will not bring to pass the prophesies
that he has spoken to prosper Zimbabwe and its people. SALVATION in every way.
For those who think that the Lord Almighty is NOT your God to obey, may you be
enlightened to understand that, with the advent of all the natural disasters spoken about
by Jesus in Mathew in Ch 24, at present escalating in frequency, there is little time to
procrastinate. Now is the time for our people to turn and be healed. 2 Cor 6 v 2.
The Lord Bless you.
V.C.D.
You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however. --Richard Bach
Highest Denomination
The world's highest denomination note is Hungary 100 Million B-Pengo *, issued in 1946.
That's 100,000,000, 000,000,000, 000 Pengo. It was worth about U.S. $0.20 in 1946.
Hungary also printed a 1 Milliard B-Pengo *(1,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000 Pengo) note
in 1946. Overtaken by inflation, it was never issued.
* The European number system differs from the American system for denominations above
one million:
European 1 milliard = American 1 billion (1,000,000,000) , and
European 1 billion = American 1 trillion (1,000,000,000, 000).
Thus a B-Pengo or 1 Billion Pengo is really American 1 Trillion Pengo.
Lowest Denomination
The lowest fractional note is Fiji 1 penny, issued in 1942. The old penny, being 1/240 of a
pound, is a lower denomination than other fractional notes based on 1/100th of a basic
monetary unit.
No Denomination
The notes with no denomination - Tatarstan issued a series of currency checks without
any denomination printed.
Most Zeros
The note with the most zeros is a Yugoslavia 500,000,000, 000 Dinara, issued in 1993
with 11 zeros.
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