LCS Meeting Thursday 16 th November 2017 Our guest Dr. Dean Allen Another very different night for the cricket society, as our guest for the evening, Dean Allen, took us on a journey, to the cape colony of South Africa, in the 1890’s. His talk centred on this small town of Matjiesfontein and a man from the border country between England and Scotland. James Logan "Matjiesfontein". The name was derived from a type of sedge, Cyperus textilis, used by Khoekhoen people to make mats (matjies) (my apologies for the poor quality photo’s, they were affected by the florescent lights)
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LCS Meeting Thursday 16th November 2017
Our guest Dr. Dean Allen
Another very different night for the cricket society, as our guest for the evening, Dean Allen, took
us on a journey, to the cape colony of South Africa, in the 1890’s.
His talk centred on this small town of Matjiesfontein
and a man from the border country between England and Scotland.
James Logan
"Matjiesfontein". The name was derived from a type of sedge, Cyperus textilis,
used by Khoekhoen people to make mats (matjies)
(my apologies for the poor quality photo’s, they were affected by the florescent lights)