LETTER: Fireman’s Arms
The Cape Town bar has a colourful history and long may it prosper after the fire
25 November 2019 - 17:25
Kevin McCallum’s article on the fire at the Fireman’s Arms brought back memories of the pub from the 1960s (“Longing for those warm arms of the Fireman’s (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2019-11-21-kevin-mccallum-longing-for-those-warm-arms-of-the-firemans/)”, November 22). I was devastated to hear about the fire. Fortunately, the original bar area was saved.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s Cape Town offered many options for a pleasant lunch, all within walking distance of our office in Monte Carlo building on the Foreshore opposite the old Barclays Bank...
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