🇿🇦The Secret Inside Joburg's Park Station✔

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[@rowanwatkins1580]

the ANC wastes so much, when will people realise this, they've wasted an entirely inherited economy and infrastructure system

[@thandiwemntande2364]

Thanks for revealing the underlying Luxury hidden in Park Station, & I have to agree with u that such places need to be preserved & renovated coz they carry alot of History to the city development...I hope the Government or the Private-Sector to interevene🤞🏼🙏🏼

[@shalinpather4198]

Crazy how such a relatively young city has so many secrets!

[@Livinginsatv]

And this is only scratching the surface. There is many more things I would like to talk about.

[@dreamonboy5392]

My mother was the head lady ticketing at Park Station, she had a special pass to the blue room and yearly tickets from JHB to Port Elizabeth via SAA. We, as kids felt very special. My dad had passes on main line rail road as a train driver.

[@theasmith2151]

I thoroughly enjoyed that....I used to work in the old South Station building in the late 60's and 70's...what a wonderful place it was!!So sad its not being restored and looked after.At least I have beautiful memories.My farther also used to work on Jhb station his whole life.Thankyou for reminding us of this beautiful,forgotten place.Thea.

[@nguse_fola6639]

When I was in school I was never interested in the history of my country but as I am growing older everything fascinates me thank you David.

[@paulsvid]

I used to work in Joburg and Krugersdorp in the early 80's and a always remember Krugersdorp train station for the bar which used to be there. You could walk right of the train and into the bar which had an entrance on the station platform.

[@sethsingermusic]

Amazed! Thank you for sharing. I walk past the Blue Room almost every week and I'm just grateful to know all these facts and the rich history. Wow

[@Hongaars1969]

Some corrections. South Africa became a union and was a dominion of the empire from 1910 onwards. A referendum was held and it became a republic in 1961. Until then, the sovereign (king or queen of the UK) was also the head of state of South Africa. Because the commonwealth was increasingly critical of the nationalist party (NP) policy of Apartheid, rather than remain within the commonwealth and face further closer scrutiny, or be forcible ejected from the commonwealth, the NP decided to hold a referendum to become a republic instead. Also, the dominions like New Zealand, Australia and South Africa all used their own version of the pound but it wasn’t the same currency as UK sterling, which incidentally only became decimalised in 1971.

[@Doug6412]

It was an absolutely beautiful and the restaurant awesome. Used to wonder through there in the late seventies and eighties

[@eland65]

Meet too... setting at Picasso, right next to damlin college, the president hotel across the road, a music shop on the corner with eloff street, 1974/5...

[@xmc7189]

Interesting to see how times and peoples lifestyles have changed you giving us info that tour guides don't give👌

[@goldenlion647]

It's not preserved as a heritage site, because the ANC cadres are too busy looting and filling their mattresses with ill-gotten gains. Sad, but true. They are a disgrace to South Africans who put their trust in them for a better life from those years of political oppression, now we suffer economic oppression and poverty. Are you free if you have to beg and starve in order to survive? The holding company for the railways, Prasa, has been managed by delinquent cadre rogues who have plundered oner £1.2 Billion and were stupid enough to buy Spanish trains for over $135 million that are unsuitable for South African rail.

[@melaniehoulding8563]

Incredible and so very interesting…a place certainly’waiting to happen again!

[@catherinedavy1022]

It was a Great place for all. So many memories. Ex South African.

[@NtonkaR]

Thanks for an informative insert 🙏🏽

[@vickigagiano3257]

I used to walk around there and go there as a high school student. There was an old model train which you could activate with a coin. The Park Station area under discussion was pristine in 1991. I cannot look at old archives of Johannesburg and the station as I know how it has been neglected over time definitely not preserved.

[@FreeBirdPeck]

Your video topic discovery is great and unique. This is an interesting informational video. Great to see you unearthing lots of unknowns around us.

[@willp3204]

Hey, just want to say thank you for your video, so enlightening 😎☀️🙌🏼

[@TshepoNkadimeng5]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 Another great episode!

[@Livinginsatv]

And another great comment my brother.

[@PepperSquad]

Great video and very interesting... Can you maybe consider making a video about Ellis Park

[@Livinginsatv]

I will have a look at it for sure. Thanks for the tip.

[@danielroy1966]

Vety interesting video, my friend. It makes me curious to find out what else you have "unearthed" for us in your adopted home country. :-)

[@VoidUnderTheSun]

The Coal Train - Hugh Masekela

[@Herriot7]

Thanks for sharing with such enthusiasm. It was "lekker" :)

[@Bigi_Cartmen]

It all makes sense now!!

[@aurorakarina9844]

Thank you so much for the info have always been curious about this now I have answers

[@ThatLazyBloke]

Really interesting video. Its also very saddening to know that our Government (ANC) is doing nothing to preserve these treasures and the only reason i can up up with is perhaps that they feel as if restoring and preserving these structures would mean reliving the Apartheid era. Its just my two cents. but still, what a waste of history

[@Livinginsatv]

Thank you for your comment Sandile. I feel you, but we need to look at these places and reimagined them for touristic and education purposes. We need to forget the past and move forward. We as the younger generation we need to unite and make the difference to create a better society.

[@ThatLazyBloke]

@@Livinginsatv That’s true, not that i’m being negative or anything but the reality is that we are governed by an old, possibly angry generation. Who only care mostly about the enrichment of themselves. For us to realize this, we would need strong support from the private sector to bridge that gap

[@Livinginsatv]

@@ThatLazyBloke loved your comment! You said everything! Amen!

[@katlegomabe4286]

I say turn in it into an educational museum that reflects on the ignorance of the previous regimes of South Africa and it should aim to highlight how the injustices of the past affect our present and should play a role in reconfiguring the the future of all South Africans.

[@katlegomabe4286]

@@andrewdutoit9571 So are you say apartheid is a so called 'cultural' that people associate themselves with? Apartheid was a facade and Johannesburg was lala land for the regime. In fact if one does proper research you find that it is the apartheid government which caused the decay of Joburg. PW Botha's 'Rubicon Speech' in 1985 got all foreign companies leaving the following morning, leaving buildings vulnerable to high jacking.

[@EstelleBoy-sc2jm]

Had my 21st in Blueroom. 🎉🎉

[@user39h2j8il]

Would be more enjoyable if the photo stills were not zoomed in and out and we could actually look at them properly... too frenetic.

[@Livinginsatv]

You can always pause the video.😁👍

[@siya1618]

You should visit and update your video on Jewel City since they’ve launched to the public now

[@Livinginsatv]

I am quite aware of that. Sure. I will have to walk around there as soon as I can.

[@stoltmain123]

i live in rotterdam haha great vlog we love suid africa in holland

[@original_dulas5234]

Great.

[@tresbobsterbob7143]

Love the videos, keep them up!

[@mariogalletti5324]

Very, very good, but to many information which doesn't allow to memorise.

[@pangajavalinaicker7601]

Nothing is done.All is stripped and stolen

[@goldengate1927]

I used to work in the Blue Room Restaurant as a student. Yes if you wanted to spoil your partner, you took her/him to the Blue Room. I had the privilege to serve my Mathematics teacher and his wife, because he took her there for there anniversary. I never told anybody about my weekend work as scholar/student and they were surprised to see me there. Yes it is shocking to see how that awesome place detreriated to such an extend that it can not be repaired. typical African values.

[@katlegomabe4286]

They were never part of the so called luxury and glamor within that place. Personally I'd say you need to educate yourself before making such ignorant comments.

[@andrewdutoit9571]

@@katlegomabe4286 Don't be so harsh. How many Africans were in Jobutrg in the old days and could they afford to go to such places?

[@katlegomabe4286]

@@andrewdutoit9571 The law at that time did not allow for black to even enter the place.

[@andrewdutoit9571]

@@katlegomabe4286 Yes, those were harsh days, but what people have lost sight of is that our Country's Majority were not in the position they are now. Times were different then and that's the problem. Would anybody be allowed to enter the Waldolf Astoria today willy nilly? Much like the Class System in England and Chaste System in India yet nobody complains about them do they?

[@King88_8]

everything is now a cesspool

[@ajpree4325]

4th yay

[@Livinginsatv]

If you are referring to Johannesburg's anniversary yes, is today the 4th of october. 134 years exactly.

[@E-D-E2704]

Thank you very much my wifey 😂

[@johnbutler3742]

a superb historical document - thank God it's alive on the internet. In the 1970's this station had 46 platforms and you could drive down to your long-distance train. you arrived at Bloemfontein at midnight, Burgersdorp somewhere between 4 and 6 am, and East London mid-morning. There were several restaurants above the main concourse with its Pierneef art deco paintings and there was a terrorist attack on one of the platforms: grandmother was killed and her granddaughter injured after they looked after a suitcase for a white man who British Channel 4 network described as "The Good Terrorist" in its documentary. The younger victim later lived in Brighton, England. Your train compartment or coupe had your reservation name on it on a little metal clip outside the train.

[@katlegomabe4286]

Firstly great video, very informative thank you. I'm sorry to say but as much it is a great building and all(the restaurant specifically), relatively, I'd beg to differ and would argue that the reason why the station has been abandoned, is because it was never a part of the majority's history, so there isn't much urgency to rehabilitating such a place.

[@rhynosouris710]

Respectfully, I disagree. The station and the building, even during high apartheid, was a very vital transportation & commuter hub for the majority population.

[@johnlamb3101]

…….and today there no power to run the electric engines - so back to steam and coal.

[@robertstatt1627]

This guy sounds like not South Africa … you can’t say South Africa city name right ..

[@Livinginsatv]

😱🤣

[@xmc7189]

​@@LivinginsatvI noticed that too. Where are you from? Just curious😊

[@ThabangMolefe-r5w]

Well l think if natives we're involved in politics back then we wouldnt be where we are from 1948 until now was a waste of time boers never made south africa better for all ,the english tried .

[@TatendaChigogora-qc8yl]

Is the silly accent necessary?

[@blackdynastyrsa658]

Mr David F, do you know who we can speak to if we want to do something in this Blue Room?

[@Livinginsatv]

Park station management, got there in person.