A view of the front of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Dark sky and bushes in the foreground. On the reverse 'The Round House Hotel which I have talked a lot about'.
Four uniformed men sat around a round table having tea. John is sat on the far left. On the reverse 'Tea at Matopos after mending puncture. Part of the lake can be seen in the background'.
John, wearing long trousered uniform, standing on the steps of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On the reverse 'At the Round House'.
Nine uniformed men, all wearing safari pith helmets, sat in and on an open topped car. There is a post and wire fence alongside and there are wires on poles beyond.
John, wearing desert uniform, with shorts and shirt and tie, standing on the steps of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On reverse is 'Yours truly on Round House steps'.
Eight men wearing swimming trunks with trees beyond. John is second right at the back. On the reverse 'At the swimming pool the whole of the gang is here. Can you spot 'ern' '.
John, standing at the centre of a group of seven men in swimming trunks and towel turbans. On reverse 'At the swimming pool. You can see Pat, Jim and myself 1st 2nd 3rd from the right'.
A man wearing a headdress incorporating feathers and horns stands alongside a two wheeled cart in a park. There are a number of other carts and uniformed men beyond the carts and multi storey buildings are in the background.
Thirty three bareheaded men in uniform arranged in three rows; one row sitting with two rows standing behind. Four of the men are wearing armbands on their left sleeves. John is in the front row, fifth from the left. On reserve 'S. Rhodesia 12-1-43…
The two storey hotel with a tiled roof, a portico entrance and a balustrade at first floor level. The ground floor windows have shutters and there are palm trees and a pond in the formal front garden at the front.
A pool with a high wall to one side and open on another. There are two people in the pool with two women, wearing day dresses, standing to one side and three young men in shorts on the other side. The pool is set in gardens with trees and a lawned…
Two women wearing swimming costumes and two men in trunks by a swimming pool. The pool has a high wall to one side with arched entrances to a curtained area. The other sides are open onto trees. John is standing second right. On the reverse 'The 2…
A panoramic view of the hotel and grounds. The hotel has two stories under a pitched tile roof. The lower half of the windows have open shutters and there are single storey buildings adjoining with am open colonnade showing doors beyond. There are…
John looking across the gorge to the Victoria Falls. He is wearing long woollen socks, shorts and a shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He has a watch on his wrist and has a camera slung from his shoulder.