Module 1
Exercise 1.13
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In preparation of the timed accuracy test, type the following for three minutes. Te job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner.
Grahamstown was founded by Lt Colonel John Graham in 1812 as the military headquarters for a system of forts along the Fish River, which had been established as the boundary of the Cape Colony. Lord Charles Somerset became Governor of the Colony in 1814 and he saw that a concentration of European settlers along the border, would do away with the need for more soldiers to maintain the frontier.
At this time, there was much employment in Britain. Soldiers had been demobilized aſter the Napoleonic Wars, and the Industrial Revolution was at its height. So Somerset’s frontier scheme seemed an ideal solution to both the problems existing in Britain and the Cape Colony.
Te Settlers were given a very unrealistic description of the life they would live on the Frontier. Te 10 acre land allotment for each family was totally inadequate for successful farming, particularly as the Settlers were not of farming stock. Most had earned their livings as artisans and craſtsmen. As cops failed successively, they began driſting into towns, where they reverted to their former trades.
At first, the authorities opposed this exodus from the land, but eventually granted the Settlers building plots in Grahamstown. Beautifully restored groups of these cottages can still be seen around Artificer’s Square, and in New and McDonald Streets, and many of the shops remain a reminder of these early days of trading.
Tus Grahamstown changed from a military settlement into a thriving market town. With this came the establishment of Grahamstown’s renowned schools and churches.
Te little cathedral city of Grahamstown is situated just 58 km from the seaside resorts of Port Alfred and Kenton-on-Sea. Nestling in a picturesque valley surrounded by green hills, 535 m above sea-level, this gracious old city has been content to mature with the serenity and elegance of a typical English Cathedral town.
Little clusters of quaint cottages as well as fine examples of Victorian architecture make Grahamstown quite different from any other city on South Africa.
Tere is a museum for everything in the town – but even the museums are different. A one writer described them: “the curators have turned gloomy stone into blossoming history”. Grahamstown’s museums are all worth a visit.
Te centre also bounds with memorials, monuments and historical buildings, and there are many “oldests” and “onlys” – the oldest post box in South Africa, and the oldest hotel still operating in the same building. Te oldest stained-glass window made in South Africa is in the Christ Church. Grocott’s Mail is the oldest family-owned newspaper still in circulation. Te south wall of the nave of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, is the oldest bit of Anglican architecture in the southern hemisphere. Te original St George’s Church is the oldest Anglican Church in South Africa.
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