Tuesday, November 25, 2008

where in Kampala is this?

I stumbled upon these interesting photos of Kampala in those days of our grandfathers. I'm young like that, unlike some of you who were in P6 already by 1960. Of course Baz I'm not talking about you. You are like us the youth of today (that is just a saying, not the title of that 1980s song by Musical Youth. Which I heard on the radio of course) and your latest Bad Idea had me in stitches.
Right, let's play a little game and see how many of us can identify which places are featured in the photos.

Number 1


Number 2

Number 3


Number 4






Answers in the comments section Priiz. Sanx.

21 comments:

Cheri said...

HUMPHISOZCKX!!!!

Cheri said...

No1 Is Sheraton, mos def.
No2 Is somewhere near a railway line.
No3 Is in Jinja (Those buildings types on exist there)
No4 Is Oba where.

Am I right or Am I right?

Cheri said...

Minty, sorry to rain here.

But Baz was in P6 in 1960? Hahaha, Can we say DINO!

therisingpage said...

Ish!! i wanted the Socks!!
I only know Number 1:
Only coz it still looks like that to-date:
BWAISE....

Tandra said...

comment on Baz, killer!

Pictures, im coming up with tooo many answers... so i shall wait for u to let me know. Yeah, im lazy like that

jny23ug said...

Number 4 is kampala road. saw it in Last King of Scotland.

The rest no idea.
Over to you Baz.

Baz said...

If you look closely in the middle distance of picture 2, you can see me and my cousin Posi.

Minty said...

@Baz, hope you are the guys on the bikes, otherwise I'd hate to think you be the guy on the left with the 'designer' shorts and torn jacket. ;-)

Minty said...

@Jny23 and cheri, your answers have been admitted to the vetting committee. You will know the results in a few.

Still@cheri, remember words like Zinjanthropus? And didn't I say we were not talking about Baz. Silly child.

@the rising page, that's so hillarious. Nice try.

@Tandra, you are too clever.For that you will get a big 0 with pussycat ears and tail.

Erique said...

i was busy reading for my UACE. so i really cant remember anything. sori Minty

Carsozy said...

No.1 Looks like Lake victoria Hotel which changed to Windsor and then 2......

My time machine failed to find 2 an 3 but if 4 aint Jinja road then shoot me. this is all crazy

31337 said...

never been so i am just wasting eyes here.

Emi's said...

Tell us is Cheri right?
Some of us where born only yesterday so Am totally lost.

DMX said...

Hi there minty, i know where you got the photos from, its a site i go to all the time.
Photo 1: Silver springs hotel swimming pool (Mbuya Youth oyee!)
Photo 3: Speke Hotel (featured the photo on my blog months back)
Photo 4: Imperial Hotel

lulu said...

CANT GUESS

Robyn said...

AM OUT OF IDEAS,,REALLY EVEN THE GUYS OF LAST KING OF SCOTLAND CANT COME THAT CLOSE.

Iwaya said...

@DMX, Minty: Can I please have the website address?!!!! I be into those things!

nevender said...

4 is Jinja road...has to be!!

Minty said...

@DMX, you should have got top marks but technically you cheated!!!
@the rest who came after DMX, bambi you are very holy. Even after he dropped - no, poured - hints about the locations you kept your cool.

Photo 2 is the railway crossing at Wankoko near the sewerage plant.

@Iwaya, I will post the address soon.

the antipop said...

first of all surely this was precolonial kampala? second, just please be kind enough and tell me where. i can not be bothered to think hard!

Minty said...

@Antipop, dearie, Precolonial photos would be of reed and grass-thatched mansions.
But the answers are in DMX's comment and my previous comment.