Darnall (M12)

Name:Darnall

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http://www.brokiesway.co.za/youth.htm
Ouma’s sister May and her new husband, Percy Haley, from Yorkshire, had emigrated to Natal in the early 1900s and had sent back favourable reports, encouraging her sister to join them in Natal. Uncle Percy was secretary at the Huletts sugar mill, at Darnall, about sixty miles north-east of Durban. So Ouma came to Durban in the early 1900s, to be a nursing sister in a Durban hospital. During these early years she made several friendships that lasted her lifetime: people used to say of her: ‘Ethel Warwick, ever faithful’, because of her loyalty and solicitude, and her effective practical action when her friends needed help. Twice in this pre-World War 1 period she sailed home to England to see her family. In about 1913 she met Francis Carne Brokensha and his wife, Ellen (née Cowey) and their thirteen children in Durban.Other interesting info:

Darnall Country club is situated on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, a short 80 km from durban, South Africa, nestled within the beautiful village of Darnall since the 1930's. The village of Darnall is surrounded by sugarcane farms, the setting of Darnall Country Club is magnificent.


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