Athelcrown

Captain Callum Maciver, right, and his wife, Beryl, pose with a special plaque given to the now-defunct East London branch of Mission to Seamen (now known as Mission to Seafarers) which was donated by the Athelcrown in 1949. The crew of…

No rain for months. Dams almost empty. A municipality in crisis mode. Sounds like Cape Town during Day Zero, but in actual fact, this was East London back in 1949. At the time, the Daily Dispatch called it the worst drought in 100 years…