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Glenmore farm before the move in 1976 (photo)

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“Glenmore farm before the move in 1976 (photo)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11197

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A series of photographs showing views of forced removal of communities from Klipfontein farm, near Kenton-on-sea, and other areas, to Glenmore in 1979. These photographs were accumulated by Ben Maclennan when he worked as a journalist for Eaastern Province Herald, covering the move, and when he wrote the book "Glenmore : the story of a forced removal"This photograph shows Glenmore in 1976, while it was still being farmed.A transcript at the back reads: "A view of the valuable land under irrigation pasture on Mr Ronnie Knott's farm, Glenmore, along the banks of the Fish River where the Fingo Village freeholders from Grahamstown may soon be resettled and about which they are voting in a referendum today"
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Image
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Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10962/14151
Location - Physical Location
Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
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Provenance
Klipfontein - Glenmore Forced Removal Collection
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Copryright. Image made available for research and educational purposes only.

“Glenmore farm before the move in 1976 (photo)”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/11197

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