More than 350 locals braved the cold weather to celebrate the inaugural World Marine Aids to Navigation Day on Monday July 1 and Tuesday July 2 at the Slangkoppunt Lighthouse in Kommetjie. The occasion also commemorated the centenary of the lighthouse, which is the tallest cast-iron tower on the South African coast. It was commissioned on March 4 1919 and is one of 45 active lighthouses, (“Lighting up the way for 100 years,” Echo, June 28).
The False Bay Echo (formerly the Fish Hoek Echo) was established in 1953 and renamed False Bay Echo in 1986. This long established popular community title includes the key shopping centres Longbeach Mall, Sun Valley Mall and Valyland Centre within its distribution area.
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