Rand Club - Joburg - South Africa...

(All Photos in this Post by Tavarua)

The Rand Club...... a four-storey Victorian building..Welcome inside the Palatial Rand Club. It was regarded as a cocoon for the socially elite since 1887...

The Rand Club houses a Snooker/billiard room, The Tommy's Bar and The Main Bar which, has the longest counter in Africa - 96 feet long, two libraries, two dining rooms. There are few en-suite bedrooms for club members to rent. There are private offices as well which can be rented to club members.

The main entrance........

Tommy's Bar adjacent to the main bar....

Cozy........

Hallway......

Welcome to......

the longest bar in Africa..........

Here comes Justin.......

Let me introduce my friend Justin......He lives at the Rand Club and been there for a while..he stays mainly at the Bar......he is very proud of it. The Rand Club was established 1886/87 .....the Club Building was built 1904 prior to this year the Club had two other locations.

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Stairs to the first floor....

Here is the central portrait of Queen Elizabeth (the original was by Artist Pietro Annigoni)... is it a bygone era? or can we still hold fast to our old traditions?

and now Wind of Changes........President Nelson Mandela(Picture on First Floor)..

First floor..........The Rand Club can easily rival the best clubs in London.

The Library.....

Here I am having a conversation with Justin.......... he does not have an opinion about anything - Except hunting......