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2 unusual facts about Grand Parade


Cork 20 Rally

The final stage of the 1980 event started on Patrick Street and went through Grand Parade and the South Mall in front of thousands of spectators.

Oliver Plunkett Street

The street runs in a straight line from Custom House Street to Grand Parade.


Cape Town peace march

The march began near Cape Town's St George's Cathedral and proceeded down Adderley Street, ending at the Grand Parade.


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Carruthers Beattie

During the Anglo-Boer War in February 1899, he and others demonstrated the application of wireless telegraphy by transmitting signals over a distance of 120 metres on Cape Town's Grand Parade using equipment imported from Britain.