{"id":5452,"date":"2015-03-08T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2025-10-04T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:36:09","slug":"durban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/durban\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My brother was on holiday in South Africa during April 2004 and photographed this pillbox which appears to be based on a type 22 design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pillbox is located near the entrance to Durban Dockyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A local resident believes the pillbox will be demolished in the near future as part of redevelopment building works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanpillbox.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"68849f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #68849f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"12995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanpillbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12995 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanpillbox.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanpillbox-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanbluffpillbox1.jpg\"><img data-dominant-color=\"948d8e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #948d8e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" data-id=\"12996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanbluffpillbox1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12996 not-transparent\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanbluffpillbox1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/durbanbluffpillbox1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by Steve Carvell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother was on holiday in South Africa during April 2004 and photographed this pillbox which appears to be based on a type 22 design. The pillbox is located near the entrance to Durban Dockyard. 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