It is around this historic hallmark, you found the cafes. On Mkwepu Street further left were Mansons and Cosy Cafe. To the right, Wimpy sat like a lazy cat. Wimpy, forerunner of MacDonald’s food chain, offered ice cream, chocolate cream and milkshake, whereas Cosy Cafe a few steps opposite, had hot drinks and Asian bites on its menu. Mansons was slightly exciting, while Wimpy was considered Westernised in this ragged, yet strict era of 1970s Ujamaa terrain.
Sasa tukio “limefutwa machozi” na Waingereza waliotangaza kuwa wanazo baadhi ya hifadhi hizo katika majumba yao ya makumbusho. Sanaa hizi zilizoporwa kipindi cha ukoloni ndiyo kumbukumbu pekee za mila na ustaarabu wa Waarabu. Kwanini Mwingereza apende kuhifadhi vidude hivi? Kwanini kichwa cha shujaa wetu Mtemi Mkwawa wa Wahehe (aliyepigana dhidi ya Wakoloni wa Kijerumani) kikarejeshwa na kuhifadhiwa kijiji cha Kalenga? Kati ya mafuvu mengine ni lile la Mangi Meli Ringi Makindara aliyenyongwa mbele ya watu wake Old Moshi, mwaka 1892. Jitihada za kudai fuvu hilo lirejeshwe Kilimanjaro, sijui zimeishia wapi. Mara ya mwisho (2005), Ubalozi wa Ujerumani ulisema kichwa hakikupatikana.