Uubvlei!

[Michael Alexander]

The beginning of Uubvlei!

[Leon Sumter]

Worked in Uublvlei Auto electrical workshops from about '71 to 79.
Names that I remember:
Piet Steyn, Piet Liebenberg, Peter Poole, Jannie Smit, Jerry Kermis, Freddie Agenbag, Glen Hackart, Ronnie Young,

[Michael Alexander]

The late Peter Poole !

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

I worked at Uubvlei Mine Store, names that I remember, including those mentioned by Leon are Jan Badenhorst,  Viv le Roux, Samma Schreuder, Eddie Haylett, Jimmy Dankworth, Aubrey Baker, Jimmy Longmore, Bill Slier, Kosie Krige, A German Guy, that also worked with Kosie in the office, I think his name was Hans, but cannot remember the surname. Then there was Susan Brownless, Vivien Worth, Sandy de Witt, Natasha le Roux, Elsabe Swanepoel, Appels Coetzee, Louwtjie Theron, Japie Wiese, Andries Coetzee, these are the only ones I remember.

Charmain

[DUNJA WRBKA]

Charmain, was it perhaps Hans Gerster?

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Dunja,

No that surname does not ring a bell.

[Alfred Boehme]

I see the steel structures for the Engine bay workshop next to the compressor shop my old man moved from Engine bay town to Uubvley

[Mike Thurtell]

Charmain, I worked a few varsity and school vacs with Appels, you, Sandy, Johnny and the others.

Mike Thurtell

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Hi Mike

How can I forget you? The morning you ran the gauze door out of its hinges because you were late for the bus, is still fresh in my memory.

Charmain

[Delia]

I worked at Uubvley (planning) '83/'84/'85 - worked directly for Jack McBride but also in the offices with us were (who i can still remember) -  Billy Summers...he used to love emptying my paper clips over my typewriter keyboard & I would then spend the next half hour trying to fish them out - he would also walk past my desk & pull the plug out of my typewriter so i would have to lean over to plug it back in - all that just to get a look down my top while leaning over .........took me a while to catch onto that one........ Fanie van der Westhuizen, Mark ? was the engineer (tall thin blonde guy - married Julie Yearling), Amor Agenbach, Denise Coetzer, Alta ? married Gawie du Plessis), Lesley Jenkins was in the oil lab and lastly our supervisor was a Mrs Pida (?) or something to that effect - then the workshop foremen that used to pop in were Dave Hockney, Aubrey Baker, Ben Havenga, Jan Smit, Jannie Schneider (he would always bring me his stories from the desert to type ie. the tale of the halfmens tree, etc) - there were others, can see their faces but can't remember names.

I remember Nick Coetzer would always be the one to bring the workshop requisitions for us to process to the hole in wall between the workshops & our offices so that him and Denise could sit there chatting through this hole - amazing what sticks in your head.

[Lance Olivier]

Dee! I think the Mark you are referring to, surname Bunyard (hope the spellings correct)

[Delia]

That's it - Bunyard - can see his face so clearly, just couldn't get to the surname.

[Yvette Kroukamp (Biccard)]

Howzit Delia/Lance
Wasnt he a real boring piece of work. I seem to recall he had an office in the Central Mine Office too. Or is this another Mark?

[Delia]

Howzit Yvette - could be the same one, not sure........all i remember was the one i worked with had a very dry sense of humour- i was never sure whether to laugh at his "jokes" or not

[Yvette Kroukamp (Biccard)]

u know what, come to think of it, there was a Mark Button and a Mark Bunyard, oh hell now I'm confused. One mining and one engingeering?? help?