Here are four great snaps from the 60's era in Omund. Lucille Jonker just sent them to me and I will be putting them up on the main site in the next few days.....Please feel free to comment , thanks lucille..
Hi, I'm Melanie Jonker - Lucille's sister. The woman in the second photo is Lee McDonald (not Kym). Her husband's name was Stuart and their children were Ashley and Collette. They were our next door neighbours in 1st Avenue. They also had a huge Doberman called Battle which used to scare the kids in the neighbourhood.
I remember only too well the dog growling at me , he would run up to you and in most cases he was almost face height to a lot of us kids ... My dad tought me ,,, never look him in the eyes ,dont try and smile , walk ever so slowly past him and dont run ,, but yes it was always hair raising having this big dog doing the low growling and challenging you ....
Hi Melanie i remeber your name...is there a Richard Jonker.too..........also i remeber mr kilbride......did they have a son.....i remeber a face but not a name........not been on here for a week....and gosh how behind am i ...........
I remember a Richard Jonker as well
I have e-mailed Richard this site and when I rang him last week he said he had had a quick look but wasn't sure where to find things (not too 'puter savvy is our brother!) Hopefully he will figure it out and start chatting because most people knew Richard as he was the eldest. Thanks for correcting me Mel re: Lee McDonald... I thought it sounded weird as I typed it. By the way, I have the "Battle" scars from Battle..... a tiny scar on my stomach where he bit me as I tried to scale down the fence into their yard while he was "supposedly" asleep.
Quote from: Michael Alexander on March 11, 2008, 07:24:55 AM
Here are four great snaps from the 60's era in Omund. Lucille Jonker just sent them to me and I will be putting them up on the main site in the next few days.....Please feel free to comment , thanks lucille..
Last picture of kids with father Christmas are the Van Greunen kids - Cheryl (mother Pat behind the gate) Mark facing the camera and Carl with his back to the camera.
Hi Cheryl. What happened to the pic?
Hi Teel, I remember the Jonker and the Kilbride families. Richard Jonker and John Killbride I think it was.
hi
I'm starting with one foto at a time. This is all new to me. One of the lovely dances in the rec club.
Stokkies(Anton van schoor) I think a Symes, Caroline Weyers, Ineke Brunner, Gisela Bluhm and i don't remember the guy in the front. Who can help? Lovely legs Stokkies!!!!
When in the 60's was the photo taken? I will print it out at work 2morrow and give it to ol' Stokkies when I see him (or his missus!)
Interesting pic .. the Van Schoors livedacross the road from us in 2nd ave .. Ineke unmistakeable recognisable ..
i have been trying to send you more. The old girl is not so very good with the computer. Have you got all night? This picture was at the fancy dress youth club dance in 1969. Some ages ago. I think stokkies will be pleased. Send him my regards.
Will do....
the other foto was Angus Buchanan and Peter du Tiot. They have lovely legs too, don't you think?
Now you've brought back a memory Ineke. I remember those fancy dress events now. They were held annualy, I remember coming 2nd to Teresa Solms one year. She won as a "Outa space person" and was on the cover of that months Newsletter. I was a Hawian (sp).
What;s wrong with my legs, I have great Scottish legs that fit lekker into a kilt... I have the swagger!
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Francis Lindthout and her boyfriend?
Nothing wrong with your legs, sorry , but my memory is blocked, can't remember them. Just saw these guys in their stockings and i must say, i don't see them doing this anymore. But just you wait guys. There is more to come. By tomorrow morning you will have all my pictures. haha
the one on the right is my sister Sylvia. The one on the left i can't remember her name. Do remember the face though.
My other sister Marja
well folks, all for now. I have one more to put in the rec club dance section.
Bye for now.
@ Ineke, thanks for those photos. brings back so many good memories:-). I saw your photos on the link you mailed me and must say, you have lovely girls and family. Thanks for that. I dropped you a mail as well with a photo of my girl friend. Take care:-)
hi paul
lovely girlfriend. I will drop you a line during the day.
love ineke
Carol and?
idontknow
Scan 12 on the left looks like a Langford girl .. and on the right looks like Sonja Olckers .. i have a recollection of her doing the "indian girl " for a fancy dress .. they applied fake tan that wnet all streaky on their legs ..
Yes Sandy not Jennifer Langford perhaps. The guy with Carol looks like Charlie Bardenhorst.
Could well be .. did not open pic till tonight ..
Here is Sonja when she and her Dad visited us many years later and stayed over at our house ... Uncle Bill's new wife had an uncany resemblance to Auntie Irene , excepting she had red hair .. Auntie Irene had beautiful long blond hair the colour beer , a sort of golden shade ..
Does anyone know where Sonja Olckers is?
@ Sylvia Nope .. last contact was when they came to visit us .. that was early 70 's .. at that time they were staying in Cullinan if I remember correctly ...
Yes that's right about charles badenhorst. Now i remember. Befor you all know it, i can remember everything. Slowly but surely things are starting to come back. I suppose i never had any use for all these memories so they were tucked in far away. I'm glad they're coming back to me.
bye for now.
Ineke .. thats aprt of what the site is about .. stirring the grey cells and rembering .. we have all teavelled far along lifes path and now is our time for stopping .. stepping back a bit and remembering .. its good ..
Hi Ineke,
Fantastic photographs from the newsletter of that time.
I think the Carol girl in photo 0011 is not a Carol but one of Gilbert Kermis sisters, who I think married a Vinton?
Other names:
Photograph 0006 – Francis and Tich Mc Lachlan – he worked with me for a while at 100G 4 Plant area in Oranjemund in 1976.
Photograph 0007 – Jennifer Wormse and your sister.
Photograph 0009 – Jan Rootman, ? and John Symes.
Keep on posting.