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ORANJEMUND DISCUSSIONS! => The Photograph Board! => Topic started by: Melanie Jonker on April 05, 2008, 02:05:54 AM

Title: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Melanie Jonker on April 05, 2008, 02:05:54 AM
Does anyone recognise any of these signatures? This was a card that was given to my brother Richard Jonker when we left Oranjemund in 1968. It was signed by some members of the Yacht Club.
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Melanie Jonker on April 05, 2008, 02:07:45 AM
Here are some more signatures from Richard Jonker's class mates in 1968. Recognise any of them?
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Alfred Boehme on April 05, 2008, 04:35:43 AM
My sister Diana at the bottom Rino Siebers also theretop left Diana you should recall all of them
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Keith Margetts on April 05, 2008, 05:03:01 AM
I recognize a couple of the names . . . Danny Belelie, Paul Lisser, Diana Bohme . . . However, I wasn't in that class - I only arrived in Oranjemund in June 1968 from Zambia, and only met these folks later!!

That Canadian Guy,
Keith.
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: SandyB on April 05, 2008, 08:33:39 AM
Maud Whitely , Aileeen  Ockwell, Michelle van Uitenhooven, , looks  like  a  freemantle ...  hard to  tell ,what  looks  like  could  have  been my  signature , but  then  today  I  got a  squiggle and  dont  remember  mine ..   the  rest  pretty recognisablee , Jackson , Borchers ..
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on April 05, 2008, 01:23:48 PM
Aunty Diana remembers them all: Reiner Siebers,Michelle Uitenhoven,Caroline Clinick,Aileen Ockwell,Janeen Jackson,Tony Freemantle,David Muir, Peter Borchchese,Diana Boehme(Me), Paul Lisser,Julian Laubser,Danny Belelie, don't remember ,Johnson ,first name and Sandy the one to the left of Julian looks like a you name.
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: SandyB on April 05, 2008, 01:26:49 PM
yup kind  of  guessed  it  to  be that one ...
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Melanie Jonker on April 06, 2008, 01:21:55 AM
Wow it's kinda surreal how something you signed as a youngster suddenly appears on a website 40 years later. I'll have to get my brother Richard to respond to some of these posts as you were all classmates once upon a time. He's not too computer savvy.
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Michael Alexander on April 06, 2008, 06:54:16 AM
Melanie, enlighten him.....   pls
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on April 06, 2008, 08:31:58 AM
Quote from: Melanie Jonker on April 06, 2008, 01:21:55 AM
Wow it's kinda surreal how something you signed as a youngster suddenly appears on a website 40 years later.

Absolutely Melanie, and as for our little verse we wrote,I had to smile
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Clive Symes on April 19, 2008, 05:23:31 AM
Hi Mel,
One of your signatures is from Joan & Brian Johnson, who are living in Fishoek. They are members on the site so if you want to contact them send them an E-MAil
Clive
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Robert Bruce on June 09, 2008, 05:42:39 PM
WOW! I rsee my mother's signed the card  (Mona Bruce) along with her brother (first person to sail on the Pink Pan), Jon Wright and his wife Doreen.
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: mavis(smith) on June 15, 2008, 07:08:15 PM
This is my Signatures from( 1972)
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Richard Opperman on July 09, 2008, 03:05:45 PM
Hi Melanie,

Diana has about named them all, I was a std above them - but quite a few of them were my friends.
The one Diana did not name is James Bunton, whose name is above Diana's.

Rainer Siebers and Diana Rudd (Boehme) are friends of Debbie and I to this day - Diana is up the road from us and Rainer is up the river from Omund at Rosh Pina Namibia - we saw Rainer and his wife Linda last week and the week before had them round for lunch. Debby and I are planning to attend the Omund reunion in November 2008 and will be seeing rainer again.

Others in your brother's class that were in our group in primary school and high school during school holidays were Paul Lisser (killed in a plasting accident in the 70s in Omund - his brother Erwin is now my brother inlaw) Danie Belelie (last saw in the 80s in Cape Town) Peter Borchers, Aileen Ockwell (Michelle was in my class - I believe Michelle met your brother at Jimmy's funeral in Aus) James Bunton (last saw in the 80s - lived in Hout bay Cape Town)

Ask your brother if he remembers me?

Keep well. 
Title: Re: Signatures from the 1960s
Post by: Bev Coates (Now Walker) on July 21, 2008, 02:01:31 AM
Rob....whats your dad called...i should know if i looked back at some of your postings.....but i think ive just realized who you are....did you live in new zealand at 1 time...........