Up until today, after 38 years of living here, I only noticed four garages in a row in this pic.... taken to the west of the power station ....... I think it must be the 60's...
Great pic Mike!
Notice the half-drum braai on the one lawn?
Ahh yes, neat and tidy gardens, intrigueing I must say as to what road that is - I see 4 garages - never nknew there was such a thing
I also see a single garage
I always thought every house had a garage but obviously not.
Any info on this ?
On the left hand margin, you can see the corner of a white brick wall...that is the South West corner of the yard at the west side of the powerstation...
Isn't that the GMs house o the top left.
Barb, didn't Margaret live over there? I remember Ingrid Harris living in 5th or so too.
That would be the back of the G.M.'s house in the top left,just down from there that the open ground with the reservoir (sp).
Back then only the Staff houses had garages. Us Daily Paids only got them later. The 4 bedroom houses that were built to the East eg; E13/ etc were built with garages.
So right Diana .. the resorvoir at the back of the GMs house .. still battling to post .. In factthe wall Mike mentions is the back of the yard of the old town electrical if not mistaken ..
Well I d o remember hese garages. I had an Irish mate living in that road. I remember his mom making Irish pan bread we ate warm with syrop.
@ Sandy, that wall is indeed the back wall of town electrical.... check all these super cyber sleuths.... nothing will fade into the mists of time with you lot on the go.... bravo
Did more more memory ripping ... pic now in word so that I could add arrows .. my memory of familiar homes ... I will add ...
Anybody remember the Dixons .. Lionel Dixon ?? .. they stayed in one of the smaller shape houses in the same street marked Peter Reshke you see one or two further up to the right..
I recall the name Sandy. My first house when I got married (before we moved to 6/16) was one of those small 2 bedroom houses with the laundry outside. 37/1st if I'm not mistaken.
Now heres a story thats emerging from the mists of time .. the wall .. corner of the town electrical workshop as seen in the pic .. That workshop used to be the town garage untill the new garage was built behind first avenue .. that same corner .. inside were garages and enclosures .. in that same corner was a car .. a Morris Minor .. it was a total wreck front ended and badly ..I can almost see myself standing there and looking at this wreckage .. ( would have been early to mid 60's .. the family in this car I recall the name mac donald ( maybe wrong but that whats coming to me ) they were all killed in this accident .. coming back from the golf club .. father, mother( who was pregnant at the time) and their daughter about 4 who was sitting on the back seat was smashed throught the windscreen .. Does anyone out ther remeber this story ??
I recall a MacDonald grave at the graveyard.... but I think that was a young girl.... still sad story...
yes,young girl knocked over in town,think it happened early 70s,maybe late 60s
Not Leslie mac donald .. she was daughter of Gus and Vina mac Donald .. stayed in 8th ave .. was knocked down coming out from behind a bus .. that was about early to mid 70's . this incident was early to mid 60's .. maybe got name wrong .. but that was the story of the wreck in that corner of the yard .. Mike maybe a scout around the cemetry for a family grave would unravel this one .. ?? as said it ratteld around in my head when i saw that corner wall .. and as said can still picture meself standing looking at the wreckage ..
correct sandy,leslie was her name,vina mcdonnald seperated from her husband and got attached to ronny young snr,big scandall at the time,aunty gladys young was devestated,as this happend,1971,our family were forced to move after the death of dad,harry
It's funny how in minimg towns, back in the day, an affair or divorce was a big scandal.....even more so in the Afrikaans community
Yup their marriage just unravelled after the death of Leslie .. and Gus took to the bottle .. he actually straightened out many years later and ended up involved and got married to an afrikaans lady from Port nolloth .. she was the receptionist at the hotel there .. sweet woman she was and seemed to fill the gap in Gus's life .. Now down to the story about the wrecked Morris minor ?/
i had a friend aged 8 ,called morris and he was a minor,maybe wrong,his dad was a miner
Bobby !! stick to the story .. come rattle those brain cells .. if i can remeber this .. then maybe you can .. or ask Mavis or Kaye ??
@ Mike .. yes small towns .. scandal .. but then those were different days .. i remember divorcees were virtually shunned .. I had a girlfriend at highschool .. every time drive down liesbeek parkway .. almost opposite starke ayres nursery is a block of maisionettes I see them and memory lane calls .. this girl Kathy , her mother stayed there .. a divorcee .. My mother was mortified .. a divorcee ?/ what are her daughters going to turn out to be ?? actually a laugh when one thinks back ...
@Sandy
I thought the Reshke's lived further out to the East. If from my old house at 21-1st looking towards town, I am thinking they lived on the right side to where I am looking at. This looks too central from what I remember. Where is the trampoline they had in the garden? Peter was an ace at trampolining.
Hi Robert .. this was when Peter left home and got married , he moved there .. .. he got married to Brie Carretoni a school teacher
Robert .. you got anything on the story of the wrecked car mentioned here ??/
Quote from: SandyB on June 15, 2008, 06:31:58 AM
Hi Robert .. this was when Peter left home and got married , he moved there .. .. he got married to Brie Carretoni a school teacher
Aaaah so my old memory bank still works! Insofar as the houses and the 4 garages, these were what I used to think were the posh peoples' homes! In other words - senior CDM Management
The only car wreck I remember was at the old nursery school on the Dpt Store side of town somewhere near 5th Ave. My mum was one of the people who ran the nursery and there was this old morris station wagon(?) with wooden exterior trim that we babies were able to play in and on top of.
How it got into town I do not know 'cos no private cars were allowed at that time.
There were i recall quite a few Morris Minors in the town .. there were also a few Morris or Austin bakkies .. Old Mr Hawkins of parks and gardens drove a creamy yellow coloured one ... Looks like this A 60 pic attached ... the enclosed van is a better view ..now cast your mind abck properly ... there were a few funny cars in town .. i remember the school staff car was this huge black creaky american thing .. .. the de Pinto's had a BMW Isetta ( opened from the front )( private vehicle ) Mrs castle had a messerschmitt bubble car also private ..
I see Diana online .. You remember anything of the family killed in the accident on way back from golf club early 60 's ??
Nope but will ask my mom about that and the bath incident. Alfred here now so she's busy with them will ask this week still.
Heres the other two Bmw Isetta and the messserschmitt
A better pic ..
Help i feel so lonely on this one .. does no-one have memory of the happenings and the vehicles mentioned .. or was i smoking dope that young?/ or just a strange child ?/ come now stretch the grey cells .. interrogate our surviving elders .. this is all still coming as clear as day ..
I remember that accident happened early on a Saturday night or early hours of Sunday morning.
All I remember the car was a mess and it stood behind the building where the first youth club was.
I remember it was a rainy Sunday morning and someone at Sunday school said that the angles were crying because of the death of the little girl and her mother - I cannot remember the family name or if the father was killed
The above was my reply of the accident - was using Debby's pc and did not relies she was logged on.
Nobody seems to know. I just phoned my old toppie - he remembers the accident, but not the names. He thinks though that the father of the family worked at the post office, had a Scottish surname, and was a short man who also had serious head injuries after the accident, but recovered well. Maybe this will help?
The surname McGregor comes to mind?
Here's another awesome aerial snap.... I can see the resevoir at the GM's place...but no Gm's house yet..... and check out the bowling club...anyone want to date this pic?
Bertie .. macgregor indeed I think the name is .. I thought mac Donald .. another mac name ..
Thanks for the input ..
Yup the old bowling club building .. i sent a pic to you Mike and you posted it somewhere on the site ..