Please help ID the people in this pic... the only person I know mis Jack Laubscher
i put in the results Georg
Bruce Davies, Martin Gerber, Eric van der Merwe, ,Arno Claasen, Jack Laubscher
Again, i know all faces but no names, but they will come for sure, well known in Omund
Left: Bruce Davies, ?, Eric van der Merwe, ? & Jack
Faces are familiar of the other two but names escape me
Second from the left is Martin Gerber
Second to last guy I think is Arno Claasen.
Thanks for the Names.
Now we are complete, i have entered the names to the pic
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Bruce Davies, Martin Gerber, Eric van der Merwe, Arno Claasen, Jack Laubscher
Your welcome, and there you were thinking I'm not a helpful gal!
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Quote from: Paula Gottsch (Willson) on June 16, 2008, 03:30:44 PM
Your welcome, and there you were thinking I'm not a helpful gal!
I never lost hope........keep it that way. dawoman
Hey, I'm not predictable so don't hold your breath!!
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Wow, that was quick,... Super Sleuths in action again... bravo
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 16, 2008, 05:34:55 PM
Wow, that was quick,... Super Sleuths in action again... bravo
Is that a complement that I'm getting from you Mike???
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Mike, these guys were standing in front of the Holland Loader in the mid 80's.
What a magnificent job you guys have done with this site - I was alerted to it today by Steve Woodward and have spent most of the day trawling it. That is certainly me on the left. I had to spend 12 hours a day in that stupid machine, supposedly mastering the operating techniques so that we could then train the eventual operators. We actually had a "hillbilly" out from the US training us for about 2 months before commissioning it. I wonder how long it lasted? It was an absolute nightmare, was never suited to the conditions and spent most of its early life in "sick bay". I'm sure Arno spent more time in it than any of the operators.!
Would I be correct in saying this machine worked between 1 and 2 plant some of the areas it worked in there are still marks in the slopes where it used to grade off the soil before loding into the belly scrapers
Alfred
Yes it was used in the area north of 2 plant and it would have left markings. When in ideal conditions it did move a lot of earth very, very quickly. At times we had a fleet of 14 CAT 641's in the run and they still couldn't keep up. It was just that mostly the conditions in that area were not suited to it. It was also a totally different concept to what all the operators had been used to creating many challenges.
Hi Bruce - how y'doing? I've been trying to remember the name of the chap who got his hand caught in the conveyor belt - do you remember?
Hi cherry,
I do not know if we are thinking of the same guy, but in my time - 1977? - Steve van Copenhagen's arm was caught in a conveyor at 2 plant I think - he was pulled in and down the shut. He landed up in hospital very badly bruised for a while. Made a full recovery.
Myself, Steve and 5 others left Oranjemund in 1979, we were all in the Metallurgy department.
Keep well.
Richard
Hi Richard,
I remember Steve's accident; this was another guy - tall, curly brownish-red hair. Gawd, I hate that my memory sucks! Thanks for trying to help.
Cheers, Cherry
Yes I agree - It is shit getting old!
As they say in Afrikaans:
Age 20 to 40 - Is the "Piele and Wiele years".
Age 40 t0 60 - "Brille and Pille years".
Age 60 and on - "Klagtes and Gedagtes years"
Keep well.
Richard
Hi Cherry, I'm really good thanks, how about yourself? Are you not perhaps thinking of Bobby De Klerk who got his hand caught under a steam hammer? There was another one at 1 Plant where a guy (can't remember his name) got his tie caught in the conveyor one night and got dragged in - had to be a foreman if he was wearing a tie. It was only after that accident that the company policy on wearing ties to work was finally chnaged.