Rosemary still teaches at OPS and has kindly given me a few pics to post on the forum, no names so please feel free to comment!
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On the bottom picture I recognize Roande le Roux - the youngest sister of Stean le Roux. Sadly she has also died in a car accident when she was only 25 (just like her brother Stean). She was 8 mnths pregnant and had just gone to book her bed in hospital for the delivery. On their way back home a truck turned into the road right infront of them and she and the baby died on impact. She is also on the top picture - peeping from the car door.
On the second pic the girl with the white bubbles in her hair is Marleen Coetzee, the daughter of Rooi Andries Coetzee and the girl with the long ponytails is Hannelie Nel, the daugter of aunty Rina and oom Piet Nel.
The man playing netball is Tubby Nel - brother to Hannelie Nel whom I mentioned in the previous post.
Would be interesting to see what Mrs van Rensburg (Muller) looks like today... do you not have a more recent photo perhaps Mike?
Let me see what I can do..... I think she looks almost the same...always was a fitness lady...
Almost forgot this one....who are the people wit Rosemary?
If I'm not mistaken it was Victrix/or ludorum 1978: Hanlie Schreuder and Charl van Wyk (Uh-hum -Barnato!!!!!)
@ Dalene - Please help me - Tubby also had other brothers: Leon, Pieter and ?
Did you say BARNATO?
Charl was definitely Barnato - always a duel between him and Mickey Steyn (Oppenheimer) in the sprints.
Not sure if Hanlie was Oppenheimer or Rhodes.
Jumbo Nel - unless he was Leon or Pieter, I only knew him as Jumbo.
Thanx Michele. I'm not sure that's the name I was thinking of, but maybe the grey cells are shrinking a little! idontknow
I'm a little confused, there was a "Vaatjie" Nel as well. But Vaatjie or Tubby could be Leon as well?
Leon is the brother of Tubby, not same person.
The Nel brothers were Leon, Tubby, Pieter and Andre(Jumbo) and then a sister Hannelie.
Leon Nel married Salome Swarts - they lived in 3rd ave near the GM - she has a sister Alta.
Tubby later married Trix Smit. She was married to Riaan Smit who was a 'landros', but they later divorced and then she married Tubby, but they also divorced.
Pieter got married to a girl I don't know.
Jumbo and Susan Pieterse, the twin sister of Mariaan who is Adriaans wife, got married, but they also got divorced.
Hope it is clear now.
We bumped into Jumbo in Springbok a couple of years ago and he was working for a trucking company, based in Okahandja.
Jumbo works for Richard Himmel (a german guy, but he speaks Afrikaans and English very well also) who used to be and electrician appie in OMund. He owns a trucking company, as well as the company that builds all the new power lines in NAM & Botswana and in Mosambique - Power 2000. They are actually based in Tsumeb.
image14 I actually had Tsumeb typed in and then wanted to confirm with Mike and he said Okahandja - so I was right!
See, that saying about a woman always being right, is so true!
thumper Give him a blue eye - will serve him right to have only half his sight for your trip to CT!
About 8/9 yrs ago, the company i was working for supplied machinery to the food & beverage industry, and i had to phone around making appointments for my boss to try and get a foot in the door for sales. I phoned a company up Ceres way I think it was and asked for the Production Manager - who do I end up speaking to ??? Tubby Nel..........i just remember they produced condensed milk......for the life of me I can't remember the company's name now. When it was confirmed that it was THE Tubby Nel from O'mund, we ended up having a lekker long chat about O'mund, he was asking me about the family, etc. We got so engrossed in catching up like only us O'munders can, I completely forgot/ignored why i phoned in the first place. Small small world we live in.............an O'munder around every corner.............
If I remember correctly, Tubby was working for Nestle SA at some time. Then he had some serious accident, but I don't know if he still works for them. Will try to confirm this at some later stage.
In photo No. 7 looks like "Tubby" on the right of the photo talking to his brother, don't know this brother's name, maybe Leon? Photo No. 5 was taken when I seem to recall the Appies challenging the Netball Club to a game of netball in the early 80's. Don't remember who won, most probably would have been the Netball Club.
That's it Dalene - it was Nestle he was working for - knew it was a well known company, just couldn't remember which one.
Lance - you are right. It is Tubby on the right talking to his brother Leon (the one with the glasses) and sitting infront of them in the chair is Rosemary.
Thinking about Rosemary that is about to leave OPS after 27 years as a teacher, there are only two "old" timers left at the school that spring to mind, namely.... Dawn Watt (nee' Johansen(spelling)) and Coreen Swanepoel......
End of an era....
Hi all
I recently ran into Tubby when he came to visit a friend of mine at a camping site in Mosselbay! He did work for Nestle but he was based in Robertson for a while. He still looks EXACTLY the same and you can imagine the surprise when I recognised him. I can't remember where he is living now but if anyone would like to get hold of him I know that Karen (my friend here in Montagu) would be able to put us in touch with him.
Chat soon.
Patricia
Trix , after divorcing Tubby Nell , married Rian Francken . somewhere in Cape Town
Scan 10926 who's the big dude on the left?
Mr Koch?
idontknow
I think you're right there Mike. I also think it's Mr Koch
Mr Koch was my std 5 maths teacher 1980 (5AE) we didn't see eye to eye, I left OPS in the first term due to a homework problem, situation I had but thats water under the bridge.
Alfred
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Goodness! I was looking through these photos of Rosemary Muller and saw the last one of all the teachers... It was so odd to see all my Primary School teachers again - it felt like no time has passed since I left Oranjemund 14 years ago!