I always remember that every year Father Christmas ( Yes! I know he's real!) would arrive at the Xmas tree with a different mode of transport.... Helicopter, Ambulance and Fire Engine.... I remember Jim Reid and Roy Fields playing the role!
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can any of harry smiths appies remeber making an aeroplane out of a mini for the xmas celebrations on the cricket field,the same year the circus and the trapeze artists performed,long shot,any one got a picture of that day.
As a really young kid we would fry flags at the gate to indicate number of kids in the house to receive presents delivered by father christmas.
I remember thinking how mad, a man red in the face dresssed up so warmly, for the heat of the desert. The excuses as to where the reindeer were was legendary and how he'd been rescued by whatever mode of transport was being used that year.
I remember my dad being father xmas for the Moths, and I rember that it was him cuss we pulled his beared and not only that, he was sooooooo short.....father xmas short???? Sharon
Does any one remember the father Christmas house that was mounted above the entrance of Omund shopping centre in the late 60s.
It was the job of Erwin, Paul, Albert, Gary and I to push father Christmas out every 10 minutes, play a recording "Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas" and pull a rope to wave father Christmas's arm.
As things go with children you start getting bored and up to mischief - pushed father Christmas and yanked his arm so hard that it fell off.
Needless to say we were fired!!
Richard 8)
The Christmas parties .. no expense spared ... sadly no more ... I have some pics here .. The aeroplane made from an old mini that someone mentioned .. the trapeze .. again no expense spared .. My dad made it and the troupe were allowed to take it back .. it was shipped out secretly in the middle of the night .. It stood for many years at the back of the YMCA in Obs where Rob Anderson trained the aspiring trapezists ...
The one year parachutists .. and no pics but I remember the sikorski helicopter piloted by Kikki Berteaux's father as well at one of the do's ... great memories
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Wow, Sandy, talk about a memory blast... those pics ... what year where they... I remember a similar function in about '76?
thanks for the scans.... thats what this site is about, and I encourage the rest of you to start scanning!
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I remember my oom Hennie Mouton being Father Christmas when i was a little girl. That was in the 80's. We used to get those little "sweet sock" from (then) CDM with a hot dog and cooldrink. All good memories, just a pitty we can't share the same with our kids. Maybe we should try and oganise something similar for one last time!!!!!! All the good memories....all just in your mind and pics, no more a reality. Very unfortunate!!!! I'ts very sad how things have to change. :'(
the one thing that really impressed me was how your folks always had an answer when you started questioning the validity of father christmas. i asked how it was possible for him to be in oranjemund so close to christmas and where whereare the reindeer , why did he arrive in a helicopter. of course my parents replied without hesitation. he was asked by us to come pay a special visit , and as for the riendeer issue .... no its to hot for them , they normaly only fly around at night so there are at the stables resting. Of course later i also realised we had no chimmney .....no we let him in throughthe door they would say.....
Picture this , First Christmas in O-mund - three panic stricken Irish children.
Living in a house with no chimley for the first time, how is Santa going to get in.
Mom - we will leave the door open.
Us - What if someone steals our presents.
Mom - we will leave the door closed. and send him a key.
Us - how will he know it for our house and front door key or back door key.
then double checking that my Mom and Dad had the Dog locked up on Christmas eve so Santa could get in.
Poor mom had to write all sort of letters - god help the person at the post office .
Darryl, I hope by now you realise that Father Christmas is'nt real!
picture of the planes my dad made with appies for the christmas in 1971 -mavis
What???? - of course Father Christmas is real!
a photo of my dad Harry Smith.
Mavis just As I remember my Uncle Harry .. if I'm not mistaken .. the lady in the peachy coloured dress just behind him is Pearl Baker , husband Aubrey Baker always ahd a pipe in his mouth ... Sandy
yes it is and Dr Rootmen
I recognise the pink dog with cream ears, I believe I got one one year for christmas-must have been that year.
Funny thing is I don't remember the trapeze act as seen in the background.
I also recognise the safari suit worn by Harry, my dad Brian Fry, so enjoyed them. Had shorts and long trousers, he tried to wear them to a wedding once.......
I have just e-mailed a pic of my Dad (Wally Jonker) outside the front of our house with my brother Richard, sister Melanie and Kym MacDonald who lived next door to us. My Dad thought he was so clever trying to trick us into thinking he was Father Christmas but I looked down and remembered he had put those shoes and socks on that morning and exposed his little secret! I can't figure out how to show it on here so hopefully Michael will be able to do something with it later.
It's posted:
Three Lineker girls at a Xmas Tree Party
Patrica, Vicky then Susan
Nada just popped in with a recent newspaper article from the Rapport which shows a recent pic of a chap called Brent, he was here at a CHristmas tree as a youngster doing the swinging thing...then married the lady on the right.....
You mean, maybe one of these guys? Pity I can't see any faces. This must've been early 70's.
Thats the Guys Bertie......