Does anyone have Patrick McCarthy's email, or know of his whereabouts? He is brother to Paul, Karen and Theresa McCarthy, and son of Raymond and Wilma. If so, I would love to cotact him, as we were friends for many years.Thanks.
Nicky, he was at the funeral of Bob Ferrie, my dad and I were there.... so I'll phone Alica or Janice to get his email 4 you... give me a day or 2.....
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That would be awesome Mike, thanks,
Patrick is in Kimberley. I'm Yvette (Biccard). will get his email from his daughter, Meghan who is in one of my classes at high school. Patrick looks just like his Dad, Raymond.
Thanks Yvette, another tick off my list... ;)
Hi Nicky,
phd patrick this morning for his email for you. He was really happy to hear you wanted to make contact. He didnt know about the site. his email:
patrick.mccarthy@absamail.co.za
Poor oke says that his kids have made him totally grey, starting to go white now. :)
Yvette
Hi there Yvette, you are a legend, thanks so much for finding this info out for me. I will contact him shortly. ;)
Grayness and kids, oh yes teell me about it.
Good to hear.
Hey Nicholas, how the hell are you old buddy. I thought you'd vanished off the face of the earth. It was great to hear from Yvette that you were looking for me, unfortunately I only found out yesterday about the Website. I checked it out and boy, what memories come flowing back. I'll also be posting some pictures on the site in the near future, I just have to get it together first.
Mike, great site and it's about time somebody thought about this. Just one thing though, it was my brother Paul who went to Bob's funeral, he was married to Janice.
Sorry Patrick, I never actually realized how many of you guys there were..... But at least you're here now... enjoy...the memories...
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Hey Patrick, Adriaan van Rooyen is standing behind me as I type and sends his greetings and will contact you later.....
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Mike, regards to Adriaan. What's he doing these days? Last time we spoke he still worked for De Beers. I've been with the company for 21 years now, almost a life time. The last time I saw you Mike, you were a young boy. I can't remember whether you went to school with my sister Theresa. Man, I just can't get enough of this site, it brings back so many memories. I've looked at many of the pictures and recognise people immediatly.
Cheers
Patrick
Patrick, Adriaan still works for the Hush Hush department, and does shift work there, on his off shift he moonlights at Spar and is registered on this forum, but seems hesitant to post. I told him to post in Afrikaans if he prefers, he assures me , he'll give it a bash tonite.
Your sister, Theresa and Elizabeth Fry were in the same class in OPS..... Way back when.....
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Hi Patrick,what do you mean the last time you looked,i am still here, man i am part of the history,still battling the elements, you know what i mean.Still a privelage to stay here,although we are the old toppies now...hahah especially Mike....
Howzit Patrick old thing !!!! Finally, after all these years,....... Contact!! You could knock me down with a feather, Trevor !!!! What have you been up to over the years? I think you were working for security in O/mund when I was an Appie. Sounds like you're married now, with a daughter called Meghan ? Any other kids? How are Karen, Paul and Theresa? Your Folks? Theresa's son must be about 21 years old by now. How long have you been living in Kimberly? What's this I hear, "totally grey". Mind you, I can recall you had the "ODD" one when you were a teenager.LOL.
Me?, yeah still kicking, ........ Just. Still not grey though!!!! I can however feel age creeping up ....... Not quite the stud I was .... LOL. You have probably gathered by reading some of the posts, that we now live in Oz. Been here since 1991. Patrick, I don't quite know where to start. We will have to send a PM to each other now that we have found our email addresses. This is just a great site isn't it? So many times over the years have I pondered where you and your family ended up. Also all the memories of our youth together .......... Great times. Lots of laughter I remember. You must please thank Yvette again from me for giving me your email address.
Cheers for now.
Hi my old friend Nicky. I recall the last time I saw you was many years ago in Oranjemund. I was visiting my parents and I brought my then girlfriend with me. You were married to Gaby and you had one child as far as I remember. I met my wife in 1989 in Cape Town while on a military camp. We eventually got married and now have three kids - Raymond (16), Meghan (15) and Brandon (12). I worked in Oranjemund from 1988 to 1991. In 1991 I was transferred to another mine in the Northern Cape and was there till 2000. In 2000 I was transferred to Kimberley Head Office. In 2006 the company restructured our department so I joined Kimberley Mine. Like Adriaan said, we're the old toppies now. It's hard to believe.
Unfortunately my dad passed away in 1995 while on holiday in Sun City and my mom passed away in 2000. It was a difficult time in my life but I've managed to deal with it.
I do indeed remember all the good times we had as teenagers, man what a jol. I often think back to those times. I really miss everybody and always sit and wonder where everybody is and what they're doing.
You said you live in Oz. In which city? I was thinking of moving there a couple of years ago but it obviously never happened.
I'm still waiting for your e-mail.
Till later
Patrick
Hi there Patrick,
Remember me? Raymond Gonzales. Brother of Pierre and Alan. Remember the Archie's gang with the old blue Peugeot 404 stationwagon running on 2 cylinders (sometimes 3)? You were then going out with Sharon, heu no, was it Andre, heu no, maybe it was Vicky.... (don't let your wife read this).
I am in sunny south of France now since 1986. I work for a shipping company. I am married with 3 boys.
I read the forum and so I noted that you are in Kimberley.
I will try and scan few photos from my parent's old photo albums and post them in here. I am sure I have a few of you and the guys.
PS. Sorry to hear about your parents. My sincerest condolences.
Cheers for now.
Raymond.
Patrick, you once gave me 20c and told me to call when I was 21. lol Call my arse!! I was married by then!! My sister, Vicky, is living in New Zealand now. She has two gorgeous (very tall) boys!! She's still beautiful as ever. Hope you are keeping well Patrick. Send my love to Teresa! We were at Rhenish together!
Rebecca - Now how could I forget you. I think a lot about Vicky and everybody else and all the good times we had. Where do you live now? If you have any photo's of Vicky and her kids or yourself, please lets see them. I have two sons (16 and 12) and one step daughter (15). Do you have an e-mail address? How are the rest of your family? My sister is also well, she has two daughters and one son.
Raymond - Man what fun we had. I had forgotten about the Archie's gang but now it brings back memories. I've been living in Kimberley now for 8 years and been working for De Beers for the last 21 years. Lets see those pictures you're talking about. My eldest son's name is also Raymond, named after my father. I think a lot about the good old days and miss everybody. How are the rest of your family?
Hey Patrick, good to see you are still around. I sent you an email about two weeks ago with quite a few photo's attached. I was just wondering if you received them all ok. If not, I shall re-send. See ya.
Hey Nic, I never received anything my man. The service provider I'm using here in SA is up to sh*t. Please resend it (patrick.mccarthy@absamail.co.za). Thanks
Howzit Patrick, I was wondering why you didn't reply to my email, now I know. I will re-send it right away. Let me know if it is successful this time. If not, I may have to send the pics separate to the email. I also sent Charmain Meier one a little while ago, and got no reply from her either. There must be a problem somewhere I guess. Cheers again.
Hi Nicky
How are you? I did receive your email, thanks. Do you perhaps know what happened to the Haylett family after Eddie Haylett passed away? Any idea of their whereabouts? If my memory serves me right, they were your neighbours in second avenue.
Charmain
Hi Charmain, glad to hear that you got my last email ok. You are quite correct about the Haylett's being our neighbours for many years. I don't know where they all landed up though. The youngest daughter ended up marrying Bertie Schlegter I think. I liked Uncle Eddie a lot. Always willing to help with anything. I wonder if anyone on the site may know anything about them .... Anyone?
Cheers.
Hi Nicky, dunno if you remember me, joined you guys at OPS half way through Std five then went to to SACS with you. Lost touch with the o/mund world when we moved to the OFS in my Matric year (82).
Now living in London, where I'm in regular contact with Tony Vogel, who moved here from NZ a few years back. He said he'd seen you back there many years ago.
How you doing, what you up to. Any idea where Hoddie is?
Cheers
Mark
Hi Nicky
Yes, the youngest Haylett daughter married Bertie Schlechter and is still in Oranjemund. Her mother also lives with them.
The oldest daughter is in Mariental as far as I know.
regards,
Sheena
Of course I remember you Mark, Wow, another blast from the past. How the hell are you? What are you doing in London? Are you married?,Kids? How did you hear about the site? Great to hear that you are in contact with Tony Vogel. What's he doing in London? I know I met up with John Vogel in New Zealand, but my memory fails me Re: Tony. I think he was into interior design or something?? Please let him know about the site, as it would be great to have him on here to catch up.
Hoddie lives in Cape Town, but does not have access to a computer, but I have his sister Jaqui's work email if you want to contact him through her. I have been meaning to do this myself.
Mark, before I go any further, can you remember when You, Tony, Kobus Wiese and I worked in the Retail Store for the Summer holidays and we locked you in that walk in fridge ....... ? Well, I have had the guilts for a long time, but please accept my apologies ..... Even though they have come twenty something years too late. If you had already forgotten about it, just disregard this, but if you have a phobia about the cold weather or ice cream etc,etc, I am really sorry !!!!
As you are probably aware, I left NZ and now reside in Perth, Western Australia still plying my trade for a Pigment / Chemical plant. You may recall I took up an Apprenticeship with CDM in 1981? I am married and have two kids. A son who is 22 and a daughter who is 17.
Good chatting to you.
Cheers for now.
Thanks for that info Sheena,
Would you please "Stuur Groete" to all three of them for me when you see them next? What is Bertie up to these days?
Thank you.
Nick.
Nicky, another memory, those walk in Deep freezers are still here in the shop. -24 degrees, when a new guy starts working here, we ask him to go into the deepfreeze to fetch an item, once he walks in, we slam the door shut and turn the lights off. As you know when the door closes the units start up, so the poor guy is sitting in freezing pitch black wind blowing nowhere...once he gets out..... he has turned a few shades lighter......
Now and again , the school brings the kids here for a tour, I do the same thing to them, depending on their ages, you should hear the screams in Perth!
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