Dave sent my dad an email the other day, in it he included a few tales about the Caseys day's and has allowed me to post them here......
"Incidents which have stuck in my mind (apart from THE STREAK)
Caseys Bar
: Sid Worth to Frank Quirk on a Friday night after a few? blue labels.
"Frank we built a wall to keep you *******s out" Frank " Yes but you had to
use Italian contractors to do it)
Kan nie warie coming in and throwing the customary block of ice at Casey the
parrot not realising the bird was loose which immediately dive bombed him
Autie Sue Poingdester arranging with Sgt Coetzee to arrest Mannetjies so she
could cut his hair
The same Sue rolling up hubby in a carpet when he was delivered home pie
eyed and then letting one off at the samaritan who had brought him
Keith in Kateys playing his mouth organ and every time the
barman took it off him produced another smaller one
Keith earnestly discussing the merits of Homer with Lawrence Fenn
Jock and yiurs truly having our ritual Glenfiddich on a Sunday in Kateys
Padre Cawthorne, on being reprimanded by the dominee for going to the pub on
a Sunday after church service " Well I must stay close to my congregation"
The same Bill Cawthorne whowas an Oxford rowing blue, close friend of Harry
Oppenheimer and translated the New Testament into the Ovambo language
Yvonne my girlfriend at the time when asked what she was doing when yours
truly was "playing the most golf" innocently replied "I was in the bushes
helping him look for his balls"
Eddie Redgrave,BEM Battle of the Plate veteran and extraordinary musician.
Couldnt read a note of music and only played the black notes on a piano
Luke Lisser also RN WWII veteran torpedoed twice, badly injured but who did
exhibition diving at the swimming pool well into his 40's"