Just a thought, I was making a note in my diary that Uubvley hostel is closed and was thinking about all the others and when they closed, talking to the workers that stayed at Afenrucken, Mittag, Uubvley and North hostel that are working with us they metioned the below yrs please correct if you you like?
Affenrucken single quarters: +/- 1983
Affenrucken hostel: 1987
Mittag hostel: 1995/6 not 100% sure
North hostel: 1997 (Dec)
Uubvley hostel: 2009 (July)
Uubvley single quarters: ?
Sounds about right Alf but thought Mittag closed in the early 1990's. Also I think Uubvley Single Quarters closed in the early eighties.
There was a chef that stayed at Uubvley during the early eighties that used to visit town of a Friday evening and go back of a Sunday, not sure of his name but could be Nick Buchan (spelling)
Mike Nick Bucham did he not go to Kathu?
Mike I must track down old substation log book that would give some idea?
Hi Alfred
Ronald Fuffner says that Affenrucken single quarters was already closed when he started working out there in 1982. I left at the end of 1974, so it would have closed between Jan 1975 and 1982. Be interesting to find out exactly when . . . .
Malcolm
Alf, Affrenucken Hostel's mess and old kitchen was modified in 1981 to accommodate the new cooking system. This was supposed to have been implemented in February 1982 but due to the fire at the Central Kitchen on the Saturday before it should have gone "on line", this was put back until July 1982.
I don't know if the old log books will be of any help though as I'm sure many of the buildings were still used for other purposes.
Can't remember where Nick went to