Here are a number of snaps sent in by ex Oranjemunder, John Wilson..... John is also a member of this forum, so John, start commenting on the snaps.... I know you sent a brief note about them, but I left the comments on my work PC..... These are mostly from the 70's... are-you-there
For some strange reason, I remember that Combi ....
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I'm trying to figure out in which park snap 26 was taken?
Snap 20..... Sigh! did'nt we all have a houseboy in those day's kinda like an big brother who fixed your punctures and taught you to shoot a kattie!
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Hi John, thanks for sharing those snaps, they great!!! How are you doing and family? I still remember you very well. Go well my old friend.
Kind Regards,
pepe
Hello Paul,Thanks for the kind words, Im doing fine for an old fart,since leaving Omund spent almost 30 years in Canada in Windsor Ontario,spent the most of that time working for General Motors, now for the past 4 years in USA just outside Detroit in Belleville---Familys great ,four Grand children keeps me amused, I would love to visit Omund at least one more time , I was disscussing visiting with old Jock just before his untimely passing so maybe I wont make it after all, I was really coming to see him. Give me some details on your life--where were you from 1967 to 1973-- just to jog my memory--and where are you at present? my best wishes,John.
Hey John, even though my dad has passed onto higher mansions, you still have a room here..... well at least as long as those outlaws are'nt here...... tsk!Tsk! ...wait for it....
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Hi John, thanks for the reply. I was in boarding school til 1970. Started apprenticeship in 1971 and was in the army from June 1971 to April 1972. I worked with you at 4 Plant if I can remember. Preter Rough was our foreman at that time. Alwyn Huisamen, myself, Eddie Jones, yourself can't remember the others were together at that time at 4 Plant.
Hello Paul, Yep I knew Peter Raugh well worked with him at North Construction from 1967 untill he was given the Foremans job at 4 Plant. Alywn was my appie in the Power Station the last couple of years I was there.I never actually worked full time at 4 Plant must have been doing a job over there.I was supposed to take over as Foreman back at North Construction but we left before that became a reallity,and as far as I know Johnnie Rall Snr took that position after I left.
Thanks Mike,I may take you up on that offer some day. Going to Scotland in September ,visiting my Brothers and Sister,in training for all the Scots Pies and Black Pudding I may consume during my stay. Best Wishes.
Hi John, then it must have been at the Power Station with Les Head, Roy Fields, Frankie Quirk, Ginger Olivier and can't remember the rest of the crue. Good tiomes had there making bombs LOL. You correct, Johnny Rall was the foreman at North Construction. I remember being at the Power Station when Johnny's guys got burnt onthe lines they had to clean. Johnny was dragged over the coals.
@John, there's a memory, whenever my folks went back to Glasgow, they would consume a vast amount of square slice, black puddin' and pies..... my dad's parent's and brother could never understand why they did this....
Hello Paul, Were getting closer,I took over in the Power Station from Ginger who was not in good health so he was moved to Town Electric and I was moved to the Station as Chargehand. Before that we had been working in the second station at 10h I think. So it was an easy fit to move to be in charge of both. Your right all those characters worked there including Oppie Operman and Jack Mc Bride I think was the foreman.
Mike ,Tatties and mince---slice sausage----black pudding----mushie peas----equals gormet food.
Hey John, yes you refreshed my mind here now. Oppie Opperman and Jack Mcbride. Yes Jack was the Chargehand. I also remember Ginger Olivier working in Town Electric. I worked with him and Don Wilson there under Gunther Machts. It was all part of the 1st year apprenticeship, first Town Electrical and Power Station then over to the Plants.
Ginger was in town a month back, had a few toots with him down at the lodge, has'nt changed a bit.......
Then you were drinking with the spooks Mike :) Paul's referring to my dad Ginger who he worked with at power station / town electric........the toots you had at the lodge recently was with my uncle, Ginger v/d Weshuizen............all good :)
To all the kids, cousins, etc. in our extended family when we were growing up, the two Ginger's were known as Tiny Ging (v/d Weshuizen) and Big Ging (my dad) - my cousin Jason Gavin nicknamed them that when he was little 'cos he was always getting confused which Ginger people were referring to and the names stuck even with the family adults.
Hi Delia, you are correct. I was referring to your late dad. I used to serve in the church with your dad as well. My folks were good friends with your folks those days as I can remember. Go well and have a great weekend.
A great weekend to you too Pepe........so awsum to see posts from people who remember my dad, i was very young (13) when he died and my memories of him are very fragmented. Through the odd posting on this website where he's mentioned, happy memories of him are being triggered which my grief at that time must've covered up and buried so long ago. Time, the great healer of all adversity.........
Damn! and I thought I had been drinking with a real spook!
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Sorry to burst your bubble Mike........then again, after that magical mystical dop that always tips us over the edge into who knows where, how do we know we not?.......always good to keep the mysteries of life alive.
Some people I've known in my party animal days (4 in the morning dregs-of-the-party-left trying to converse intelligently) could've well passed for a spook in looks......& other things sorriso2
cheers
Yes Delia, I remember your dad very well. He was a great person with a soft heart. Always willing to serve and help others. I remember you too but as you say, you were very young then. You had a brother as well if I can remember? Anyway, Blessings and have a great weekend.
H Pepe, yes, there are 3 of us kids in the family - a brother Lance (oldest), a sister Linda then me the youngest. We all live in CT and see each other regularly, often getting together at Ursula & Ginger's for family braais. I remember your name too from O'mund days. Stay well and once again.......have a superific weekend :)
Just incase there is some confusion on who I am refering to when I say Ginger-----It was Ginger Olivier I took over from at the Power Station----He was a fellow Brother at Optima Lodge a great guy who very reluctantly had to move to Town Electric for health reasons-----I knew him very well and his wife worked in the Main Office if I remember correctly-----It was a shock to me when I heard of his passing only four years after I left.
Any body know when the power stations where build the one in Town and the other one just north of 2 plant M172 Power station - my reason behind this request is I would like to try and get the age of our single pole HT lines in the mine surly the original poles must be 50 yrs +
Some of the new lines that where build (double poles) tie in to the old lines that ran from Town to 4 plant out again up to Uubvley and again to M172 and again to 1 plant some of these poles that haven't blow over yet are still originals (dry and white no tar or oil left in them)
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Hi John - yes, that's my dad, Ginger Olivier, my mom Stephanie worked as the AGM's secretary for many years after moving on up from the Typing Pool in the early days. She was still working as the AGM's secretary when she retired from CDM in 1989 and can you believe it, she's still working away at the age of 75.
Regards,
Delia
Hi Delia, yes I remember your brother Lance very well.
Hello Delia,Good for her, thats what keeps you young,I dont know if your Mother would remember me as I only had limited time there, but did attend Lodge functions which Im sure she attended.Best Wishes,John.
I'm sure she'll remember you John - the Lodge was a tight knit community on it's own and was a big part of our life before my dad passed away. I myself still remember very well the Xmas parties, the Easter egg hunts and general Lodge family get togethers and braais. I remember my mom and dad getting all dressed up and going to the Lodge Installation functions held annually. If i remember right they also held a Ladies night every year too.
Yes Delia those were the days,I was only in my twentys when in Omund,so most but not all my friends were older than me especially at the Lodge.I was kept pretty busy between functions at the Moths and Lodge. Was Lodge Secretary the last two years I was there,giving Les Head a break from those dutys.I hope to visit again some day,to get it out of my system. Maybe when I retire again I will make the trip. I always had the highest respect for your Dad,he was very helpful when I took over from him in the Power Station,especially when he really didnt want to move,thats class. Where has the time gone I lived in Canada for over 30 years now in the USA the past four years.Keep in touch my e-mail is on the site. Best wishes John.