Does anyone remember the name of the parrot that used to be in Casey's. Clive, do you remember?
Charmain
The parrot was called Casey, my dad ain't to sure if the Bar was named after the parrot or the parrot named after the bar!
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Again not too sure if the bar was named after him or he after the bar .. I just know of him as being around ever since I could remember ... his outings during the day were in his cage on the back of the bottle store delivery truck .. I remember it as a black chev pickup ... When he spent his evenings in the bar he had his friends and his enemies .. mother natures creatures are very perceptive .. I remember this one short guy ( forgot name , foreigner ) used to come into caseys in the afternoons and immediately casey saw him he would get edgy and say a few swearwords .. the evening would progress with the two eyeing each other out and muttering swear words at each other .. quite a sight ..
When Auntie Irene worked at the bottle store .. he escaped from his cage one day ( cheeky little lockpicker ) he flew up into one of the conifer trees .. everybody was calling him to come down and casey was saying " catch me if you can , catch me if you can you ##$$??%%rs " he eventually came down when one of the regulars that he liked persuaded him to ,, he liked his attention from those in his good books ..
Looks like i missed some fun at Caseys, it was not my place
I won't ruin the story, but I was informed by the original owner of Casey the Parro ;Dt today in the store that she would post more about the bird sometime....... we await in anticipation...
That will be interesting .. cos all we have is our experience of Casey .. the history is a bit fuzzy , so we await the from the "horses mouth " history of Casey ...
@ Sandy, so you also spent your time in Casey ยดs
Yes George .. I used to work as a part time barman in the evenings to make extra cash ... also worked at stauchslager bar and sportsmans bar plus dances and functions at the Rec club ... and of course did my fair bit of socialising there as well ........
Anyone know why the bar was called Casey's?
I was reading a great book on the Argus newspapers history of Cape Town, 1875-1997... in 1901 there is mention of a bar/cafe/dining room type place offering meals and refreshments called Casey's..... I was just wondering!
Did we ever answer this anywhere?
are-you-there
I remember Casey,that parrot could swear in three languages, I think Harry the barman back in the late sixtys early seventys used to take him home . I also remember Casey being entered in a pet competition but was disqualified for swearing at the judges.
Ok Mike, here is what I know or was told. Casey the parrot was bought as a gift for my mom when I was born. My dad, Johhny Rall, loved birds and thought my mom would be delighted, which was not the case. The parrot and her could not get along and my dad had to make a plan. His next favourite place was Caseys and off the parrot went. Eventually, 20 years of drink, secondhand smoke and the general life of a "barbird" caught up with Casey the parrot and he fell ill. He had a bad tummy and my dad brought him home again! My mom and I nursed him, washed his bum (did he put up a fight on that one!) and tried our best but he died after a week.
thanks for that info Nada ...
Gee! Nada, that Parrot must have had some awesome stories to tell...... the characters and all!!
Then some bright spark bought another one for Casey's (a very young one) and that one had a nervous breakdown - we landed up with it but sadly he didn't survive either ... the lesson? Don't put parrots in pubs! :nono1:
According to dispatches the bar was named after St. Casey (patron saint of love and humility) who was very active during the prohibition era (the time that bootlegging became rampant), but who suggested this name for "our" bar is a mystery to me!
Yo Rick, I remember you posting the same story somewhere on the site. But the mystery is still to be made, who named it Casey!!!