Somehow some of us hated the way we had to learn to sing on the "Big sport event". Don't know what it was called. Athletics and swimming. Comning to Germany, it was something I missed. We had pt at school, but the rest was done private. No competition in school.
Does ops still have Oppenheimer (blue) Benato (green) Rhodes (red) ???
I loved our inter-house athletics days. I have never seen another school that goes to such lengths for inter-house. Remember how we all had to make rosettes in our house colours and wear them on sports days? We also used to call on individual teachers to take the stand when we were cheerleading. They gave a singing cup and a cheerleading cup to the best team too. We had to stay on the stands and keep our area clean.
As a kid I hated the idea that you were forced to go to those sporting events, I always thought, who the hell gave the company the right to force me to take my free saturday to attend a sporting event that I never liked....
madashell
I was in Blue House "Oppenheimer" I loved sport's day used scream my lungs out. Only I wasn't very sporty,used to run up to the high jump pole with great enthusiasm beliving I could do it ,then stop dead in front of the pole.As for running well I'm still coming in.Very sad really, :pianto1: as I so bady wanted to take part. Never the less I have found my forte in life poledancing .
Terry Early was the big sportsman at the time won all the trophy's.How cool I thought he was then.If I'm not mistaken He was also in Oppenheimer,probably the only sportsman they ever had.
daman
Quote from: Michael Alexander on December 09, 2007, 05:52:24 AM
As a kid I hated the idea that you were forced to go to those sporting events, I always thought, who the hell gave the company the right to force me to take my free saturday to attend a sporting event that I never liked....
madashell
hahaha.
I remember Mrs. Coffin wanting me to be a cheerleader. That was embarassing for a boy at 10 or 11. somehow I got away with an excuse. swink
oh i loved the sports days ............
R for Rhodes we sing this song
H is how we go along
O for Openeihmer blue
D for danger that is true
E for excellece you see
S the songes we sing we glee
RHODES the best team on the field
and we will win the cup today ay ay ay .....
dont know if there the right words but there the ones ive had in my head for the last 40 odd years.
did they keep the trampolines in the school..think there was about 10 sunk into the ground..my fav lesson
Bev.
Your a perfection. Remember the song well myself.
I also remember the school song in afrikaanse....but dont remember the english version....same with the national anthem.....i remember the afrikaanse,.............but through the years i may have changed a few words........when i went to see nicolene barrett in C/T last year we both rememberd words to a song in a show we were both in..none of us remember the show or anything about it other than we all had dolls tied onto our backs....i had a teddy bear cause i wasnt a doll lover....we were on our knee's singing.........mamas little baby loves shortnin shortnin mams little baby loves shortnin bread.................................i though id made those words up inmy head over the years.....but we both sang the same.........does anyone else remember this......................or does this even makes sense to anyone ha ha....got a real big hang over today thanks to my very good friend and hangover sharer.....sandy b....cheers sandy.xx BierSuip
For some reason the song Onward Christian Soldiers was a hymn I remember singing in assembly, we had those little green hessian type hymn books....
:emot26:
Quote from: Michael Alexander on December 09, 2007, 04:49:24 PM
For some reason the song Onward Christian Soldiers was a hymn
:emot26:
Thats right Mike, we also sang that in oh what a lovely war, but different lyrics.
We are Joe Soaps army
marching without fear
we can not fight we can not loose
what blinking use are we
and when we get to Berlin
the Kaiser he will say
hoch hoch mein Gott
what a bloody rotten lot
is the rag time infantery
iknow shooter
Must you remind us of assembly, Michael??? Remember Dr. Venter up on stage? This was like going to the army. The typical german "Marschmusik". Then the hymns.
yesno pls
Were'nt all the teachers on the stage? i don't remember, then he would march in from the back and everyone would have to stand! I seemed to have blocked out quite a bit of the OPS memories!~
:emot77:
I remember the school play, "The Wizard of Oz", the carpenters had to build a stage by the fishpond at OPS, a lights studio was built on the roof next to the school hall, that must have been the biggest play the school ever performed!
We did a school play called Christopher Robin. We were all toys that came out to play when he went to sleep. I was a ragdoll and can still remember the song started Raggedy Doll, Raggedy Doll, 1,2,3...... The Golliwogs were the best because they had black stockings on their heads with their faces on the back, it couldn't be seen from the audience and really confused them.
Golliwogs and Niggerballs are not legal in the EU i believe, hey Georg?
:nono1:
Niggerball are now black balls I still buy them every time I visit macro, and bring them back to the UK.
.... and gollywogs? illegal or not?
I believe I'm gettin the collectors addittion of Tintin for an Xmas present, Tintin in the Congo, one of the firsts, and very colonial, big sticker on the sealed cover stating that some people might find the contents offensive.... Droooool! cannot wait for Xmas day....
xmastree
present
ha ha ha Mike
we call them Mohrenkopf
N....... is not liked here
In the very politicaly correct UK, golliwogs simply no longer exist, they have been banned.
Quote from: Michael Alexander on December 09, 2007, 05:51:06 PM
Golliwogs and Niggerballs are not legal in the EU i believe, hey Georg?
:nono1:
Haha, Mike.
Probably not. It just a matter of perspective. Just like anything else in life.
Sorry if I offended anyone, honest mistake. I had one when I was small and loved it.
Did you know that Creedance Clear Water was originally called the Golliwogs !
Here we go Bev in English...Oranjemund our Desert school
With pride of thee we sing
And proudly learn our lessons well........ok forgot the rest
quickdop
I think the teachers used to sit on chairs facing the stage and only Dr Venter and anyone talking was on the stage. We had to sit cross-legged on the floor. We had to line up in rows before going to class or to the hall. Does anyone remember trying to get to school so early that it was still dark, and what a nice feeling that was?
Yes we'd have a race to see who could be the first person at school.I won once what a cool feeling that was.
Hi everyone - just got Shannon's homework book out of the cupboard and so here goes:
School song
Oranjemund our desert school
with pride of thee we sing
and proudly learn our lessons well
more praise to thee we bring
for many hands from many lands
are clasped in friendship true
to win our way at work or play
Oranjemund for you
And onward striving as we go
more knowledge to attain
that never failing torch that glows
will always be our aim
though wide the field and vast the sphere
if humbly we attend
we'll run the race with God's good grace
and run it to the end.
The end!
Can't say I remember the second verse! Anyone else remember it?
Thanks Michelle. Could you also give us the words for the Suidweslied?
Hey Mike - what makes you think you're getting a book for Xmas! I thought you put a garden vac/blower on your wishlist!
:emot19:
Hi Florrie - sorry but they only put the new national anthem in the homework books these days - I'm sure Mike or Georg will have the words to das Suidwesterlied (sp?) somewhere! Mike's busy watching a movie at the moment so will probably only respond tomorrow.
will need georgswa to confirm that this is the true words
Suidwes-lied
Hard soos kameeldoring hout ja hard is ons land
en droog o so droog sy riviere
Die son het die klippe en die klippe gebrand
in veld en in bos skuil die diere
As iemand nou aan jou sou vra
wat bind my aan die gewes
dan kan ek net sê ja
my hart kies Suidwes
Das Südwesterlied
(die inoffizielle Nationalhymne Südwestafrikas)
Hart wie Kameldornholz ist unser Land
und trocken sind seine Riviere.
Die Klippen, sie sind von der Sonne verbrannt,
und scheu sind im Busche die Tiere.
Und sollte man uns fragen:
Was hält euch denn hier fest?
Wir könnten nur sagen:
Wir lieben Südwest!
Doch uns're Liebe ist teuer bezahlt,
trotz allem, wir lassen dich nicht,
Weil unsere Sorgen überstrahlt
der Sonne hell leuchtendes Licht.
Und sollte man uns fragen:
Was hält euch denn hier fest?
Wir könnten nur sagen:
Wir lieben Südwest!
Und kommst du selber in unser Land
und hast seine Weiten geseh'n,
Und hat uns're Sonne ins Herz dir gebrannt,
dann kannst du nicht wieder geh'n.
Und sollte man dich fragen:
Was hält dich denn hier fest?
Du könntest nur sagen:
Ich liebe Südwest!
Holy Cow Barbs bravo
Thanks Barbs. Going to log off, my husband is home and very suspicious that I'm suddenly spending so much time at the computer. Will have to have a re-union so that he can meet some old Oranjemunders and feel like part of the family.
Pretty impressive Barbara, really impressed with what you come up with!
dawoman
Hi Di ....thats more than i remembered and now having read michelles words...i dont think i ever knew it ha ha i loved the assemblys and the hymn ive always remembered is.........bugger my minds gone blank.......10 mins later having done a google search....it was "O God our help in ages past",
I cant for the life of me remember getting to school in the mornings....but i do remember my first day there when i think i had to be dragged into the class where i sat and cried for the rest of the day, does anyone from my era have any school photos, 1964-66.
oh stop it !
you all embarress me, you are all welcome
Hi All, is everyone planning on going to the november reunion.....barbara do you remeber me........i didnt think i knew you but the more i think about it i seem to think i did. and was anyone on this site friends of Percy barret, who sadly died afew years ago, but i would love to speak to someone who was his friend in 1966, and does any one have the castle boy's contact info.
cant wait to meet and re meet all you people
Well...... I guess I'll be at the reunion! :emot19:
Looking forward to the Canadian poledancing champion .....
His not the champion,his just bringing the imported pole for us champions poledancing
Hope it's not a blow up pole, idontknow
so do we or there will be fireworks
if your talking about Keith....id be very careful asking him to bring anything....a pair of handcuffs might be more appropriate ( can we ava spellchecker on here please uncle mike.........) :emot19:
I agree with Bev about the spell checker but I will still be typing sight instead of site!
Quote from: barb (Fry) on December 09, 2007, 06:02:52 PM
In the very politicaly correct UK, golliwogs simply no longer exist, they have been banned.
Wher did they move to, Barb?
SWEDEN
The poor guys won't get enough sun up there. There's no sun in northen Sweden at the moment. brrrrrr...
Or in Northern Scotland Georg
Do you live in northern Scotland Debbie.
Thats the IDEA Boy Georg,then they will fade and be able to go back to the U>K>
:36_2_35: exactly georg, you got it Diane.
hihihi