Mike
I remember (just!) going to the Veggie Mark with my Mum which you have under Photographs -'The Area'. I also remember the "new" Veggie Market you have under 'The Town' being opened and the "old" Veggie Mark becoming the Scout and Girl Guides, Cubs and Brownies hut. Are either of them still there? The old Veggie Mark was near to The Park and behind the Methodist Church.
I also remember the Anglican Church being built and opened and the old church which was on the side of the road of the "new" Veggie Market becoming the Methodist Church. Any changes there?
Ann , I cannot find the one by the methodist Church, Me Thinks it's gone, I did however find the old Veggie/scout Hall, which has long since been stopped, I believe th building is used by a church. The Camera Club is next to it...
Mike, the building used as the Youth club, the Eric Davis Hall was initially used for church services, the Old Veggie market, is the Timber structure at the back of this Hall, Viv Reyneke will hopefully send you PDF document from which you can extract photos of people shopping for veggies in the 60's
The "New" Veggie market is the building Between the old Cassies Bar and the existing Flowerpot, oposite Cora Olivier's old Cafe, its now being used as a Furniture Shop.
Thanks, Mike - and Clive, look foward to seeing the "old" Veggie Market piccies. I'd obviously find difficulty finding my way around should I ever revisit! The cafe opposite the "new! Veggie Market was "The Odde Spotte" when I was there and was a real gathering place. I remember my Sunday treat whilst Dad was playing badminton in the Rec Club was a tickey lucky packet and a tickey cone. If I was really good I was allowed an ice cream soda which I recall was green in colour - 10 cents. They also did a mean banana split - but that came expensive.
Ok now those pics bring back some memories .. The Camera club .. that was mailny the shop .. I recall the buiding next door had a small auditaurium that belonged to the camera club .. the scout hall was also partly behind what is called the old veggie market ...
I remember the veggie market, the new one, it was opposite the tea room, the desert inn. And next to the veggie market was a hall where we used to go to sunday school in the 1960's before they built the church.
Mavis
Hi Mavis - After all these years.
Was the hall you mention not used as the Methodist Church where we had ballet lessons with Mrs Dalley? The new Anglican church was built on the opposite side of the road a bit further down than the swimming pool. The from there you could cut through to school via all the teachers' houses, and the Dutch Reformed Church was right opposite OPS?
Ann I think you are right Bobby said you are in Pool England where in Pool
Mavis - Poole is on the South Coast in Dorset right next to Bournemouth. Has some of the loveliest beaches and countryside in the country (but then I'm probably biased!) Lovely to hear from you
Ann-I go to dorset a lot.I am going to Weymouth on the 19thAug:
Was the Veggie market back in the day, only stocked with local veggies?
There was a hydroponics at one stage which did supply some of the veg. It was near to the Moth Hall, behind the new Rugby Club. There was also a farm near the Riding Club just below Swartkops where a number of veg. was grown. In the earlier days I think a lot of the veg. was brought in from "outside", don't quite know where it came from.
My Mom used to work at the veg market before moving to shopping center .. when it was opposite the cafe ... veg came from hydroponics , beauvallon and yes " outside as well
There was a company farm at Daberas and Hogenfels.
Lots of veggies were grown at Daberas.
I never knew about Daberas ...
Potatoes, Melons and a host of other vegies. We used to get a box full from the Ovambos on the farm in exchange for soaps and shampoo etc.
The Daberas hostel was extended into the current camp
Was the little farm at Swartkops garages called Daberas? I remember one could see it properly when you reached the top of the rise on the way out of town just after the Riding Club and before getting to the bridge. You sort of looked down at the farm from the top of the rise and there was also a tower of sorts in the corner of the farm. Think "Pollie" Pollard ran the place before moving to Beauvallon or maybe he ran both farms. Stand corrected on this one.
Lance...... Daberas is were we used to do our army training.... further up the river. Remember the daberas fire wood we used to collect.
Yeah remember now. That daberas wood was the best braai wood ever. Stay well.
I have a supplier of Daberas wood here in Cape Town.
I am though, not going to tell you who it is.
Take that you bounders........
@Kenny, any chance your supplier can supply any Daberas Diamonds.,? Ahem! Sorry Pete!
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If you like, I could arrange to supply some Wood to the Oranjemund Spar.
Bundled, Sized, Tied, Barcoded and Fresh.
I can also supply women in the same format if you ask nicely........
Mike, the MIB been round to see you or just monitoring you at the moment??
Can we burn the bundles of woman at the STEAK (sic)
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@ Clive , Nope , Pete has'nt sent his MIB's around yet..... last time we saw them in the shop, was when they came to take away all our homing pigeons.....
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