Dias cross
Long time ago since I've seen this. Very important part of African history.
Thanks Alfred
Been living in Luderitz for 2 years now, poor little town living off tourism. The fishing industry has deteriorated. Namdeb still pumping money into the community.
Hi Clint. Didn't you use to live in second avenue? Someting round about number 30? Almost next to the GMs house? Your father used to drive an old Volvo?
I've seen your homepage, but I would never have recognised you.
Hi Georg Jnr, Clint only logs on every once in awhile, but I can vouch that he lived down the end of 1st ave ...one house away from the GM's house.. brother to Mel and Gary....
I think Mel was the eldest, wasn't he?
I'm not to sure, Gary lives in CPT, like diving a lot, hardman... and mel was more into sailing and lives in Oz.....
Yes I lived in 2nd avenue 48-2nd. Mel is the oldest and lives in Australian. My dad drove that green volvo.
Now I remember better. We lived in 63-1st, so you guys were not far from us. Come to think of it now - the topic of the 1st ave bushes and the guy who had his ear pierced by the stick - wasn't it one of you Ebstein boys? Gary? What year was he in St. 5?
Ya ya ya the Ebstein`s where the talk of many conversations, we should have lived in the GM`s spot
Don't you mean it should have been your "hide-out" spot?
@ Clint, please say hi to Mel for me, we were in the same class.
It was in the Ebsteins garden I first saw watermelon plats. I remember wondering, how such dry and weedy plants could have such juicy fruits.
Greetings to you Clint haven't see you since STS days keeping well I presume
Alfred
On the east side of Clint's house was a tall hedge, where Clint used to keep all the snakes he picked up in the desert..... was his favourite place to hide when we played Hide and seek as kids, coz he knew nobody would go near the hedge..
... and I'm sure there was a time when Clint blew/burnt his eyebrows of, when messing around with the petrol in his dad's lawnmower.....
I think clint was a little toddler when I was in OM. His brothers were 1 year older and younger than me. If I remember correct. So I don't know anything about snakes.
I'm sure Mel was a scout. But somehow it seems this topic (scout) is not of a big interest.
So we mov'ing it to LUDERUTZ then,are we?
One of the last times I visited Lideritz was in 1974 on my way to do my military service.
Myself and a group of friends, namely my brother Gary, Rianer Siebers, Paul Lisser, Sandy Buchanan, Barend Norjte, John van der Hooven, Gunter Deihme, Ingu Machts and Andre (cannot remember his surname, so many years ago) took the company bus on Friday morning from Omund and arrived at lunch time.
We stayed at the Kapps Hotel and partied till Monday, when the guys not going to do their military training left for Omund, Gary, John, Andre and Rainer.
The rest of us left on the troop train that evening to change our lives for ever.