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Anyone remember the Irish Chef at the Hexen Kessel called Phil Dooris?

He had 3 sons and the lived in 3 rd avenue, Karl, Lennon and ?

anyone?

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oh and a great dane!

The little kids name was Gilly (dont ask me what it was short for)... I remember we used to con him out of his money by swapping our 1 and 2 cent "gold" coints for his cheaper R1 "silver coins" ...

Do you remember when Karl and Lennon (frikken commies) stole the keys to their dads car and drove it throught the garage was... I mean geez, they were only about 6 years old !!!!

I once set a mean fire in the bush with them, we nearly burned poor wee Gilly to death cos he got trapped behind it... I shat mysef so much that I told Phil that his lads had started the fire just so's he would call the fire brigade before things really got out of control... they got the beating of their lives!!!!

If you chaps ever read this... terribly sorry...

Oh yes, they also pinched the McManus'baby tortoise and hid them in a sealed cool box to hide them from their dad... I found the poor things a couple of days later... They wir á died !!!

Phil Dooris  .yes  ..  lots  of  bells clanging ... but  remember  the  story  of  one of  the  first chefs  at  Hexenkessel ?? I think  he  was  belgian .. a  perfectionist with his  food .. he would  sometimes  bring out a  dish  and  look  at  it  sadly  as  it was  about  to  be  destroyed  ( devoured in  our  terms ) ...  anyhow  he  flipped  the one  day  .. was  a weekend ...  he stayed  in  the staff  single  quarters ...  ended  up  on  the roof  in a  state  of  undress   babbling   and would  not come  down .. well  he  was  eventually  taken off  the  roof  .. taken  away  and never  seen  again ...

Talking of chefs. Anyone remember the comical Bernie Hill and the Little Theatre???

There's a name we should try and find, The Hills, both family's , Paul Hill and then Jason Hill, anyone?

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Wendy !!!! where are you, you had a visit from the Hills a short while ago...

I remember the chef being removed from the roof to never be seen again, this was refferred to as another sand happy chap.

I have memories of the sand stinging my legs and the warm east wind which always blow on the days my mom made stick to your ribs pea soup.

Remember Phil well.  Was the other chef you're thinking of a foreigner called Cees (pronounced Case) van Baaren?  There was also a Tjaart van der Heijde and his wife Jackie who were something to do with the rec club.  By the time we left, the chefs all knew that when Jeremy asked for Chicken Peri Peri he meant HOT, not spicy.  I think a couple of the chefs tried to burn his mouth but never managed.

A question on CHefs at Oranjemund from a Non typing member of the forum  swink

"Who was the chef at Local mess who used to roast the most divine suckling pig, parley in the ears, carrots you know where and apple in the mouth? "

I feel bad, as I have only gotten to reply to this topic today, (after having my memory jolted)...the chef , Phil Dooris..... passed away last year..... His brother, who had visited Oranjemund in the 70's only just found the site a few weeks back...... I have his email on my work PC, will post it here 2morrow....

Hi Michael,

Long time no visit, yes I remember Phil, my sister Liz was a very good friend of his wife in the 70s.

I remember the Hexen Kessel went through quite a few chefs, seems there must have been a lot of stress...due to poor management of their superiors.

Albert Lisser a good friend of my brother Gary and I, also worked in the Hexen Kessel. I know of one incident, where one of the so called big shots of Oranjemund of the 70s, thought it a clever idea to send his steak back to the kitchen. Albert had the waiter point out the so called "sender backer" and then proceeded to dropkick the steak around the kitchen and jump on it once or twice, dropped it back into the pan, re-arranged the plate and had the waiter take it back to the client. When Albert went out later, the client complimented Albert on the good steak.

Albert went on to work in some of the top restuarants in Cape Town and at one time also ran his owen in Durbanville in the 80s. People used to drive for miles from all over the Cape Peninsula to have one of Alberts' steaks. Sadly he died in a car accident in the early 90s.

Keep well.

Hi all

This is my first post on here, as this thread was sent to me by my cousin. Phil was my dad, and as noted he sadly passed away in July this year.

Paul - Thanks for not letting me burn to death - Very honourable of you! It was great to see you remembering the stories- The one of Karl and Lenin (The commies) driving into the garage still gets a mention.
Not sure it's ethical ripping off a 4 year old, but hey, why not!!

The great dane was Shammy (Shamoon) - We are going to dig a few pictures out and post them on your website.

For anyone who knows my mum (Maura Dooris), I have sent this to her too, as she recognises some of the people on this thread alone.

She will no doubt register on the site and get some pictures and stories uploaded.

So long for now...

Paul/Michael - Just to add, I have attached a couple of photos - One is Lenin, myself and Karl from left to right, and the other is my mum and dad who I hope you recognise...

Hey Galy, Welcome onboard, that bloody Great Dane, always knocking things off the lounge table.....

Thanks for the snaps........ It;'s great to hear that you guys are still around..... there is another snap of your dad somewhere on this site, I will find the link....

Keep posting......
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Hey Galy, here's tow links.... the first link is on the forum, that has people in the Hexen kessel that your mom might remember......

LINK: http://www.oranjemundonline.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2483.0

and the second one id to a photo album on the main site and is a pic of your dad...

LINK: http://www.oranjemundonline.com/the%20people/pages/Phil%20Dooris_jpg.htm

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I remember the neighbour of the Dooris family was Bossie Bosman, the traffic cop....

Hi Michael

Thanks for that - I found the picture earlier when I was going through your website. I rang my mum to tell her of all the pictures, and she mentioned yourselves, the mcmanus's, and many others. She isn't the best on computers, but is getting there! - I will make sure she finds her way around the site and registers.
She is back in Ireland and doing well.
She is going to dig out some more pics and get them uploaded.

It's a shame I didn't find this site before my dad passed on - I'm sure he would have loved to have caught up with many of the people he knew.

Of all the places they lived, Oranjemund is the place that is talked about so fondly, and mum still talks about it to this day. Good memories...

I don't remember the car crash incident with Karl & Lenin (Of which Lenin was the driver!), but it is a well told story that our neighbour just happended to be a traffic policeman!  msn emoticon (68)

Hey Galy. thanks for that..... Yep, my dad also needs to be dragged to the PC sometime.... it's easy for him just to phone me to send emails here there and everywhere....

A group of ex Oranjemund Scots got together in Glasgow a few months back, a few have been back to Omund for a visit......

You will see Rhona McManus is very active on this site...... be careful of her...she comes in pissed most nights, hehehehe!

My father was chuffed to hear that you guys have made contact with us all again..... an incentive for him to get online sometime.......

I had nothing to do with the car story, I think paul knew more about it.... I remember turning all the lights off in the hallways in your house and closing all the doors, whilst the adults had a braai outside, then we would all play ghost in the dark....  Was;'nt there a pondok in th eback garden? I remember all those young pine type trees along the fence in the front.... they are still there, will take a snap on my next dog walk....

Mike, you better be careful what you say about Rhona...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not worried about that leprechaun, there is an entire ocean and an equator between us.....

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Hi Michael

This is a picture of the front - Does it look anything like this today? Shammy in shot too!

Hehehehehe! Thats the Mutt I recall!

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Aaaaahhhh!!! Not that dog - run for your lives...........
Well hello there Mr. Dooris and welcome on board - take no notice of the Mike fella, he always wanted to boss us around - Sure I never come in here drunk.....just having the craic  image203
First and formost I was truley sorry to hear about your dad; I have very fond memories of him as indeed I have of the rest of you guys  bighug ...........the braais at your house and uhm! I don't think I was involved in ripping you off wee Galy  sorriso2

Galy!!!!, Welcome on board, only got round to reading the updates today, been somehwat busy... Yes, somewhere deep inside I've always felt pangs of guilt for ripping off 4 year olds, but fortunately I've managed to supress them, I've got to mention that its getting harder to rip 4 year olds off these days, proof yet again the the levels of learning has increased, I'm going to havve to direct my scam toward the 2 year olds soon!!!!

S'funny how as a youngster you interpret things phonetically... (with the Oirish accent and all) I remember your name as Gilly, your mom as Moira and Shammy as Sammy... I'm just puzzled that you weren't called Trotsky or Tolstoy or something like that (I guess that by the time you were born you folks had embraced capitalism  cheerup )...

All the best

Oh Paul.......pulleeeeeeeeeez! Even with the Irish accent Galy and Gilly are pronounced differently......

What's Rooona harping on about now?   ape

  image201 Keep out of it you.....

te te te te... te be shooor paahtrik!!!!

Beside Rhona, I though you might have cultivated a decent Scots accent with your latest trip????

Oh I'm sorry - do you mean something like this............
Ga way ooota et yooooooooo!

Ah Paul - I never knew you had a stammer..........

Hi Rhona - I'm afraid Paul is bang on regarding regarding the Galy Gilly thing - It is spealt Galy, but pronounced Gay-Lee (Concerns people could think my name is Lee) - Add to that the Northern Ireland accent, and it sounds more like gear-lee-Hence, Gilly - I have had to explain that a thousand times, especially in England where everyone calls me Gilly.
Ironically, it's not even my name - My proper name is Gabriel!!

Rhona- Got your mail - Mum is living in a beautiful place outside Ballyconnell in Co. Cavan. She was in England for the about 25 years and moved back there about 3 years ago. I am trying to get her to get onto this forum, but she is a laggard when it comes to this sort of stuff!

I live in a place called Wirral, near Liverpool and Chester. Lenin lives in Crewe Cheshire, and Karl in Whitchurch Shropshire.

Paul - I have asked my mum a few times how I didn't end up being Trotsky, but she intervened when it was my tuen (i.e. enough's enough!) and went the other way and named me after an Angel.

How easy was it for me being called Gabriel doing Irish dancing in secondary school :-(

YES!!!!!! In yooooor face Rhona!!!!! (air punches repeatedly to stress joy at being right for once in his life). Virtual drinks all round everyone, I'm buying!!! beermug20 beermug20 beermug20 margarita margarita

Galy, could be worse though, you could have gone around being called Gabby. Fortunately for me the short version of Paul is still Paul... so I've never had the same problem.

Hi Paul - Glad I assisted in your victory! - Sorry Rhona!

As it happens, Gabby is about the only thing I am not called, (Gilbert, Gabe, Gabs etc etc)

Just to complicate things further, my daughter is Gabby!!!! (Gabrielle)

Ahhhh, didn't think to name her Nakita then??? (sorry, couldn't help myself, I'll stop now... or just now... or later.. .whichever comes first)... personally I'm all for naming my kids after charcters from the Hobbit... just ask my daughter Frodo!!!!

Nice!!!!!!

Damn! The first time Paul buys a drink and it's a virtual one...........typical....  BierSuip
You may have won this round Paul - or should that be Pau but the next will be mine........
Oh and I'm telling Kayla you're calling her Frodo - see how you talk your way out of that one  image19

Eeeer, by Kayla, I'm sure you're thinking of my other child Bilbo Baggings then? And if you're going to abbreviate my name, please just call me P...

I enjoyed this topic.... plenty of stuff in the basement folks!