Appie Training Officers!

[Michael Alexander]

I  remember your dad when I was an Appie, he never wore overalls, just a dustcoat.... I was in the electrical workshop, with Rick Paley at the time, then Stokkies took over the electrical side,

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

Yes, that's him. I have never seen him in overalls. When he was still working in the workshop, he only wore jeans, never overalls. He has Alzheimers and doesn't remember the latest but his mind is still very clear on his Oranjemund days.

[Michael Alexander]

I might be mistaken , but i think he was the least strict training officer there....

[SandyB]

Ta  Mavis  ..  Good  pics  of  our  Uncle  Arry ....


                 Sandy

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

I'm not sure, he was very strict with us when he was sober. I had many hidings with a leather belt, and he was especially strict with my eldest sister, Diana. He has mellowed with age and now is a real softy. He stopped drinking in 1975 and has never had a drink since then.

[wayne wilson]

hi everybody.i have gone through all the photos and did not see any of my oldman DON WILSON.he was at the tech for years.he was electrical.are there any appies that remember him.i recall a few months before he past away,he had most of the old folk in the home at lunch time sitting listening to him give a lecture.he still to his dieing days wanted to teach people what he believed was the right way(HIS WAY).regards WAYNE WILSON.

[SandyB]

Yup  remember  your  dad  very  well  Wayne  he  taught  me  at  tech .. I  always remeber  the  Elcano  cigarellos  he used  to smoke   with  the  tarsaver  attached  as well ..  ..    We  stayed  across the road  from you in  11th  ave   as  well .. regards  .. Sandy Buchanan

[Lance Olivier]

Hey Wayne long time no hear boet. I remember a couple of us Boy Scouts being given a "guided tour/demo" of your Dad's pondok where he had all his radio ham stuff real cool for us youngsters. Also remember the Mercedes he used to drive with the huge aerial on the a*** end that was rumoured to light up a fluorescent tube if the tube was held close to it while the radio in the car was transmitting. When I started my apprenticeship in 1980 as a fitter & turner the instructors were as I can remember:
Head training officer Mike Benade
Your dad Don Wilson - Electrical
Fitting & Turning - John Irish
Diesel Mech - ? Wentzel followed shortly by Andre Botha
Boilermaking - ? Jacobs
Carpentry - ? Marais (training later discontinued)
Lekker Wayne catch you later

[Chris Macpherson]

howsit lance
the last iheard john irish was atwestlake college as principal but think he has maybe passed on.
leon sumter at northlink college goodwood
fanie jakobs
norman marais

[Lance Olivier]

Hi Chris
Thanks for filling in the gaps. Have good memories of the Appie training school located on the mine close to 4 Plant (think it was the old loco shed). Also remember Frans Wentzel & John Irish catching fish on the last Friday of the month and us Appies having a lekker fish braai with their catch. Happy Days.

[Leon Sumter]

hi guys. I also taught at the appie school in town from 1979 to dec 1982 when I left for CT. Frikkie O'Connell also taught at the appie school circa 1981 to 1982/3?. He is Campus Manager of the Pinelands Campus of College of Cape Town. Saw him about a week ago and told him to join the OMD w/site. Franz Wentzel phoned me out of the blue about a week ago as well to enrol an employee for a welding course. I also told him to check out the OMD site, had a good catchup chat with him. He left ADE Atlantis about 13 years ago. Said that he had a get together with Kleinkie, Charlie, Clive and Jakes not so long ago.

[Lance Olivier]

Hi Leon
I remember Yourself, Frikkie and "Mof" Mostert as lecturers at the OMD Tech when I was still "nat agter die ore" as a new appie. Great times.

[Alfred Boehme]

I  remember your dad when I was an Appie, he never wore overalls, just a dustcoat.... I was in the electrical workshop, with Rick Paley at the time, then Stokkies took over the electrical side,

Mike good memory I don't remember half the stuff

[Leon Sumter]

Terry, Charlie and Leon 1971 in Appie School workshop.

[Leon Sumter]

oops sorry guys, in .jpg.
We tried hard to look intelligent, somehow I don't think we succeeded.