My departure from OM

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

November 1979

Alexbay Airport my departure

A Hand full of good friends are with me on that sad day

L to R

Helga Machts
Jenny Lotte
Gudrun Corvenus ( + see death announcement)
Günther Machts

Info, this is also an example of slide conversion to digital
Chris Lotte

[Michael Alexander]

Wow, Alexander Bay Airport.... that photo just brought me a rush of memories ...... have'nt been there in years... maybe even decades.... Oranjemund now uses the revamped CDM (Oranjemund) airport these days.... nightlights , cafeteria the whole hog.... is that Gunter in the yellow?

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

at mike i added the names now

[Michael Alexander]

Thanks Georg, I'm thinking about all the days we spent there for the School flights back to boarding school... quite a sad place on departure... and a helluva party place on arriving.....

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

See how relative young they are, thats now almost 30 years ago

Dug it out my archives

[Michael Alexander]

hahaha, wish for those years back..... I was only a pukkie in those days..... now thats a word I have not used in 30 years......

[Patricia Lotte]

Geez I wish I could turn back the hands of time ... can't help thinking what a lucky bunch we were  Thanks for that photo Georg  e154

[Rhona]

July 1981........had to get up before sunrise to call to the Alexanders house for the final hug before we drove out of the town heading to Durban and then onto Ireland - tight hugs; tears and snotty noses - last laughs and a couple of rand handed over to buy smurfs. Aunty Vi and my mom Bernadette McManus cried their eyes out. Uncle Jock and my dad Peter McM were the tough guys, shaking hands and then - group photo, final hug more tears and off we went........  :emot78:

[Michael Alexander]

 :emot78:  .... where's me blerrie smurf?

[georg ruf jr.]

Don't remember leaving OM as we still stayed in Windhoek for a couple of days. So leaving meant living Africa for good. Mixed feelings is what I remember.
We left Windhoek aitport on a hot and humed evening. The airport seemed obandend. We got to Frankfurt in the early morning. 4°C, fog, wet and GREY. I thought everything was white in winter.

[Rhona]

I don't know where your smurf is, but my one is on top of the mirror in my bathroom - still looks good after almost 30 years......  e154

[georg ruf jr.]

Smurf??

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

A little blue man with a white hat Boy Georg. There's a whole family of them.

[Rhona]

All males except for Smufette..............lucky her!!!

[Michael Alexander]

Whats a Smufette