CDM Phonebook 1978

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

diana i thought all us ex omunders had their pobox and fone number tattood on our brain forever,still remember ours it was po box 249,fone no 607,dads mazda reg was sc 192,

Stangely I have only got my parents box 471 and tel 716 from when I stayed at home tattoo'd on my brain.

[Carl Wrbka]

Thanks alot for all the effort Michael. Spar must have been quiet for the past few days...lol.

@Bobby - I remember the old SC number plates quite well. Now for the bonus prize, does anybody know what the prefix "SC" stood for in the OM numberplates? Most people would have thought it should have been "SO" in keeping with the naming convention used in those days, but it became "SC".

The first correct answer wins a personally autographed "I love uncle Bob" T-Shirt and the opportunity to cast a million votes for Zanu-PF in today's runoff election.

[Michael Alexander]

I always thought  South West Africa CDM

[Carl Wrbka]

South West Africa Consolidated. Well done Mike. Thats a million votes for Zanu PF  :emot78:

[SandyB]

Uncle  Bob  says   many thanks  Carl ..  he  needs  guys of your  calibre in his Corrupt Cabinet ..

[bobbysmith]

@carl,if my pip serves me rite,all the more densley populated places like walvis,swakop okahanja,keetmans etc,the towns were categerised in terms of their population,mike WAS correct in saying the S stood for south west,oranjemund,having the smallest population were allocated the prefix C, C de-noting the allocated prefix by the authorities, f*** im confussing myself now,put me out of my misery bud

[Bertie Horak]

Bobby - you're 100% correct. The "C" doesn't stand for anything specific.  There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, and yes, the "O" was already taken by a "real" municipality, bigger than Oranjemund.  The same for instance with "Otavi", which was "SE".  As far as I know, there were no "triple" numbers, all of them had only one letter after the "S".  I'm busy making a list of the towns and number plates.  Will post it as soon as I've finished.

[Carl Wrbka]

The C was taken from the C of CDM. "CONSOLIDATED"  With so many other towns in the old SWA starting with O, they had to make a plan, and went for the company's first initial.

Bonus question nr.2 : Which lucky town was given the "O" ? ie Which town was given the number plate "SO" ?

[Michael Alexander]

That would be Okahandja

SL
SW
SK


LUDERTIZ
WINDHOEK
KEETMANSHOOP

[Carl Wrbka]

 :emot78: Another million votes for Zanu PF...lol

[Bertie Horak]

You two both wrong.  The "O" was allocated to Otjiwarongo.  I think I'll put you out of your misery and give you ALL the numbers.  Here they are:

SA-Karasburg / SB-Bethanie / SC-Oranjemund / SD-not used (Swaziland numbers) / SE-Otavi / SF-Grootfontein / SG-not used (Swaziland government) / SH-Okahandja / SI-not used(looks too much like "1") / SJ-Outjo / SK-Keetmanshoop / SL-Lüderitz / SM-Maltahöhe / SN-Mariënthal / SO-Otjiwarongo / SP-Karibib / SQ-not used(looks too much like "O") / SR-Rehoboth / SS-Swakopmund / ST-Tsumeb / SU-Usakos / SV-not used (probably saved for Walvis Bay which was CWB then) / SW-Windhoek / SX-Gobabis / SY-Omaruru / SZ-not used / SBA-Owamboland(incl Ondangwa) / SCA-Okavango(incl Rundu) / SDA-(Kaokoland(incl Opuwa) / SEA-Hereroland East / SEB-Hereroland west / ECZ-Caprivi.

There you go -  you'll see we didn't have much of a choice!

[Carl Wrbka]

  Thanks Bertie. I wasn't sure about Okahandja, so in keeping with uncle bob's electoral habits gave him Michael's million votes as a consolation prize...lol

[Michael Alexander]

Damn! Now Bob might lose power.....  Thats interesting, always had it wrong, I always liked the way back in  the day, that when there was an election in the cape, that  Walvis Bay fell under Greenpoint in Cape TOwn.....

[georg ruf jr.]

Do you guys realy want to get rid of him? I mean you must've got used to him after the past odd 25 years.
Look at his age. Would you send your grandfather out on the street for the mob??? You should feel ashamed.
I think it's time to offer the guy asylem in the cote da zur. Just like the "Persion" guy in the 80s... He was so cultivated. Everybodies darling. Kept the moslims in the back row...
    :emot77:

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

I can't find the name Mgabe in the phone book. Did you forget to scan that page Micheal?