Please ID the people in this pic...

[Cherry (Alcock)]

Hi Bruce - how y'doing?  I've been trying to remember the name of the chap who got his hand caught in the conveyor belt - do you remember?

[Richard Opperman]

Hi cherry,

I do not know if we are thinking of the same guy, but in my time - 1977? - Steve van Copenhagen's arm was caught in a conveyor at 2 plant I think - he was pulled in and down the shut. He landed up in hospital very badly bruised for a while. Made a full recovery.

Myself, Steve and 5 others left Oranjemund in 1979, we were all in the Metallurgy department.

Keep well.
Richard

[Cherry (Alcock)]

Hi Richard,

I remember Steve's accident; this was another guy - tall, curly brownish-red hair.  Gawd, I hate that my memory sucks!  Thanks for trying to help.

Cheers, Cherry

[Richard Opperman]

Yes I agree - It is shit getting old!

As they say in Afrikaans:

Age 20 to 40 - Is the "Piele and Wiele years".

Age 40 t0 60 - "Brille and Pille years".

Age 60 and on - "Klagtes and Gedagtes years"

Keep well.
Richard

[Bruce Davies]

Hi Cherry, I'm really good thanks, how about yourself? Are you not perhaps thinking of Bobby De Klerk who got his hand caught under a steam ? There was another one at 1 Plant where a guy (can't remember his name) got his tie caught in the conveyor one night and got dragged in - had to be a foreman if he was wearing a tie. It was only after that accident that the company policy on wearing ties to work was finally chnaged.