My Oranjemunder Emails.

[Cheryl Quantrill (van Greunen)]

Mark leaves "Planet Mark" for very short intervals.  I think it has something to do with having to to talk - him being the silent type.  No, jokes aside - he had just come off a long shift at work, had worked like a dog and was really pooped. After a plate of food and a couple of beers, his bed was beckoning big time.

[georg ruf jr.]

Okay! I'll except the excuse.
You realy seem to take care of your kid brother.

[Cheryl Quantrill (van Greunen)]

You know the song "He aint heavy, he's my brother"  Well something like that.

[georg ruf jr.]

The "Monkeys"? It's better than Neil Diamond cover version...

[Debbie MacDonald (Wallace]

Georg

I thought that it was The Hollies

[Michael Alexander]

It was the Hollies, Neil Diamond did a cover version.... KENNY!   Help!

[Donald Duck]

Hollies.....

[Michael Alexander]

Another surprise email.... from CHile...

"Dear Michael,



I stumbled across this website by chance. We lived in Oranjemund from 1957 until 1973. My dad, Paul Mouton,  worked for "Security". I was quite surprised to see my face on the 1968 prefects photo as well as the 1969 rugby photo. In the prefects photo I'm standing behind Hyman Kotze, next to Edith Coetzee. Karin de Wet is sitting next to Doc Venter and Anelma Maritz is standing behind Trevor Hobbs. The father of the girl next to Mark was a medical doctor. In the rugby photo I'm sitting next to Mr. Zandhuis. If I'm not mistaken the surname of the boy behind me is  Pienaar. That was a great team and the Eyre brothers were excellent players.



Best regards,



Willem Mouton

Admin Manager

Minera Eton Chile

Santiago, Chile"

[Michael Alexander]

A short note from Anneli Visser (nee Kotze)



"Mike,



this brings back the very, VERY best memories of my life!  (1960-something till 1973)

My late father, Awie Kotze, worked at Barclays Bank and then at Security  -  our family left Oranjemund in 1973 for the "Republiek" and my heart still aches for Oranjemund! 



Anneli Visser (nee Kotze)"

[Michael Alexander]

Another nice message:

"Good day fellow Oranjemunder,

I would appreciate it if you could ad my name to your list. I looked at all the photographs and, boy did it bring back some good old memories. I arrived at Oranjemund with my parents during 1966 and left Oranjemund to join Anglo American's Head Office in Johannesburg in August 1996, a total of 30 fantastic years in the desert. I will look for some photographs and forward it to you.

Thanks for setting up this site as this will surely re-connect lost friends again.


Cheers

Willem C. Heusdens"

[Michael Alexander]

Another email that makes it all worthwhile:

"Hello Michael,

I came across your site today while browsing for images of the Orange
River. I'm not an ex-Oranjemunder(not even Namibian, but South African),
but such photographic histories fascinate me and I was really able to
get a feel of the town based on the old photographs and your comments.
Thank you for that experience.

Kind regards,

Martin Tobler"

[Michael Alexander]

Boy Oh Boy!, Here is one email I never expected, from the best Geography Teacher I ever  had.... it made my day!

"Dear Michael,

This may come as a surprise to receive an email from me. My daughters, Carin and Lindsay,  put me onto your website.
What a brilliant thought ! Surfing through Oranjemundonline.com has brought back so many wonderful memories of Oranjemund. My wife and I spent 25 years in Oranjemund and all of them at the Oranjemund Private School. I found it most interesting to find out where all the ex O.P.S pupils were and what they were doing. I have vivid memories of  90 % of your contacts and they have turned my clock back to those wonderful times at the school.

We have been retired for close on 15 years now and living in Hermanus where there are approx. 22 ex Oranjemunders living. We bump into most of them every now and then and have chats about the good old times.
Thanks for the memories and keep up the excellent job !!  I, for one, will keep on logging in, to keep in touch.
Pity about the school being taken over by the state. It is a fantastic institution and may it continue to keep up the high standards of the past.

My very best wishes to all those who may remember us.

" Zandy " Zandhuis ( 1968 - 1993 )"

As I stated previously, it makes it all worthwhile.....

[Patricia Lotte]

Wow, who's next. I also had Mr Zandhuis for geography. If I remember well, he was the first person I knew who wore a digital watch. One of those with the black screen and red digits. Very advanced back then!

[georg ruf jr.]

Yes, the best!
Is he online with an account?

[Michael Alexander]

Nope, not yet, I'll mention it to him when I reply to his email....