The Old Christmas Lights!

Michael Alexander · June 12, 2008, 01:01:48 PM

Here's two snaps of the old style Christmas lights, note how the back of the bioscope was used...

georg ruf jr. · June 12, 2008, 01:43:01 PM

Where's the snow Mike? :yeah3:

Bertie Horak · June 12, 2008, 02:58:20 PM

Sorry, Guys, only saw this topic after I posted pictures at "The shop topic".
Here's more
The numbers under the photo's are not the years, but simply file numbers. All taken late 60's early 70's.

Michael Alexander · June 12, 2008, 04:05:37 PM

Lekker Pics Bertie....Loving it.....I notice the Landie in the pic has the number plate OL......where is that? Anyone? I thought it was only SC back in the day....

Bertie Horak · June 12, 2008, 04:56:49 PM

Mike, I think Oranjemund was OL before it was SC. I scratched around a bit. Here's two pics - one when I was about 1 year old with our car - an Opel record station wagon, with number plate OL 319, and one (same car) when I was about 6-7 with number plate SC 319. So, I'm not sure when the change came, but it must have been between 1967-1970.
"OL" probably stood for Oranjemund/Luderitz, for my birth certificate also says I was born in "District Lüderitz", even though I was born in OM.

Lance Olivier · June 12, 2008, 06:10:35 PM

The explanation I was given years ago to the OL registration is the "O" stood for Oranjemund and the "L" represented the district of Luderitz, but later had to be changed as there was confusion with another SA licence plate from the Free State.

Michael Alexander · June 12, 2008, 06:15:03 PM

So it's fact then... OL was the forerunner to SC?

I also thought it was a place like Leeufontein in the Orange Freestate...

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · June 12, 2008, 07:51:39 PM

Yes A Fact it is, OL came before SC and as has been said Oranjemund, Luderitz District

Rhona · June 12, 2008, 07:53:19 PM

So what's SC then ?

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · June 12, 2008, 08:09:29 PM

I also seem to remember it being just a L at some point. Just a vague thought.

Rhona..I'm guessing S...South West Africa C...Consolidated Mines.

Rhona · June 12, 2008, 08:13:55 PM

Thanks Diana - lot of words for just 2 letters....

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · June 12, 2008, 08:19:08 PM

just a guess

Paula Gottsch (Willson) · June 12, 2008, 10:31:39 PM

SC - maybe - South Coast?

Malcolm Bertoni · June 12, 2008, 11:48:13 PM

Can any of you remember your private car's number plate?

My Beetle's was SC764.

Bertie Horak · June 13, 2008, 04:02:16 AM

Most of the "S" numbers started with the Town's first letter, like ST (Tsumeb), SW (Windhoek), SK (Keetmanshoop), etc. I suppose they couldn't make Oranjemund SO, because there's too many towns on the main road to the North which started with an "O", like Otjiwarongo(SO?), Okahandja(SH), Otavi(SE), Omaruru, etc. They had to do the same with Grootfontein (SF), for there's another (SG) Gobabis?