My Oranjemunder Emails.

[Michael Alexander]

Good morning Michael

My family spent a few years in Oranjemund in the early to mid 1970's. My sister and I were abut 14 at the time. My father, John Derrick, was a contractor, sent to Oranjemund from Cape Town to build a concrete jetty in to the sea, I think, to pump sea water to cool machinery down. Halfway through construction, there was a fierce storm, the sea bed shifted, and the crew arrived next morning to find a dip in the jetty! The existing one was stopped, and a new one built alongside.  I have spoken to my father, and he is dusting through old photo albums as this is being written, and is searching his memory for stories. Once the photo's have been found, I will send them on to you.

Regards

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Timothy Derrick

[Michael Alexander]

I have been looking at the photographs om my brother and his family. I wondered if anyone remembered them. Jock Carr, Edna Carr and their son Robert. These pics were in the Oranjemund Newsletter june 1982. Sadly they are all gone now. Robert was champion of champions that year, He was killed in a road accident. There is also Ken Gottsch and Barry Ainsworth after winning for the 3rd year the mens four. Is your club still going. One more item. We have a dvd of Jock ( Alec to us ) winning the playboy of the year. Thank you for your web site . Alecs sister Mary Shaw.

[Henniekruger]

We were in Oranjemund from 1975 to 1986. Engineering dept - as Instrumet tech - ou small team constructed the control rooms for no 2 and no 3 plants