Teenagers of Your Time

[Richard Opperman]

Name teenagers of your time.

Here goes 1969 - 73:-

Gary, Cathy Opperman; Debby Biccard(later to be my wife) Rainer, Johnny, Dieter Siebers; David; Brain, Allen Eyre; Erwin(brother in-law), Paul(passed away) Albert(passed away) Lisser;Keith Margetts(Canada), Diana Boehme; Gynis(passed away), Dyan, Johnny, Ronny Young; Verona, Denise Barrot; Peter Pote(passed away); Erol Foghill; Danny Balely; Robin Holland; Sandra(Aus), Pamela, Jeff(Aus), Bev Quniton; Susan, Jane, David Arnot; Teresa(married David), Sandra Carr; Angus, Sandy Buchanan; Philip(passed away), Peter Castle; Anton van Schoor(Omund), Gunter Dieme, John van der Hooven, Peter du Toit, Johan Hyeman(Hiempie), Ineke Brunner, Lione Spilman, Jillian, Janet(was engaged to Philip Castle when he was killed on the border) Turner; Rodney(UK), Stephen, Charlie Huntley; Jennifer, Collin Hartley; Peppy, Tony(passed away) Freemantle; Jennifer, Jacqui Wormse; Jennifer, June Langford; Ion, Neil(passed away) Bennet; Trevor Jew; Eilene(passed away), Edward(passed away) Johnson; Barrend(Balletjies) Norje; Jacqui(married Barrend)(Omund), Lesley Meyers; Karen Hoffman; Barbra, Susan Brownless; Rene',Nita Esterhauzen(sister in-laws)

Many of the above are still in contact - Sorry if I have left any out.

Keep well.
Richard  8) 

[SandyB]

Stunning  roll  call  Richard !

[Richard Opperman]

Thanks Sandy - how are you doing?
Sorry to hear about the passing of Ian.
Where is Gus and Moreen now days? Give them our regards.
Are you still in contact with Vivian and Penny Worth (now thats' names I forgot) and Mrs Worth? Send them our geetings.

Richard + Debby  8)

[SandyB]

Gus  and  Maureen  in  GP  ..  saw  them  in  Feb  for  Ians  funeral ...they  Ok  .. I  suppose  our now loosely knit  family  will  get together  for  some  or other  occasion  sooner  ot later  .. just hope its   happier  occasion . We  brought Pauline  down  for  a  holiday   a  couple of  months  ago  .. she's  having a  hard  time  .. despite  all  misgivings  she stood by  Ian  through  all  the  ups  and downs   and  last  years of  illness  .. he was  pretty  much  incapacitated  by  emphysemia .. Lets  all  hope  that   it  all  comes together  for  her ..   Viv  I  saw  a  month  or  two ago . she  was  down  for  Noels  21st  .. Penny  staying in  Narclands  ..
           Go well    regards  to  Debbie ,,,

[Keith Margetts]

Hey Oppie,

That was a very impressive roll call, and quite sad to see that so many of our contempories have passed away!!

Where is Sandra Carr . . . I think I used to go out with her for a short time?

Denise got hold of me . . . so, that is a great thing!!

Keep well my old friend . . . you and Debbie have gotta come an visit us in Canada sometime, eh?

Cheers,
Keith Margetts (1968 to 1978)

[Richard Opperman]

Hi Keith,

Debby and I saw Sandra Carr at Dave and Teresa Arnot's 25th wedding anniversary.
She is a successful business woman in Gauteng.
I saw Denise's reply to you.

Cheers
Richard  8)

[Warren Weidemann]

Hey, I recognise some of those names and I was only 1 year old in 1973...

Barend (Balletjies) and Jackie Mathee still live in Oranjemund (I assume it was who you were talking about), Rainer Siebers lives in Rosh Pinah, Jonny Siebers lives in Windhoek (he's my boss, in fact). I met Dieter Siebers for the first time, just recently in a lift in the Namdeb building in Windhoek, no doubt visiting his brother.

Interesting...

[SandyB]

Richard .. correct  me  but  from  a posting on this site I  see  a Juanita Lisser  ..  is  this Debbies  sister  ...  now  married  to  Urwin ?   I  saw  the  whole  crowd  many years ago  in  maitland about early 90's..  Old  man  Biccard  stayed  in  a  flat  next  to the  bridge  .. there  was  big  drama  that  night in  the area  with a  guy  from  the  area   wanting  to  beat up  his  very  attractive  girlfriend  ( suppose  he had  insecurity issues )  anyhow  the  cops  came  and  they  showed  him what its  like to  be  beaten  up  good  and  proper ,, Urwin  may remember  the  incident ....   regards  to all  .. sandy

[Yvette Kroukamp (Biccard)]

Hi Sandy,

in answer to you, yes, Juanita is married to Erwin, they live in Cape Town.  I am the baby Biccard, the innocent one!  Renee Esterhuizen is my oldest sister, and of course you know that Debby is married to Richard Opperman. Renee is also on this site and so is Juanita.   

I used to babysit for Maureen and Gus.  Too many times to count.

I recall the incident in CT with the oke wanting to beat up his girlfriend. that was a very entertaining neighbourhood, never a dull moment!  we had a lot of laughs there.

Sandy did you perhaps drive a Peugout, the one that was shaped like an iron. Coz, I know I was little then but I remember you and your car.  All over town!

Teenagers when I was one!

Vicki Lineker, Susan Lineker, Patrick McCarthy, Sharon Justus, Tracy Justus, Stephen Hodgeson (Hoddy), Ruth Claasen, Stephan Claasen, Nigel Hucker,Martin Niemand, Brenda Niemand, Bradley Quinton, Alana Wiese, Janet Carr, Steph Carr, Gary Ebstein, (late) Stephan Hucker, Sandy ?, Anthony Fleurot, Brent and Lindsay Quinton, Patricia Lineker, Thomas Schilling, Beate Schilling??, Louise Bell, Paula Wilson, Andre Gottsch, Kenny Aitken, Cindy, Gavin and Delia Munn, Edwina Baker, Leigh Mcbride, Kevin Laubscher, Heather Parkhill, Delia Olivier, Sam Lawson, Theresa McCarthy, Alfred Boheme, Richard Gerstner, Andrew and Gillian Thurtell, Cyrene Ausserhoffer, Marius Smith?, Cornel Wiese, Cobus Wiese, (late) Andy Morrow, Mandy Morrow

hope you still remember me... :)

[SandyB]

Yup  I  remember ....   regards  to  all  .. Sandy

[Delia]

Yvette - delia here - you forgot the hearthrob wayne marteze - all the girls went gaga over the marteze boys - brother was anthony (remember the yellow volla he drove) - still have a photo of you and vicky linekar with wayne outside the old cafe - will dig it out and post it.    :D

[peterdu Toit]

 Ja brother i am still around   .allthe names still ring a bell so youwhen i get back 
peter du toit
Name teenagers of your time.

Here goes 1969 - 73:-

Gary, Cathy Opperman; Debby Biccard(later to be my wife) Rainer, Johnny, Dieter Siebers; David; Brain, Allen Eyre; Erwin(brother in-law), Paul(passed away) Albert(passed away) Lisser;Keith Margetts(Canada), Diana Boehme; Gynis(passed away), Dyan, Johnny, Ronny Young; Verona, Denise Barrot; Peter Pote(passed away); Erol Foghill; Danny Balely; Robin Holland; Sandra(Aus), Pamela, Jeff(Aus), Bev Quniton; Susan, Jane, David Arnot; Teresa(married David), Sandra Carr; Angus, Sandy Buchanan; Philip(passed away), Peter Castle; Anton van Schoor(Omund), Gunter Dieme, John van der Hooven, Peter du Toit, Johan Hyeman(Hiempie), Ineke Brunner, Lione Spilman, Jillian, Janet(was engaged to Philip Castle when he was killed on the border) Turner; Rodney(UK), Stephen, Charlie Huntley; Jennifer, Collin Hartley; Peppy, Tony(passed away) Freemantle; Jennifer, Jacqui Wormse; Jennifer, June Langford; Ion, Neil(passed away) Bennet; Trevor Jew; Eilene(passed away), Edward(passed away) Johnson; Barrend(Balletjies) Norje; Jacqui(married Barrend)(Omund), Lesley Meyers; Karen Hoffman; Barbra, Susan Brownless; Rene',Nita Esterhauzen(sister in-laws)

Many of the above are still in contact - Sorry if I have left any out.

Keep well.
Richard  8) 
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[Yvette Kroukamp (Biccard)]

  ;)

Hi Delia, how could I forget the Martheze boys, sadly they broke a lot of hearts!!  If I only knew then what I know now!!!!!

Yvette  :'(

[Richard Opperman]

Some teenagers of my time - note Pondocks!!

First Photograph Left to Right: Gunter Dyme, Johan Heyman (Himpie) and John van der Hooven at the beach - note 50cc motorcycles mode of transport of our time - needed to get girls into the group !

Second photo Left to Right:  Robin Holland, Jan Rootman, Richard Opperman and Danie Belelie - note pondock in the back ground.

Third photo Left to Right: Richard Opperman, Peter Pote (passed away), Jan Rootman, Paul Lisser (passed way) and David Eyre - inside the Lissers pondock - note Beatles "Let it Be" photographs on the wall - popular album at the time.   

Photographs are not too good - taken with my first camera between 1968 to 73 - old black and white polaroid - amazed they have lasted so long.

Memories Enjoy!

Richard  8)

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

yip those 50cc motorbikes were realy cool. recognise everybody in the photo's richard.brings back a lot of memories the "lissers pondock" and a few other pondocks.