How long did you live or work in Oranjemund

[Clive Symes]

To start this off,

I arrived with my Mom and Dad in February 1952 and left ORANJEMUND, with a wife an two children in February 2005

Total period of residence in ORANJEMUND = 53 years

Commenced working for CDM / Namdeb in December 1969 and went on early retirement in December 2004

Total period of Service to the Mine in ORANJEMUND = 35 years

Clive Symes

[Charmain Meier (Heusdens)]

Good grief Clive, this is a life time!  Where did you retire to?

Charmain Meier (Heusdens)

[Donald Duck]

I can give you the address of the Old Age Home where Clive lives if you wish.  ;D ;D

Myself, arrived in 1989 for two years.
Left in 2004 - 15 years later..... ::)

[darryl weidemann]

arrived in 1978 started working for cdm/namdeb in 1994 left in 2003 . so lets see thats um.........25 years

[Michael Alexander]

Arrived June 1072, also for 2 years...... did all the school things, forced to become an appie in 1989, got fired, thats another story, left town for 3 years to er, do other things, that's also another story, slipped back into town, tried to get reemployed with the mine by working at Bottle Store, clever Namdeb worker found out, lost my job again..... got a job at Spar as a private..... and been there ever since...... mm is buried here, dad is drinking here, brothers all live here, I'm married, lotsa kida and braai's..... sigh! life is good.....

;D

[Sharon]

I was ten when I arrived, now I am 36 (oh boy am I that old.....) so that makes it in the year of I don't remember but I left before I was 21 in the year I don't remember, but I was born in O'mund in 1971 and left when I was 3 and came back when I was ten, so you work out the years.... in all I was there for 14 years, boy it feels longer than that, must have been all the drinking and dancing and....

[bobbysmith]

born in omund in september 1958,left physically in 1972,truth be known,never ever left the place mentally,aha,im still here mike,now for those beers boetie x

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Arrived Nov 1981, age 5. Still here nearly 26 years later.

I knew I married an older guy but didn't realise he was that old! I think Mike meant 1972 and not 1072!

[barb (Fry)]

Arrived at birth in 1963, left for boarding school 1977and holidayed in Omund until 1981, returned twice for holiday 1982 an 1985.
Only worked as scholar.
Not really a fully fledged adult member of the Omund team, just a kid who had a great childhood. Had you noticed.??

[Delia]

born & bred desert rat! Born 1964. Left matric 1982, worked in o'mund till 1993 - 29 years in total  - BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE!!

[Warren Weidemann]

From 1978 till now.
I have volunteered to turn out the lights and fold up the bridge when I leave. :-\

[Michael Alexander]

The bridge folds up?

???

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

We arrived here in 1972 after a very long and epic journey on the road i got to know as port nolloth road.My mom nearly had a heart attack as my dad apparently told her that the garages at Swartkops were our new home heheh..did my primary school stint, my high school stint, stole some sweets in the now Spar did my Army two years, became a lefttenant,walked nearly halfway around kaokoland for some stupid reason,some guy hit a landmine right in front of me,lost 70% of my hearing thats, why i scream Province,then i left the army to become a tenant in civvy street,joined the security dept and still at it after 25 years,my wife Mariaan nearly 25 years married and here i am got to listen to some mad guy called Mike who got this brilliant idea and here we all are yapping along happily ever after........         

[Alfred Boehme]

My Parents arrived in1959 I was born in O/Mund still here 41 years and counting, would like to continue till retirement.

Warren I've got the key to the switch for the lights wait for me before you fold the bridge up or I won.t beable to leave

Thanks

[Bev Burchell]

Hey Warren... about that turning out the lights.. folding up the bridge thing...   Its funny but we ex- Omd now "outsiders" often sit and wonder about who of the folx we remember actually will carry out that function!  A few that come to mind are the Van Rooyen brothers .. (Hi Adriaan) ... Karen Siebers....yourselves of course and then there's Pete Nut ... nah  ... guess you'll beat him... he must be getting close to retirement by now.   ;D