my good friend RUSSEL

[paul hall]

I remember when russel got killed on clintons bike by a drunk driver and the driver got away with it
what a sad time in my life

[DUNJA WRBKA]

Oh how I remember that in 1981 I had the largest crush on Russel.  Of course he never noticed that I even existed.   202

[Michael Alexander]

Russell use to Bully me at OPS, he and Jacques Laubscher liked to knee you in the thigh, kinda like a leg lumme.... he was always sitting at the back of the class next to Sean Emery.... in boarding school years, he turned into quite a nice guy, with many a major party's at his folks house.....

[Janet Linsley-Noakes (Johnson)]

Hi Paul,

I remember that day very well - a very sad day!!  Don't know if you remember me, I was Janet Johnson then and I sat next to you at his funeral.   I remember I arrived home from being away on holiday and was supposed to speak to him the day I got back - only I received the nasty news that he had been killed the night before instead...

How are you and where are you??

[Carl Zeelie]

Hi there,
I am new to this site but have strong memories of Oranjemund! Does anyone remember the tragic deaths of Dawie Kerwan and Paul Lisser? I was a Metallurgical Foreman at the time at No 1 Plant and worked the same shift as they did. Hugo vd Merwe was the mining foreman. I still have vivid memories of that fatal morning......

[Susan Kintscher (Lineker)]

I remember everyone had to wear a bright colour, like yellow to his funeral.  It was one of the few times that i saw my brother (Billy) cry.  Very sad...

[Cherry (Alcock)]

Not to be insensitive but I'mtrying to jog my memory - Russel who?

[Michael Alexander]

Russel Pounds.... killed on a motorcycle in the wee hours of the morning, I think by Chris Niewoudt, not too sure....... this was in the mid 80's

[Richard Opperman]

Hi Carl,

Yes I remember that day in 1978 - 29th March 1978 - how I remember the date so well is that I and my brother Gary were very good friends of Paul and his brothers Erwin (who is now my brother in law) and Albert (died tragically in a car accident on new years eve 1992).

I had, had a birthday party at the log cabin that Saturday - 26/03/1978 - and we had gone to cleanup that Sunday and then Debby (my now wife) and a group of us had gone to the beach to look for a braai area. We came across Paul, Audrey (passed away last year from CA) and Uncle Luke (Paul's dad, passed away in 2003). Paul and Audrey had said that they would have liked to have come to the party and would make an effort to attend the following year which was never to be. My sister Elizabeth was on duty at the hospital when this mining accident happened.

The sad thing is that Paul's mother, Aunty Joan passed away in April 1976.

Keep well. 

[Carl Zeelie]

Man! That's really sad..... the whole family....I recall the ambulance that was sent out also rolled, killing the driver or assistant? What ever became of the geologist?

[paul hall]

hi your name rings a bell
well im living in amsterdam with my partner Aldina and my son Liam who is 7years old.
i have my own hairdresser shop

[Michael Alexander]

Paul, remember the 2 ltr coke bottle and the bar in the rec club hall?

[paul hall]

yes i remember sometimes it was alitle hard to get a drink as we needed a long pipe but we always knew where to find it

[Michael Alexander]

Ja, you me and noddy..... remember his birthday party that his mom organised, we had that wooden case with all the different mixes in it.....

[Carl Zeelie]

Hi Michael, see Richard's post...perhaps we cam also post Dawie Kerwan's name on "Lost Diamonds?