Angling Club!

[Michael Alexander]

One of the few clubs in town thats booming is the Angling club, they had a competition down at the beach yesterday morning, followed by a pair of sheep on the spit at the clubhouse, only 3 fish were caught, but there were more than a 100 people there.... good to hear these things.....

;D

[Clive Symes]

Mike ask Harold Schoeman, I must be the only long registered paid up member that never went to Meob Bay or had a rdrink in the angling club bar.

[Michael Alexander]

Ha.... Clive, that snothing, feel for my dad, who for some stupid reason back in the late 70's joined about 25 clubs......as it was so cheap, he only went to 4 of them and to this day still does not know where the Hockey or Jukskei club is......    ;D

[Clive Symes]

Know the feeling, anyway while I was there saw it as a bit of a community service to keep the clubs going.

[Michael Alexander]

And.. now there's not much community left to service the clubs....

How many people are aware that at it's peak , with all the clubs affiliated to the rec club, with all having there own bars, that there were 48 different bars to drink at by 1982, this excludes sands for obvious reasons......    ;)

[barb (Fry)]

I can believe it, even though my parents didn't frequent any. 

[Michael Alexander]

Clint Ebstein and myself went on a pubcrawl in the Sands hotel a good few years back... cultural thing... more than 120 bars in that place, not a white face anywhere, but everyone was friendly and ever so happy to see us, invites to each bar... we made about 16 bars...... got married thrice to some big mama's then crawled ot there in the wee hours..... what a night... and it's a pity more whites don't give it a bash.... you kinda feel like a tourist in there....

8)

[barb (Fry)]

have had similar experiences in grahamstown, coffeebay(transkei),  and swaziland and up north(Namibia) during the elections-know what you mean........

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hi Clive, there is a tar road all the way to Meob now or at least part of the way,why didn't you go to Meob?   

[Clive Symes]

After my Boet poached my Rods & Reels etc, I ended up going down to the Gun club more & more often, and just never gor round to buying another set of gear.

[darryl weidemann]

mike if i am not mistaken there was apoint in time when oranjemund was in the guinness book of records for having the most bars per capita

[Michael Alexander]

I still rate the Stauchlager as the best bar in town......

How many of you have been to "The Inn on the Square" pub in Oranjemund, it's been there for at least 22 years! Do you know where it is?

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[Michael Alexander]

IS this photo taken at Meob? What tractor is this? Was there ever prospecting or mining done at Meob?

[Hooter]

long time ago ,But It looks like the old cat rusting away next to the shed where the landies were kept and serviced . Meob bay .

[Jeremy Dixon]

ONe night we came off shift and I went to sand with a couple guys from work we went into most of the bars felt very welcomed didnt pay for a drink whilst I was there!!! Does anyone have the co-ordinates for meob I want to have a look at it on google earth!