Random Snaps!

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

Sorry Andy D, before my time but I'm sure there are some members on the Forum that worked on the river pumps before the current ones were installed

[Michael Alexander]

... and if you are interested, here is a 1971 Article relating to the wells...

[Michael Alexander]

Not sure if this was on here before....

[Andrew Darné]

Here is what is left of the northern most Fehlman well at 4 Plant after the mining process exposed it down to bedrock.
You clearly see where the lateral filters extended from in the 2nd pic.
Pic 01, taken 2003 after the dredge had stripped through the area.
Pic 02 & 03, taken 2005 when the bedrock cleaning teams had been through the area.
Attempts were made to push these "wells" over without success. So there they stand for the Portuguese to come back in 500 years time and wonder what the heck these people were doing here under the sea.

[Michael Alexander]

Now, that is interesting, somewhere on this forum, is black and White snaps of the guys building that structure.... I just cannot remember where though....

[Gerda Cloete]

Michael it looks as if it could be an article from a Newsletter. We have the Feb abd April 1971 issues. Is it maybe another month?

[henniek]

just a few that I kept in the reject box-

[henniek]

and a few more

[henniek]

and another

[Michael Alexander]

The Beauvallon one has reference.... if you guys could see how politics and AA have buggered up that farm..... a mere shadow of itself.... I get so angry with the politicians that could not see further than their pockets....

Here is a 2011 Google earth shot, somewhere on this forum is an article from the beginning of this year, discussing how redundant this once prized farm has become...

[Michael Alexander]

Hennie, the pic of inside the shopping centre..... can anyone add more with regard to where exactly in the centre we are? What direction are we looking at? what department is on the left? Hennie is the snap inverted?

Great history... 

[Michael Alexander]

Hennie, the snap "Opening of the new store" is that when the Spar franchise opened? Notice the chopper flying overhead.... I was there that day, the chopper flew over dropping R2 notes , the bus in the road.... that was the old blue faithful ..... bright red seats inside... a real yankee type bus.....

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Michael if there were a "like" button here I would like your post re: Beauvallon.... my thoughts exactlly. As for the shopping centre looks like its after I left in 1981....to me looks like the entrance is to the right and that blue/green type board ahead was the old entrance to the gents. Just guessing here from what I see.

[henniek]

Pic .re inside the shopping centre. looking in the direction of Jasper house. As one came in at the main entrance , there was a notice board . Look carefull and you will see a notice [ the white one ]  for the "Diamond Draw " fund raising for ?? Club . [I Remember Keith Brooks won the draw twice ] Directly oposite on the left  was a little blackboard where the specials were written on with chalk . Man in blue is Corrie vd Nest . on the right just before the arch entrance was the toys and books. Turnuing left would take one to the groceries and Hardware

[henniek]

few more The one at Bogen- the bus was a luxury coach- Mercedes- Turbo Diesel- . Why then old Schackelton - in the old days they patrolled the coastline up to Walvis and further up north to the Angola border . Every week or so  , just off the coast , one would drone past Oranjemund