Big school sportsevent.

[barb (Fry)]

Niggerball are now black balls I still buy them every time I visit macro, and bring them back to the UK. 

[Michael Alexander]

.... and gollywogs? illegal or not?

I believe I'm gettin the collectors addittion of Tintin for an Xmas present, Tintin in the Congo, one of the firsts, and very colonial, big sticker on the sealed cover stating that some people might find the contents offensive.... Droooool! cannot wait for Xmas day....



present

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

ha Mike

we call them Mohrenkopf

N....... is not liked here

[barb (Fry)]

In the very politicaly correct UK, golliwogs simply no longer exist, they have been banned.

[georg ruf jr.]

Golliwogs and Niggerballs are not legal in the EU i believe, hey Georg?

Haha, Mike.
Probably not. It just a matter of perspective. Just like anything else in life.

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

Sorry if I offended anyone, honest mistake. I had one when I was small and loved it.

[barb (Fry)]

Did you know that Creedance Clear Water was originally called the Golliwogs !

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Here we go Bev in English...Oranjemund our Desert school
                                    With pride of thee we sing
                                     And proudly learn our lessons well........ok forgot the rest

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

I think the teachers used to sit on chairs facing the stage and only Dr Venter and anyone talking was on the stage. We had to sit cross-legged on the floor. We had to line up in rows before going to class or to the hall. Does anyone remember trying to get to school so early that it was still dark, and what a nice feeling that was?

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Yes we'd have a race to see who could be the first person at school.I won once what a cool feeling that was.

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Hi everyone - just got Shannon's homework book out of the cupboard and so here goes:

School song


Oranjemund our desert school
with pride of thee we sing
and proudly learn our lessons well
more praise to thee we bring
for many hands from many lands
are clasped in friendship true
to win our way at work or play
Oranjemund for you

And onward striving as we go
more knowledge to attain
that never failing torch that glows
will always be our aim
though wide the field and vast the sphere
if humbly we attend
we'll run the race with God's good grace
and run it to the end.

The end!

Can't say I remember the second verse! Anyone else remember it?

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

Thanks Michelle. Could you also give us the words for the Suidweslied?

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Hey Mike - what makes you think you're getting a book for Xmas! I thought you put a garden vac/blower on your wishlist!

:emot19:

[Michele Alexander (Voden)]

Hi Florrie - sorry but they only put the new national anthem in the homework books these days - I'm sure Mike or Georg will have the words to das Suidwesterlied (sp?) somewhere! Mike's busy watching a movie at the moment so will probably only respond tomorrow.

[barb (Fry)]

will need georgswa to confirm that this is the true words

Suidwes-lied
Hard soos kameeldoring hout ja hard is ons land
en droog o so droog sy riviere
Die son het die klippe en die klippe gebrand
in veld en in bos skuil die diere
As iemand nou aan jou sou vra
wat bind my aan die gewes
dan kan ek net sê ja
my hart kies Suidwes
Das Südwesterlied
(die inoffizielle Nationalhymne Südwestafrikas)

Hart wie Kameldornholz ist unser Land
und trocken sind seine Riviere.
Die Klippen, sie sind von der Sonne verbrannt,
und scheu sind im Busche die Tiere.
Und sollte man uns fragen:
Was hält euch denn hier fest?
Wir könnten nur sagen:
Wir lieben Südwest!

Doch uns're Liebe ist teuer bezahlt,
trotz allem, wir lassen dich nicht,
Weil unsere Sorgen überstrahlt
der Sonne hell leuchtendes Licht.
Und sollte man uns fragen:
Was hält euch denn hier fest?
Wir könnten nur sagen:
Wir lieben Südwest!

Und kommst du selber in unser Land
und hast seine Weiten geseh'n,
Und hat uns're Sonne ins Herz dir gebrannt,
dann kannst du nicht wieder geh'n.
Und sollte man dich fragen:
Was hält dich denn hier fest?
Du könntest nur sagen:
Ich liebe Südwest!