Gangs and Names!

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hi Bobby,i thought so ,you are two years older than me,i am now 47,as Mike so rightly said,deaf i think the word was..   the name Zirky sounds right but ,if Mike only knows the hornets nest he has stirred with this site,Surely would like to meet you guys back here in town :emot182:......

[bobbysmith]

hi adriaan,was it zirkie van deberg,if my marbles are still intact,you were in rhodes[red house],mite be wrong though,brian ayre and me were allways together,not forgetting brians dog called simba,do you remember the names of the chips ,simba chilli chips and a name that came to me ,of the ice lollies we could buy in our youth,zoom lollies ,shaped like a rocket,take good care bud,hope to hear from you soon,regards to your family,cheers

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hi Bobby,i think your marbles is a bitstirred,i was in Barnato,do remember the chips and lollys,my wife Mariaan also recalls them and who will forget Simba and Brian.....

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

We had a gang from 1972 to 1975, but I don't think the gang had a name. We were all English and lived on the East side of town. The names I can remeber are: Jackie Wilson, Christopher Vermaak, Julie Wilson, Craig Summers, Mark, Kevin and Phillip Laubscher. Can't remember the others. We had a den near the abattoir and also spent a lot of time at the foofy slide and the quarry. Most of the gang smoked skelm and/or smooched. We also had a swim and a braai at the log cabin. Mark Laubscher was my best friend in junior primary and Jacky Wilson in Senior Primary, I still think about them often, they were the best.

[georg ruf jr.]

Chris Vermaark came from CT and landed in my class for a year. What's happened to him?
What's happened to him?
I remember the name Craig Summers???

[Florrie van Zyl (Muir)]

Chris Vermaak was my boyfriend in std 4 or 5, he lives in Port Elizabeth. Looked him up about 13 years ago, but haven't had contact since. I heard Craig Summers lives in CT, but not sure. He had a brother called Warren, who should have been in your class, I think.

[georg ruf jr.]

Warren was in the other class. I rember he was a good soccer player. A bit cheaky as far as I remember. hihihi

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Hi Bobbysmith.... J.D van der Merwe sends his regards,he will hopefully join the site one of these days .We had a MOTH meeting tonight and this site was 

[bobbysmith]

hi adriaan,thanks for your last post,i was extremely pleased to hear that the moths are still going strong,even more pleased to hear that you are a member,my dad would be very proud of you,regards to all,take care,bobby

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Bobbysmith,thanx for the reply and yes the Moths are still going although nobody knows for how long,i mean with the mine scaling down,most of us are all nearing 50 or are allready there,i hope that we will however keep going for another few years. ..we are really scraping the bottom for new members,the army and other forces are all past memories now. :36_2_24:      

[Andre Neethling]

Hi Bobby and Adriaan

I stumbled onto this site by mistake and joined it straight away, the names are all familiar by I cant put faces to the names. I visited Oranjemund in 2001 (yes 30 years after Std 5) visiting JD vd Merwe. What happened to Brian Eyre? I spoke to Harry Viljoen a couple of years ago and he told me Brian was in Windhoek, but then he dissapeared of the surface of the earth. Adriaan I remembered you were in the same class than my sister (Renette) didn't you go to van Riebeeck in Cape Town? Bobby I havent seen you for 35+years still remembered you were in the "Rooi Span" doing athletics and cricket against each other. Remember the disasterous rugby trip we had to Keetmanshoop in our Std 5 year? Zirkie Bergh was in the green team he is staying on the West Coast and making a living out of music. I still have contact with Uwe Leube he moved to Australia after Uncle Bob helped himself to his farm in Zim.

[Michael Alexander]

Hi Andre' Welcome to the board, Just to let you know that Adriaan is on leave until late in January, so he will more than likely only reply to your post then. Yes! Adriaan did go to Van Riebeeck.

CHeers
Mike

[bobbysmith]

hi andre,great to see you on the site,yes i remember the rugby tour to keetmans,i also remember the flight over the fish river canyon when that old dakota hit an air pocket and all us kids banging our heads off the roof of that thing,it put the fear of god into us,was your brother marius recently working in newcastle,uk.i met a south african girl who gave me his cell fone number,i rang him but he could not remember me,any way good friend,take good care and regards to your family,cheers bobby.ps,brian ayre came to visit me a few years ago,last i heard he was in jo,burg

[Uwe Leube]

Hi Adriaan. You are same age as me (Uwe Leube) I see - matriculated in 77. Your name and face seem familiar. I was friends with JD (send him my regards and tell hime to make contact) and Nuts (Andre Neethling) amongst others. Bobby Smith rings a bell - cannot put a face to the name though - blond hair?? My brother Peter would be a bit older than Bobby I think. I am in Australia and Peter is in the Carribbean - after a disastrous but yet good 8 years in Zim. I spent 14 years in J'burg and now seem to read here on the site that quite a few O'munders have moved there.

[bobbysmith]

hi once again uwe,as kids in om we used to get into loads of trouble,can you remember norman buckley[lives in oz i think]michael and neville langford,lione trollopp,piggy jackson,ian swanson,poor guys dad committed suicide in om,niall bennennet[passed away,albert lisser,passed away,carrots wilson,brian eyre,ronny young,billy muire,lesley meyers,the list goes on,i have posted a few fotos of the boxing team and im sure you are in one of the fotos,take a look. good bud,take good care,bobby