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HENNIE KRUGER'S MEMORIES

 

Omund in 1960

Oranjemund in 1960

Affenrucken in 1984

Solly's Shop

I include Hennie's comments: "

Names and people have a way of disappearing into the "boendoes" of the past , and means little to a later generation .
along the old Mittag road , all the old signboards have disappeard by the mid 80's .  mr Piet Lourens  , the GM at the time must have been surprised to find  the local hostel bearing his name .." Hotel - a -la Piet . " which also offered a tempting menu , prepared in its kitchen
other names were  Bobbejaanbultr , Misty valley , Mooimeisiesfontein & Beverly hills
 
The men who put those signs up along the road , were the ones who pushed the mining trenches northward from Uubvlei to no 1 plant area
 
See atached photo..I overheard that :- It was at Rooikop where Solly started his shop in a small way ., later as operations moved northward , so did he
As one of the original residents of Affenrucken , he moved his shop there . He stocked necesseties for the men on the mine  , soap , toothpaste , bullybeef , etc
Apparantly He became a authority on the lore of that piece of barren country and empty beaches. Solly maintained that those beaches were not always empty , there were mermaid once , he said ."

4 Plant Petrol Station

OPS in 1960

The School in 1960

Diamond Queen Ball

The Diamond Queen Ball 1977

The Main Road in Town

The Main Road through town in 1979

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