You are so right! When my mother was young and they were on Geduld mine they had a golfcourse which was where Bobby Locke learned his craft. My mother's youngest sister Sheila BASDEN born BROWNE was his mixed-doubles partner when they were young....she also used to play golf with Garry Player's wife Vivienne. My father's sister Joyce BEATH was the runner up of the South African's woman's golf singles....unfortunately I can't remember the year! We also shared memories of our visits to Umngazi Mouth Hotel....except your holidays there were about the time I was born in Springs.....my father had just left East Geduld to join up....he was training at Carolina at the time I was born. He thought it was a hoax when he got the telegram to say I'd been born as I was 10 weeks prem!! Good to hear from you. Love, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Frykberg" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Early Witwatersrand gold mines. > Tombi you and I must have been quite close. My Dad was both at Spaarwater > then Sub-Nigel and I began work at 16 at Sub-Nigel in 1940. An Uncle > worked > at Geduld and I remember Grootvlei and Marievale . And Dunnottar Hotel > where > Doug an I spent our night on honeymoon!. Then I got a sister in law whose > father was Manager at Crown Mines where we sometimes played tennis and > went > to wonderful balls. All dressed up too. > Lovely memories. > Pat > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Tombi Peck" <[email protected]> >> My Dad was on East Geduld Mine in the 1940s the went back to the >> Transvaal >> to Grootvlei (both in Springs). My great aunt's husband worked on >> Marievale >> Mine at Nigel. . >>> Crown Mines > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message