Meet Ant Kattie, who could fell a policeman with a single blow. Discover why Meerkat had to shoot the family’s new Dodge. Read what it was like to grow up in a household where children slept three to a bed, with rocks warmed in the wood stove for hot-water bottles, and superstitious elders covered mirrors to ward off lightning.
This book is a treasure chest of memoirs of Dordrecht and surrounding districts, covering a span of 120 years. Some are funny, some are moving: all are rich with the spirit of the Stormberg.
My ma wou net opstaan met die vol emmer melk, toe pyl die hoenderhaan op haar af en skop haar reg agter die kop dat sy vooroor val met haar kop binne in die melk. Ek het so geskrik en sy was so kwaad, die haan het net so geskrik en vinnig oor die kraalmuur gevlieg. My ma het nie geweet dat dit die haan is wat haar geskop het nie en gedink ou Nartjie, wat so ’n mak koei was, het haar geskop en was baie ontsteld daaroor. Sy slaan toe die ou koei met haar vuis tussen die twee oë, dat sy agteroor tuimel, haar agterbene nog vas met die spantou, en val die ou kraalmuur, wat nie baie sterk was nie, dak en al inmekaar, en daar gaan sit ou Nartjie toe netjies op haar agterstewe en kan nie weer op nie. ’ -- Van Judy Symms se bydrae.
Other contributors include Alan and Lorna Bradfield, Aileen Berrington, Koeks Smith, Sakkie and Mercia Badenhorst, Christine van Pletzen, Casper and Michiel Greyling, Jack Mortlock, Jossie Fouché and Hansie Schutte. Some pieces are in English, partly Afrikaans: Suid Afrika se eerste ware tweetalige boek!
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Prys: R190.00
Kopieë beskikbaar by die museum, 9 tot 12 weeksdae. Verkieslik kontant asb. In Queenstown: from Richard Edkins, 060-573-7920 In East London: from Lorna Bradfield 060-993-1957 In Barkly: from Rika Boshoff 081-542-8600
By Postnet: for one copy, R190 plus R130 post and packaging; two books R380 plus R140 p & p. EFT to Anderson Museum, Standard Bank, current account 285129864. Email your full name, cellphone number, and nearest Postnet, plus proof of payment, to skilderkrans@gmail.com. For larger orders, send an email saying what you want, and we’ll let you know the cost. LET WEL: bestellings mag ’n ruk vat om deur te kom: ons moet Queenstown toe ry om by ons naaste Postnet uit te kom, en ons gaan dit nie sommer elke dag doen nie. Veral met die potholes.
Overseas orders: Courier costs are horrendous: we’re happy to send books, but it may be more sensible to have your copies delivered to family or friends in South Africa who are visiting overseas.
Vrae: Ben Maclennan, Whatsapp 072-976-3194; skilderkrans@gmail.com.
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