Experiencing Ye Olde Cape Town

Thanks to a Muti post I stumbled across a Etienne Du Plessis' Flickr photostream. There are some amazing photo's and scanned postcards portraying a Cape Town long past, for better or worse.

Below is a postcard of the Cape Town 'International' from 1966.



How about Muizenberg in 1964?



Check out the full set here : Bygone Cape Town, South Africa

La Linea - Simple but great memories (Video)

Last month a Eish!! readers had a great discussion around the post 'I remember more ...' remembering the way things were. A fair portion on the contributions revolved around the media and tv in particular.

Paul, a regular reader, sent me a link to a YouTube video that brought back a whole load of early tv memories.
Remember La Linea? The contemptuous two dimensional character that SABC used as a filler? Somehow the creators managed to get so much personality into the simplest animation sequences and it always left you wanting more. Tens of thousands have now either discovered or rediscovered this series through Youtube.



For more of the same click here (there's a whole load).

I remember more ...

Reading this great post a SA Rocks I was reminded of the "good old days." The focus of the post was food products, but there were so many other images and memories it conjured up that I thought it needed a little expansion.

So here's some homework. Take a read then let me know what resonates with you. Comment or mail me the things that you remember fondly from your childhood.

Here goes ...

I remember paying 12c for bus fare to school.

I remember school bus routes ensuring you could be dropped off at most 2 block from home.

I remember playing frogger.

I remember hijacking the portable radio to listen to Springbok Radio stories after curfew.

I remember copying my first code into my Vic20... it didn't work.

I remember riding my bike everywhere.

I remember really wanting a chopper.

I remember changing that want to the newly available BMX.

I remember the SABC test pattern.

I remember Martin Baillie.

I remember the Chappies bubblegum radio advert.

I remember Wielie Walie.

I remember Afrikaans tv programmes without subtitles.

I remember vinyl records being sold at OK Bazaars.

I remember cassette walkmans.

I remember ...