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  • Granny thinks back….part sixteen

    Hi All. I am in a really bad mood. I won’t go into the reasons. Suffice to say I shouldn’t be posting. But, let’s try. There came the day when I realised I should leave. Well, it was ONE of the reasons. A guy was stabbed in the hand by another chap. He caught the…

  • Granny thinks back….part fifteen

    Hello All. From a very wet and cold Port Elizabeth. Before I go any further I need to say something. I suddenly have a whole lot of new blogging friends. Who are going to think I am nuts when I write this post. Just to elucidate (isn’t that a great word?) I have been writing…

  • Granny thinks back…part thirteen

    Hello All. Yes, it was a bit of a violent place to live. And, I too, discovered I had a violent streak. There was a dam next to the shop. No, not a dam. One of those brick reservoir things. And the kids would swim in it. But it was near the road. One day…

  • Granny thinks back….part twelve

    Hello All. Something on a lighter note today. Though there are some sad stories to relate. They can come later. Our shop was a general dealer. We sold everything. Basic foodstuffs, clothing and even African beer. The latter was a very good seller. We sold chewing tobacco. It came in a big roll and I…

  • Granny thinks back….part eleven

    Hello All. The shop on this place was big. And, as I said before,  very busy. I had to do a lot of heavy lifting. 25lb bags of sugar, flour and maize meal. Sometimes two at a time. There came the day when I got a bad pain in my groin. And went off to…

  • Granny thinks back….part ten

      Hello All. So where was I? Oh yes, the mouse infested house. We did, eventually, get rid of them all. But, not before they ate all the chocolate Xmas tree decorations we received from our German relatives. We had quite a few animals on the farm. A few cows. Some pigs. And about four…

  • Granny thinks back….part nine

    Hello All. Once again we moved. This was to be my last move with hubby three. And we stayed there for a record number of years. I can’t remember just how many but I think it was about seven. It was to be a life changing move. Full of challenges, pain, excitement and big decisions.…

  • Granny thinks back….part eight

    Hello All. I don’t frigging believe this. I had almost finished this post. And it was LONG. And I saved it. And it vanished. AGAIN!!!!!! WORDPRESS….ARE YOU TRYING TO DRIVE ME INSANE? IT IS WORKING. I think I shall go and type the post in Word and copy it over. Damn,damn,damn. And we moved again.…

  • Granny thinks back….part seven

    Hello All. I will give the memories a break after this. For a little while. And we moved again. Still in the same general area. A small farm in a valley. Where three steep gravel roads converged right outside our house. I was driving down one of those hills one day when something passed me.…

  • Granny thinks back….part six…again

    Hello All…Again. I was so annoyed when my post vanished last night, I just shut down and went to bed. I am working from ten until two today so I have time to kill right now. Here we go again. But….I shall be saving as I go along. So we moved to another farm. It…