Welcome to the new Uitenhage blog
Welcome to the first ever Uitenhage focussed blog. This is a project driven by a couple of guys from the garden town and is not associated with any municipal or government department. You can make contact with us here…
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You know you’re from UTH ( the northern suburbs aka the disadvantaged areas aka the townships)
You know where ” the 4 way ” in UTH is
You’ve had Chinese from Chong in Durban Street
You’ve counted the number of downed street lights along Kamesh on your
way to work on a Monday morning
Have had ” masala ” chips also at Chong (lol)
You attended a wedding and the bridal couple went to take photo’s in
Mcgennis Park
Have stood in a q on at Chong to buy a bunny chow
Stopped at a place called … Salie, Winna, Aunty B’s, Die Boer, Da Coeza
….etc
Have gone to matinee at the Jubilee (Exstacy)
Gone to midnight also at Exstacy
You know a dude by the name of ” Dr Beat ” but you don’t actually know him
Go blok outside the club and play sound from your car coz you too stingy to
pay at the door!
Have gone to Markman on a Sunday afternoon.
Drive in Kamesh road on your way to work….
See taxis with stuff like…” Kyk ha cow”, “Kyk hoe bamp hulle tamaties”,
“Wats dit nou dit was dan netou niks” written on it.
Have walked in the Willow Dam
Have camped at Springs !
Your father took you to see the ”liggies” in December in ” Caledon
street”
Have gone to Allanridge community centre , Moth, Good Year or Town
Hall for a wedding reception.
You have traveled in a taxi with the gaarchie screaming…. Rosedale,
Gamble, Mountainview ….. ooh ons gaanie Mountainview toe nie
Have made fun of people who live in PE ….
Use words like…boue…cow…nxa, line, blok, chow, sky, eintjie etc..
Have gone to Town just to go walk around!
Eat cabbage on a Thursday night (or mielies and beans – weather
permitting) and some oily goods on a Friday night
Know someone who worked at Veldspun before they closed down
When you clutch and while speaking English (my lacturer at tech…) instead
of my lecturer at tech.. … né thats definitely PE ppl (lmao) When you
double clutch but don’t realize it you definitely coloured.(he did told me
of his lacturer at tech…( instead of he told me about his
lecturer at tech…) …… those windgat PE ppl
Kissing a girl is referred to as ” jol “. Or druk
When the words Club Eden, Fat Boyz and Club Exstacy makes you smile.
When you know the names .. China, Dr Beat, Mao
If you have gone to the vlak to go watch the ouens “pop” their cars.
If you have gone to Uitenhage High, you were hated by those from Mc
Carthy, John Walton & Gamble Street
If you see the ouens congregate at Crocker to catch the ” School peak”
know someone who work on the line at VW
have a bra who asked you to “organize him a span”
you not a UTH coloured until you’ve spent a full day @ Springs
…you not a UTH coloured until you’ve eaten your mothers Sunday lunch
on a Monday (lol)
You have had friends with the nicknames… Tickie, Boy or Kosie You were
in a school and the English people kept them “Nxa” but were
afraid of the Afrikaans ouens.’ …. still only in PE
You were born in Provincial Hospital…
.
If your Barbers name is MoonStar
Rode in Above the Law, Echo Chamber or Tough get Going after school
When your parents,granparents etc come from Jazztown
When your athletics day was held at the Jubilee Park
When giving directions you say “You know where the 4 way is ne” You
went to Club Tonight at the age of 16
Where all the guys who played rugby played for Gardens or Progress
& support the All Blacks
You braaied at Welcome to Uitenhage and the smell of Rocklands vrot
chicked chased you away
You used the phrases..” Kamma Kamma and Cow ”
You had to walk to Savalot cos Solomon’s was closed
You have a family member who works in VW or GoodYear or Hella .
You give directions and somewhere along the line you mention…. Kamesh .
You have two different accents…one for when you answer the phone or go
shopping and one for when you with your fellow kullids.
You went on Saturday afternoon drives to Willow Dam to chill and drink
On a Sunday you went to the Recreation hall to watch volleyball to see Venus play
against Terminators.
You have bought a chip chow at Engen on your way home from disco
You drive to Summerstrand 24hr steers cause it’s the only place in PE
that’s open You eat prickly pears, watermelon and spanspek every year
December only
You have done your hair by a hairdresser called.. .. Zahkirah
The jolled at the vlak, welcome or lookout.
You stay in West Hill and everyone know’s it as the GAAT On a friday
afternoon you go chill with 5 black labels in Lapland.
Uitenhage High’s talent show was a get together once a year.
some more :
You went to the bioscope at the Lyric for a double feature: karate plus karate
You went home in the tramways bus and shouted “buig hom driver” when the bus went around the corner
Summers were spent at the Rosedale bads
You bought toffee apples at Radies in Durban street
You waited in a queue on a Sunday afternoon for rolls from Fansi Bakery, next to Vicky’s Pharmacy
You zooted your school pants so thin that you struggled to get it on and of course you wore white socks with it
You ran the doozi with Mr Grimsel “jorra” for PT at uitenhage high, past Veldspun
You sat on the stoep at Bikha’s , Savalot , Radies
You hiked at the hiking spot , in front of Mr Sharnick ‘s house , opp. Savalot and people actually stopped to give you a ‘lif’
All of this is so true lol.
Coloured style.
I did 90% of the stuff named here.
All of the above is true, but a half loaf and slap chips from the Bambi was forgotten.
Aah….. memories, sweet memories.
I think I managed 95% of what was mentioned above
Those were the days.. Miss it!
Lotsa luv to all my “homies in the Hague”…
.. from Germany.
Levona Diedrich (neé Fredericks)
not to mention the soccer on sundays afternoons(westhill vs wolves or atlantic spurs vs spades)
and all the good times with billy at alices pub in the jubaal
what about the guvnor
So true keep it coming. You just forgot the latte Pa Doll gave us when we caught on kak, how Mr Redcliff( Pa Red ) came around the corner grabbed you around the neck with his big hands and ran half way up the hall before releasing you saying “watchit jo bek is lank heel”. How Mr Machui use to bring Ship Sherry or Old Brown in his flask.
Lotsa love
Crescendo Smith ( Cendo / Cento )
Big up to the matriculants of 2000
I attended Gamble at Uitenhage. Was a hostelite. About 70% of the things mentioned is familiar to me. Gave me a very nice reminder of back in the day. Caught on truckloads of sh@t in UTH and was very sad when I left in ‘91. I loved that place.
Those were the days.Thank you for the memories.Special greetings to all the pupils at JWSSS 1986 to 1990.Ps What about the doozi JWSSS boys use to do up Aciaa Dr while Mr Scharnic(lang gat) would sit on the red letter box shouting…ek gaan jou breuk mannetjie
I miss the days at Gamble Street High, da COBRA girls year 1986-1988.kikke,lisha,bev,eugene,colet etc.love u guys!were all afrikaans then now we only speak,LOL
That so true!just mis those day!i wana go back to those times thats werd the life
back in 1972,classes in matric.were even betta. wish back the late “perd” miss Gardener,Cyster(Geogs)Mr Nordien,Sirkhotte,F.Wicomb,I.Maclean, Joe Slingers,Mr.Goergie,etc 2 many 2 mention!they were absolutely grreat!not 2 mention all the guys & cherries in matric!!!!
I’m living in CT but am originally from UTH. I’m planning a wedding and need help with venues (game farm) in UTH. Help please with ideas?
Excellent, this could be a poem! Had a few great laughs while reading the blog. Little sad though, to think 20 years later people in Uth still do the same things. Dont forget the derby : “BYE STEEK DIE BULLE”. I matriculated with the class of 1990, and a number of class mates have moved to other parts in South Africa, they’ll love this. Our community have strong roots, let’s make sure our youth inherit some positive values. Thanks a million!!!
Well, well I attended UPS (1981 – 1987), JWSSS (1988 – 1992)and Dower College (1993 – 1995 & 1997) and taught at GSSSS, JWSSS & UTH for a brief stint (1999 – 2001). Good to hear from other hometown boys & girls offcourse! Poem really makes you miss UTH. Now living in Pretoria. Great stuff guys!!!
Well , well , well what more can one say . . .
I know it all…now living in the uk …nothing like
home though.
First time on the blog. Student at Dower College late sixties. Would like to know: What has become of the old historic building that housed the college before it moved to P.E.? Very fond memories
OH SO TRUE ALL THOSE WONDERFUL TIMES AT THE JUBS WITH DR BEAT THIS IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FORGET THE PAST
THIS REALLY BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES
WAS PART OF ALL THAT WAS MENTIONED
GOOD MEMORIES KEEP IT UP AND BRING SOME MORE
Uitenhage is the best.sweet sweet memories.Living in Cape Town but miss UTH every Day!!!.Thanks Kosie