I have only read 3 of your blog posts so far but I recognise with joyful nostalgia the milieu you so strongly evoke. Although I grew up and went to school in Estcourt and environs a little earlier than you your ability to describe and yet critique that era is a a joy to read. So much so that I have shared the archive's url with 4 fellow survivors of the EHS Class of '62.
I look forward to reading the balance of your posts, and hope you continue to entrance us.
Thanks so much, Rod. So glad you're enjoying them. Love to know more about the Class of 62. I'll be publishing a chapter or two on Estcourt after the second part of the current Joburg/SABC story. EHS is a very thorny subject. I'll be doing what I can to describe my experience of it as truthfully as libel laws allow. Keep reading & thanks again.
Thanks, Andy. No apology necessary. It's a smorgasbord anyway, so it's as much a matter of taste as it is of time. One day I'll put the best bits in a book you can read at your leisure. If the best bits are still edible then. Your ideas for subjects would be welcome, as always. Some of those Torrl Stories.
Thank your this wonderfully insightful memoir.
I have only read 3 of your blog posts so far but I recognise with joyful nostalgia the milieu you so strongly evoke. Although I grew up and went to school in Estcourt and environs a little earlier than you your ability to describe and yet critique that era is a a joy to read. So much so that I have shared the archive's url with 4 fellow survivors of the EHS Class of '62.
I look forward to reading the balance of your posts, and hope you continue to entrance us.
Thanks so much, Rod. So glad you're enjoying them. Love to know more about the Class of 62. I'll be publishing a chapter or two on Estcourt after the second part of the current Joburg/SABC story. EHS is a very thorny subject. I'll be doing what I can to describe my experience of it as truthfully as libel laws allow. Keep reading & thanks again.
Gor - this is so good man. I didn't comment right away - not because I didn't trust what was coming, but because some things just take time.
Wonderful stuff! Keep on!
Loved this, Gordon! Have subscribed and looking forward to reading more.
Love your writing, as always, and looking forward to the rest of this.
Thanks, Andy. No apology necessary. It's a smorgasbord anyway, so it's as much a matter of taste as it is of time. One day I'll put the best bits in a book you can read at your leisure. If the best bits are still edible then. Your ideas for subjects would be welcome, as always. Some of those Torrl Stories.