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I hadn't given the contrast much thought until I read your story. Will cast my mind back to experiences I had growing up there.

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So beautifully written Gordon and so interesting. My experiences were such a contrast having grown up in Vanderbijlpark. A largely Afrikaans community and taught by Irish nuns. There was never any mention of the queen. Look forward to reading your next chapter.

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So evocatively remembered, Gordon. Thank you. I was in about grade two when this all happened (called Sub B then). But we lived in Cape Town where the perspective was a bit different to that of the very colonial Natal. Also, I grew up in a home where my dad was more English than the English but my mom was a reformed Afrikaner meisie. It was a deliberately apolitical household and I was totally unaware at the time. How interesting it was to read this!

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