Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph taken in Friedenheim Dining Room

I found this old photograph on Pinterest.  I have no idea when it was taken.  Could this be Tsessebe boys in the Friedenheim dining room?

If anyone has info, please let me know.

    

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - View of Kensington

This photo was given to Mr Jarvis by Mr Jackson

Old photograph with a view of Kensington with Jeppe High School for Boys in the background, 1916

Snapshot from Google Earth, not sure about the date (looks like they were busy constructing the new pool)

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photographs - 1936

 I found the following two photographs.  I've never seen these before. Circa 1936

Jeppe High School for Boys School Building,1936

Jeppe High School for Boys War Memorial, School Building and Sports Field, 1936

Interesting Jeppe History - A Historical Meeting in an Unlikely Place

The Treaty to end the Second Anglo Boer War was officially signed at Melrose House, Pretoria on 31 May 1902.  It was called the Treaty of Vereeniging (commonly referred to as the "Peace of Vereeniging".

It is believed that the initial talks that led to the Treaty of Vereeniging were held at the Friedenheim  homestead, not at the home of Sir Julius Jeppe (Friedenheim) but in the 'summerhouse'.

You won't believe this, the building still exists.  You have most probably walked past it a million times.

Below is a pic of the  'summerhouse', Friedenheim homestead, Jeppe High School for Boys

summerhouse

Lord Kitchener and the Boer leaders at the meeting that led to the end of the Second Anglo Boer War

I found the info for this post in the Publication:

Jeppe Schools & Quondam History 1890 - 2015

(The information about the Treaty of Vereeniging was from the National Archives, UK)

Remember this photo of the Friedenheim homestead?

Could the little house on the hill (right side of photo) be the  "summerhouse"?

The summerhouse is actually at the bottom left of the page, behind a little tree (thanks Mr Brodrick)

I wonder what the little house on the hill was?

Photo's taken inside the summerhouse

I strolled pas the summerhouse 2 days ago, it was open and I snapped the following photo's

of the ceiling and the antique light fitting

I found this old photograph of the summerhouse in the archive.  I don't know when the photo was taken but the yellow registration plate of the car (circa 1975 - 1994)

Other Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_South_Africa

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - Friedenheim and Sable

 Thank you for sending me this pic Mr Jarvis!

Friedenheim Stables, Friedenheim and Sable

Remembering Jeppe Legends - Norman Gordon (August 6, 1911 - September 2, 2014)

Worlds Oldest Test Cricketer - 103 years

Born on 6 August 1911 in Boksburg

Matriculated - Jeppe Boys in 1929

Died 2 September 2014 in Hillbrow

Nickname "Mobil" - He used Vaseline to slick down his hair

(Might be why we are finding so many vintage Vaseline jars on the Folly and next to the Field)

He loved cricket so much, he repeated Matric to play some more!

Have you noticed this painting hanging on the wall next to

Ms de Wet's classroom door?

Painting by Kevin Ho and Clinton Sitoe Class of 2011

Payne Hall, Jeppe High School for Boys

Norman Gordon's 100th Birthday, August 6, 2011

Caricature signed by Norman Gordon and other South African Cricket "Great's" hanging in the Sports Boardroom, Jeppe High School for Boys

Click on the link below to view Norman Gordon's stats

https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/norman-gordon-45239

Click on the link below to read more about his visit to Jeppe Boys on his 100th Birthday

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/cricket/2011-08-07-norman-storms-to-ton/

 

Norman Gordon with Anton Dempsey  - 100th Birthday 2011

Why I chose to remember him today?

We share a Birthday! Jean Meintjes born 6 August 1971

50 not out!

Found under the Field - Bottle, Jar and Lid

 Frank and Emmanuelle saved these little gems for me.  Found under the stands on White Field.

A beautiful cut glass perfume bottle (I think), Vicks Vaporub and a lovely teapot lid

The only item I was able to date is the Vaporub from the 1950's

"Pharmacist Lunsford Richardson made Vicks a household name.

He is from North Carolina (USA). Richardson’s salve, Vicks VapoRub, helped the world breathe easier during the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918.

Why didn’t Richardson — by all accounts a creative inventor and smart businessman — ever become as famous as those vapors packed into the familiar squat blue jar?

Because his name wouldn’t fit on the jar.

That’s one version of the story. According to company and family lore, Richardson initially dubbed his promising new product Richardson’s Croup and Pneumonia Cure Salve. Realizing that this name didn’t exactly roll off the tongue nor fit when printed on a small medicine jar, Richardson changed the name to honor his brother-in-law, Dr. Joshua Vick. Another account suggests the inventive druggist plucked the name from a seed catalog he’d been perusing that listed the Vick Seed Co.

The truth may never be known. What is known, though, is that Lunsford Richardson created a medicinal marvel for the ages, the likes of which may never be equaled."

https://www.ourstate.com/lunsford-richardson/

Found on the Folly - Unidentified "Frying" Object

During this past extended holiday a ditch was dug to lay a pipe - behind the rugby stands (White Field) next to the Hockey Astro.  Many treasures were uncovered including a strange unidentified object.

See my pics below

The Unidentified Object found

No one knew what this object was.  There were attempts at guessing:

Possibilities:

Mr Jarvis - The end of an old curtain rail

Ms Birkett - The top of an old fire extinguisher

Mr Meintjes - The inside of an old wall socket

The winners for correctly identifying the object

Mr Matthews Shange

Mr Theo Garrun

It is in fact

a component of an old PRIMUS STOVE

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Primus stove, the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, was developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm. 

I tried to find out how old this component is, found this info,

Primus No.1 Pre 1896

Click on the link below to read more

https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/primus-no-1-pre-1896.33391/

Interesting Jeppe History - Did you know? The Scottish Horse Memorial has a Twin!

So, who has almost hit a jogger when driving to Jeppe Boys past the Scottish Horse Memorial?  ME, almost every morning!  Those harrowing steps have become the newest morning training hotspot in Johannesburg.  

The Scottish Horse Memorial

"This is one of Johannesburg’s earliest war memorials, overlooking the site of one of the largest remount camps of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. Originally a memorial to the Scottish Horse which was later disbanded, that regiment was antecedent to the famous Transvaal Scottish Regiment formed in 1902, which saw service in both World Wars. It contributes to a sense of multi-cultural heritage."

http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/story-behind-one-johannesburgs-earliest-war-memorials

Scottish Horse Memorial, Caledonia Hill, Johannesburg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish_Horse_Memorial.JPG

 

Did you know that this memorial has a twin?  

(Sounds like the movie National Treasure where there are twins desks, one in England and one in the USA)

Well in this story the twin (Memorial) is in a very special place, Scotland.

Scottish Horse Memorial, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-and-monuments/27379-scottish-horse-memorials

I found this snippet from "The Heritage Portal"

"This memorial was erected in 1905 and is the same as that erected on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. 

The only original difference between the two being that the hollow metal die replaced the solid granite die of the Scottish memorial to facilitate transport to and erection in South Africa."

AND

Theirs is nicer, ours was vandalised and the bronze plate stolen in 1961.

Good news! Looks like there are plans to restore the Memorial to it's former glory.

Click on link below to read the article,

https://bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za/411312/scottish-horse-memorial-to-be-restored-to-its-former-glory/

Please click on the link below to read more about the Scottish Horse Memorial

http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/journey-rich-history-vandalised-scottish-horse-memorial-kensington

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - Tram Lines

 This photo was sent to me by my cousin Clare MacDonald -  Thanks Clare!

This is when the tram lines were put into Kensington.  Photo taken from near Cole Street, Robert's Avenue.  Scottish Horse Memorial on the right.  Jeppe Boys would also be built on the right.  Clare is not sure when the photo was taken.  It must be pre-1909 because Jeppe Boys was built in 1909.