Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - Iconic Photo - Jeppe Esq's House, Belgravia

 I just had to share this image again.  I absolutely love this photograph!  

"Friedenheim", Sir Julius Jeppe's home was constructed in 1895 in Robinson Street.  It was designed by the firm Carter & McIntosh and it was built by John Moffat.  It had an enormous veranda made out of wood as cast iron was not available at the time.

All that remains is the wall, gates, the stables and a stone staircase in the garden.  During the Second Boer War Lord Kitchener occupied the house and used it as his headquarters.  Lord Roberts also lived in the house.  They changed the name from Friedenheim to Belgravia.

It was bought by the Transvaal Education Department in 1916 then used as a hostel - Tsessebe House.

In the early 1960's it was demolished as it was deemed to be unsafe.

I created this page in 2015, Mr Robins is standing in the same spot as the gentleman in 1901

Source:

https://www.wikiwand.com/af/Friedenheim,_Belgravia

Found on the Folly - Old SAB Beer Bottle - 1944

Sport has been watched at Jeppe High School for Boys over the years.  Proof of some of the beverages consumed have been preserved under the playing fields and Collard's Folly.

This old South African Breweries amber beer bottle was found under the rugby stands on White Field.  Circa 1944 (Talana). 

South African Breweries beer bottle 1944

Property of the South African Breweries Ltd

Talana 1944

This bottle would've had a vulcanite screw in stopper.

I found a SAB vulcanite stopper on a previous occasion and made art with it😊

The flipper on the bottom left is a 1940's SAB vulcanite screw in stopper

Vulcanite (I know you're thinking "Star Trek"😁, but no.......)

Vulcanization is a chemical process in which the rubber is heated with sulphur, accelerator and activator at 140–160°C. The process involves the formation of cross-links between long rubber molecules so as to achieve improved elasticity, resilience, tensile strength, viscosity, hardness and weather resistance.

Example of SAB Beer bottles and a vulcanite screw-in stopper, 1940's

Sources:

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/465730814/Vintage_South_African_Breweries_SAB_Beer_Bottles_One_with_Original_Stopper_Circa_1940s.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/vulcanization#:~:text=Vulcanization%20is%20a%20chemical%20process,viscosity%2C%20hardness%20and%20weather%20resistance.

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - View of Jeppe High School for Boys from Roberts Avenue

 I discovered this old photograph.  I've not seen this one before.  Look at the low fence and the healthy oak trees.  I'm not sure of the year, might be 1940's-1950's.  I've asked if we could possibly order a copy for our archive.

https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M613672/Johannesburg-Jeppe-High-School-seen-from-the-Playing-Fields

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - Jeppestown 1888

 

Source:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Jeppestown%2C_Johannesburg_1888.jpg

Interesting Jeppe History - Impala House Cricket Team Photo 1934

 My favourite photo of a sports team

Impala House Cricket Team 1934

Source: JDAP

Interesting Jeppe History - Sir Julius Jeppe the Big Game Hunter

 Have you ever wondered why the Hostel and Day Boy Houses at Jeppe High School for Boys are named after Buck

DUIKER, ELAND, IMPALA, KOODOO, ORIBI, ROAN, SABLE, TSESSEBE!

Sir Julius Jeppe was a big game hunter.  He used to take shooting and fishing parties over from Johannesburg to Pretoria on weekends.

  The Pretoria Country Club club was founded in 1910.  Where the opulent clubhouse now stands, Sir Julius Jeppe had a somewhat more modest hunting lodge.  

For his pioneering role in the development of Johannesburg he was knighted in 1922.

  He envisaged a club with a lake, tennis courts, croquet lawns, an 18-hole golf course.  It was one of the first places where golf could be played.

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In a book by Jane Carruthers, "The Kruger National Park a Social and Political History",  I found this photograph of Sir Julius Jeppe, Jan Smuts and John Rissik.

 I found a free e-book called Records of Big Game by Roland Ward (published 1899).

Sir Julius Jeppe held so many records.  I started pasting them all ( there were too many).  I will paste the link below and you can read the entire book.  It's very interesting!  I also found a Major Rattray and a Mr Jackson ............ 😁  

Please click on links below to read more about Sir Julius Jeppe's hunting records.  His involvement with The Pretoria Country Club, The Kruger National Park and the Wanderer's Club.

Sources: 

https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QadPOI8b2xf4kdg7t1vwDdDoY-tuaoiXQ2o5GdyGRBwuTqk-lFQXWLLDFUHoZKzt8yw-mvO4XTfnFXh7JFCBTJf4mS-h1iD1dCIsPk4KVu2yqT0xLJBXViMcGKEXGhpf7lefvXqX__HJltY6ecVUIwCj1xc_BrOFvDJL17MxNrX-BJvx2YcwW1rkC4edF2cpvjG2l1--JakfGop6X_WTM-CULN0O6GPuuN7SoeOlYP6lNEOY55ueliI-RiA5n7viJYF4iuni

https://ptacc.co.za/about/history/

https://www.environmentandsociety.org/sites/default/files/key_docs/carruthers_kruger_np_0.pdf

https://www.thewanderersclub.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chapter1.pdf

Found on the Folly - Condiments of the Folly - Did you know Heintz Tomato Ketchup is to be discontinued in South Africa?

Today I am sharing info about a bottle that I found on the Folly last year.

This is an old HEINTZ TOMATO KETCHUP bottle

When I was doing research I found that HEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP is to be discontinued in South Africa.  The licence for South African distribution expired at the end of May 2020.

It's a pity, I love HEINTZ and my husband loves ALL GOLD ..... he is going to be sooo happy!

HEINTZ TOMATO KETCHUP bottle, circa (not sure could be from 1945)

Bottom of Bottle:  UNION GLASS COMPANY, TALANA

The octagon shaped bottles where introduced in the 1940's

Vintage Advertising

So stock up I'm going to!

Sources:  https://www.thesouthafrican.com/food/heinz-tomato-ketchup-discontinued-south-africa/

https://www.pictorem.com/fr/302672/Vintage%20Heinz%20Ketchup%20Ad%20.html

Found on the Folly - Interesting Jeppe History - Can Glass be wired?

Yes, it can !!😁 I found this interesting glass shard on the Folly.

Piece of Georgian Wired Glass.  The wire mesh is actually embedded.

Initially I thought that this glass shard (with a square pattern) was a broken piece from a vintage fridge rack.

It is actually wired glass (safety glass).

Wired glass (sometimes referred to as Georgian wired glass or GW glass) was patented by Frank Shuman in 1892.  Wired glass typically has a grid size of around 12.5mm and is used as a low-cost fire resistant glass in which the wire holds the glass in place if high temperature causes it to break.

An example of wired glass

Frank Suman also built the world's first solar thermal power station in Egypt

Ironically they called it safety glass, it is actually very dangerous and the use banned in some countries

Dangers of Safety Glass

"American television broadcast company CBS reported on the dangers of wired glass during an evening news show, mentioning an aspiring basketball player who, after attempting to block a shot, ran straight into a wired glass window and put his hand through it. His injuries subsequently ended his basketball career as he lost the full use of his hand."

I'm not sure where this glass was used at Jeppe Boys in the past.  Luckily I haven't seen it anywhere else on the property.

Click on the links below to read more about the history of wired glass and the dangers.

Sources:

Kefallinos_kk2769_HP_Thesis_2013%20(1).pdf

ttps://sashwindowspecialist.com/blog/history-patterned-window-glass/

https://sashwindowspecialist.com/blog/history-patterned-window-glass/

https://tbspoly.com/alternatives-to-georgian-wired-glass/

https://www.glassonweb.com/article/shattering-myth-wired-glass

https://idighardware.com/2013/01/addressing-the-hazards-of-traditional-wired-glass/

https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/586593920197619090/                                

Found on the Folly - Something Fishy

 I found these beautiful paste jars on Collard's Folly.  

Not sure why my cat liked these, maybe because they contained fish paste almost a hundred year's ago.

Left & Right:  Crosse & Blackwell's San-Chova fish paste, circa 1948 and 1927 (and we thought they only made tangy mayo!)

Far Right:  BlackBerry "BlackScary" Meintjes

Small Peck's Anchovette jar, grenade shaped.  Cira 1930-1940. 

Apparently paste bottles and jars are a very common find when bottle digging or mud larking.  They are my favourites, so many different shapes and sizes.

Vintage Advertising

Crosse & Blakwell  SANCHOVA (Anchovy Paste), 1948

An original Peck's Anchovette Paste Jar, inlcuding lid, spoon and original label

Sources:https://www.ebay.ie/sch/Collectables-/1/i.html?_nkw=crosse+blackwell&_pgn=3

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-pecks-anchovette-fish-paste-462916076

Interesting Jeppe History - Jeppe Athletics Trivia

I though that it would be fitting to research a bit of Jeppe Sporting Trivia ahead of tomorrow's 115th Annual Interhouse Athletics.

Here are some interesting facts and photo's

Did you know?

Sir Julius Jeppe's son Harold Jeppe represented South Africa at the Antwerp Olympic Games in 1920 as a 110m hurdler, reaching the Quarterfinals.

Bevil Rudd and Harold Jeppe

Source:  https://art-archives-southafrica.com/harold-painton-jeppe-archives

An old pic of the sporting grounds at Jeppe Prep 1931

Athletics photo taken by Mr W Silburn (1974)I know it's not athletics, but I never knew Jeppe Boys had a boxing club
 Jeppe High School for Boys Boxing Club 1923

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Blazer

 On Monday this amazing blazer was donated to the School.

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Awarded to Brian van der Bijl over 50 year's ago

I still need to do some research to find out what kind of blazer it is as criteria for awarding blazers have changed over the years

The Scrolls are for "Hockey 1970" and "Hockey 1971"

At first glance you might think that the gold on the badge and scrolls is "thread" but it is actually embroidered golden wire