Old Photographs - Jeppe High School for Boys - School Building, early 1900's?

 

Above: The Jeppe High School for Boys - early 1900's

Above: There was an entrance then.  It was blocked off and now there is a big notice board on this wall.

Old photographs - Hockey 1914 - Girls XI Team

 

Long ago before the Girls School moved down the road, 109 years to be precise, girls played hockey at our school.  It must've been uncomfortable running in those long dresses.  How times have changed!

Old photographs - The Jeppe Landscape - Early 1900's?

 

Above:  A view of "The Jeppe Landscape"

The only building I can identify with certainty (because I don't possess any directional genes) is Friedenheim, top right.  If you can identify any other's, please let me know.

Old photographs - The Woodwork Room

 

Found this old photograph of the "Woodwork Room".  

Interesting Jeppe history - Mystery of another wall!

I am currently doing research to find out about the retaining wall that supports the top field that runs alongside the Memorial Hall and the Innovation Hub. There is a story told that it is the longest dry- stacked wall ........ built by Italian Prisoners of War.

Initially I was focusing on this wall .....

...... until I came across this photo of a hurdler. Look behind his bicycle. There is another wall running at an angle going the other way. Right where the Memorial Hall is built now. I wonder if they just covered it up or did they remove it. Is it still there?

How many other walls are hiding in the Jeppe Landscape. We need LIDAR!!

Old photographs - Jeppe High School for Boys, School Building 1953?

 

Iconic colourised postcard of Jeppe High School for Boys, school building and soon to be playing fields

 

Johannesburg, Jeppe High School

Published by R.O. Fusslein, P.O.B 2262, Johannesburg

Old Publications - Sir Julius Jeppe's Mansion featured in an English publication "The Sphere, January 5 - 1901"

 

"BELGRAVIA", the handsome house at Johannesburg where Lord Roberts stayed on his way south"

"On his return to Johannesburg, Lord Roberts stayed at Belgravia, the house which belongs to Mr Julius Jeppe, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Graspan. He is a younger brother of Mr Carl Jeppe, formerly First Volksraad Member for the Witwatersrand and Goldfields. The house was occupied until Lord Roberts went to Johannesburg by Colonel Colin Mackenzie, the military governor of Johannesburg, who placed the house at the chief's disposal when Miss Robert's illness decided her father to bring her over from Pretoria to the clearer and drier atmosphere of the Rand.  This picture was taken by Johnson Hoyle."

Old Photographs - Athletics, a very long time ago!

 

Old Photographs - Three Hurdlers

 

Above:  3 Hurdlers, see Oribi House in the background

Old Photographs - Tsessebe Then and Now 2015

 

Above:  Left, Iconic photo taken in front of Friedenheim with probably one of the first automobiles.

   Right, a reconstruction photo taken by Mr. Kevin Jarvis of Mr. Kevin Robins in 2015.

Old Photographs brought to life!

I found this amazing App from MyHeritage (Family Tree Software).  It can animate photographs.

I was given a few free "tries".

I decided to animate a few Jeppe Legends!

Sir Julius Jeppe - Randlord

Mr Payne - Headmaster

Mr Childe - Headmaster

Mr Candy - Housemaster Tsessebe House

How Awesome!!

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photographs - Inside Friedenheim

 

Above: Inside Friedenheim, hostel boys in front of a beautiful fireplace admiring a mounted Tsessebe shot by Sir Julius Jeppe himself.

Above:  Tsessebe House Dining Room.  When it was still Sir Julius Jeppe's house, this room was the Billiards Room.  The date of this photo according to an AI dating App is 1928.  Look at the boy in the lower right corner, the flash got him!

Above:  The Grand Staircase Friedenheim

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photographs - The Demolition of Friedenheim, October 1963

 

"In 1963, the old grand house itself was demolished by the T.E.D., despite urgent representations by Mr Grant and the Governing Body. The open balconies and faulty wiring of the old house apparently constituted a fire hazard and, more significantly, it was not considered economically viable; hence its destruction. Even the Historical Monuments Commission was unsuccessful. In 1963, the old grand house itself was demolished by the T.E.D., Mr and Mrs Grant, 80 boys, and two housemasters moved into the new residence."

Above:  The "Old Servants Quarters, Friedenheim".  It was demolished in October 1963.  This is where the Squash Courts now stand.

Above:  The once "Grand Staircase" of Friedenheim, the stately home of Sir Julius Jeppe that was demolished in October 1963.  This is where the new pool is now built.