Whittal Tree

           I cannot remember how we spent our first Christmas on Hopewell but the church must have been important.   We were members of t...

            I cannot remember whether or not I was surprised to hear that my mother was expecting another baby during 1945.   To me it wo...

What Is Chicory? Chicory is derived from the root of the chicory plant, which after it has been dried and roasted, consists of mainly com...

            Pineapples are grown in rows from suckers or offshoots of the older plants.    If you wanted to grow more pineapples you had ...

           From Alexandria you could take a road which ran through the beautiful indigenous government forest to an open area where you f...

        Old George had a very fair skinned wife.  She was obviously a half caste or a coloured person but could only speak isiXhosa.  She ha...

            I do not know who our black labourers on the farm were when we moved to Hopewell but I will tell about some of those who worked ...