There is a link to his story if you click on the title of this post.
Rach, remember this?? One of the first stops we made all those years ago!
Simon's Town from the top of Redhill.
Three generations with Just Nuisance
Next stop......... Boulders
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Just Nuisance
After a wonderful time in Jowzi ( the new and trendy name for Johannesburg) we headed off to Cape Town. The 4 generations went on a tour of the peninsula and stopped for lunch in Simon's Town. There is one thing that has to be done when visiting Simon's Town, visit the statue of Just Nuisance. He was a Great Dane that was made an Able Seaman in the 1940's so that he could travel on the train. He died on 1 April 1944 and is buried at Klaver Camp, Redhill, near where this photograph of Simon's Town was taken.
Simon's Town from the top of Redhill.
Three generations with Just Nuisance
Next stop......... Boulders
Simon's Town from the top of Redhill.
Three generations with Just Nuisance
Next stop......... Boulders
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pining, pining, pining...
I remember that view so vividly, it just blew me away!! And I felt quite emotional just seeing it again. I long to go back - one day, for sure, when the kids are easier to leave with folk; why is RSA one of those places that you just can't get out from under your skin?!?!
I have the book of just nuisances life, its amazing the antics that he would get up to, from flying in a plane to hiding in the ceiling with his freinds in the ranks (he disliked officers) to get out of morning parade.
Did you know that the reason he was formally inducted into the royal navy was so that he could travel free of charge on the railways. He was forever catching the train between Simonstown and Cape town following his buddies.
Bel, you probably know all this stuff anyway, but its a cool story
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