Background & Index
Die memoirs below were written in Afrikaans and contain the recollections of Johan Andries Kritzinger (1926 – 2007), son of Twee Riviere. These wonderful facts and evocative images were recorded by Mr Kritzinger during the 90’s, in long hand format, on folio sheets. The text is being posted here with the kind permission of his son, Japie Kritzinger, whom has reserved all rights in respect to it. The digitizing of the original text was undertaken by Anista van Huyssteen during recent years. Our appreciation to her! A scanned sample of the introductory chapter also accompanies, to illustrate the work’s original, handwritten format.
Please do enjoy this insightful and wonderfully absorbing window onto the life of this rural community – describing a period that largely coincides with the economic depression of the 1930’s. The reader will find that the first two or three chapters are largely introductory, having in mind persons with little or no prior experience of Langkloof life. The thirty or more chapters that follow thereafter are universally spell-bounding in their descriptiveness, in part thanks to a remarkable clarity of voice on the part of the author. By the rare insight it offers, this trove of practical detail and humour also manages to convey to us the undeniably stark shifts our world and society has undergone…
Mnr Longland en die groep kinders (Andries Kritzinger regs voor) oppad Baai toe gedurende September 1937. Lees meer oor die uitstappie in hoofstuk 15.
HOOFSTUKKE
1. Inleiding
1. Inleiding (scanned copy)
2. Tagtig jaar gelede (Oospronklike titel: “Sestig jaar gelede”)
3. Ons huise
4. Ons arbeiders
5. Varkslag
6. Smalspoor (Peretrein)
7. Riemebrei
8. Oestyd
9. Dorstyd
10. Die vloed
11. Heuningtee
12. Vrugte
13. Kattekwaad
14. Nagmaal
15. Baaitoe
16. Wasklippe en matrasse
17. Kanon
18. Karrie
19. Brand
20. Alfred
21. Verenigingslewe
22. Onlus-gerugte
23. Droeland Boerdery
24. Die S.V.R
25. Basaar
26. Skoolfonds
27. Die Kerk
28. Vrugte steel
29. Onderwysers
30. Botlier
31. Palings
32. Gevaarlike Tydverdryf
33. Sakgeld
34. Spoke
35. Schorbeck