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From: Andrew Rodger <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] John Orr Department Store
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:21:04 +1100
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Sorry to hear of John Orr's demise, it was an institution, in Natal also.

A friend of mine when living in Pietermaritzburg was in John Orr's one day
with her little girl, to whom she had just confided that she was pregnant
(though not visibly so). She was mortified when the child suddenly
announced to the world at large, and the fashionable clientele of John
Orr's in particular, in the piercing tones of the very young: "My Mummy's
going to have a baby!" She had a real struggle to pretend that there was
no connection between them.

This was in the late fifties -- how things have changed since then!

Andrew in Australia

>The store that you are referring to went out of business in the early
>1980's. Though the name survived for a number of years, it was a totally
>different operation, different shareholders & all. Even that now seems to
>have disappeared. If you are looking for company records, you might like to
>try one Nic Labuschagne in Durban. Nic was a director of the old John Orr
>Co.,
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug & Pat Frykberg" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 03:46
>Subject: Re: [ZA] Resending John Orr posting!
>
>
>> Always called John Orr's.
>> Pat
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ann TENTHY <>
>> To: <>
>> Date: Monday, 17 June 2002 11:45 AM
>> Subject: [ZA] Resending John Orr posting!
>>
>>
>> >Sorry Group
>> >Mind was running ahead of me. Am looking for the Department Store run by
>> John Orr & Co in Johannesburg in 1939! Suppose it was referred to as
>Orr's!
>> >Thanks
>> >Ann
>> >
>> >
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