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From: Andrew Rodger <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-D Digest V03 #652
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:29:54 +1100
In-Reply-To: <3FC14D86.3307B543@slingshot.co.nz>


I would not assume that jewellers would be concentrated in
Johannesburg -- I well recall when I was a youngster in Cape Town that
there was a long-established jeweller in Adderley Street (on the right
going up the hill, on the corner of either Longmarket or Shortmarket
Street) where there was a little old guy seated at a desk in the corner
window, loup to his eye, crouched down over a cutting wheel putting
facets on diamonds. To my young eyes he looked as though he had been
there for 50 years or so, and maybe he and his predecessors collectively
had been there for longer than that.

On Monday, November 24, 2003, at 11:15 AM, Sarah Fulguirinas wrote
(snip):

> How common is MCELVENNY, I could only find one in the white pages, may
> be a link if rare. I tried that with BURTLES and it was the
> greatgrandson of my great-grandfather, the only son's grandson, but of
> course may not be related at all. I do not know about jewellers but I
> would imagine that Johannesburg would have been the best place to go.
> Sarah
> http://www.joburg.org.za/facts/gold.stm
> http://www.southafrica-travel.net/north/a1johb04.htm
>
>
Andrew Rodger


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