tikki hock

[happy daze john in oz]

It is said that honesty is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Like wise the Tiki Hok bar in Cape Town was the last refuge of the seaman who was skint.

But along with all those other wonderful places mentioned, now all gone, bring back such wonderful mamories.

The De Waal hotel where ships dances on a Tuesday night were held is still there, but that is about it.

[j.sabourn]

Surely the Del Monica is still there. One of your earlier posts about a person of your acquaintance sounded very familiar to one I knew just up the road from such. She also had various family females of course who resided in Woodstock which I was told at the time to keep clear of. Prudence being the better part of valour, I just ignored, and had plenty of jolly times ashore in the Del Monica, Woodstock, and just up the road from the same.( Del Monica). Kapstaad was always a great place at one time. JS

[Doc Vernon]

The Del is long gone JS but was always a great place for a good relax with Don Storer on the Drums and Cherry Wainer Singing there!
My old Mum was also a Singer there, only part time but was well liked!
Those were the days of hardship in our Family! No more said!

Woodstock too was not really a bad place even then JS I lived there in Balfour Street ,on the Upper high side recall that as Younger Lads used to race our Bicycles down the steep Road from where I lived to the Lower Main Road,dare Devils we were!

As I remember we never really had too much trouble there,but there was always the Gang Rivalry between
the 'Duke" George Ivanasevic and Bertie Steyn ,I met them both and they were good Guys in their own rights!
Bertie was from Woodstock and the Duke was from Sea Point.

It all ended one day with both of them being locked up for various things they did,and they had it out really bad in the Nick,with Bertie Smashing the Duke to pieces Breaking his Arm and a few other things too.
After that Episode they both went very quiet and we never heard from either again! ?? Wonder what ever happened to them! More than likely died in the Nick!

As for the old Tikki Hoc Bar well that place too was a regular hangout for a lot of us under age Runabouts,and some time after that as well,as I recall going there a few times when Docking in Cape Town that stugg was like a Time Bomb! Drink three or four Tikki Hoc's ,you still felt AOK but when you went outside and the Cape Air hit you that Tikki Hoc hit you even harder,i saw many walk out and almost immediately fall flat! That was something!

Oh yes them were the days of Guns and Roses! LOL
Remember the old Fags we used to smoke a Kids too LOL
cHEERS

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[j.sabourn]

Can still see the stars on the ceiling the same as the Playhouse in Durban. I used to stick to the Ginger squares could do enough damage on them. Think I will leave my body for research, as started smoking very early in life and was in my late fourties when finally stopped, but even since then have had the odd cigar at various times. As regards cigarettes 60 a day was about average but would say if a long day would be nearer 80. Only stopped because I couldn't afford. If home on leave couldn't go to bed at night if knew there were no cigarettes to wake up to. One place the wife wouldn't allow smoking was in the bedroom and anywhere upstairs really as contaminated the other bedrooms. So cigarettes and whiskey and wild wild women have survived and passed the 3 score and 10. Slowing down a bit now though, I blame it on Climate change. Cheers JS

[William Clark]

Remember it well. was the place to go when you had next to nothing
in your pocket.

[happy daze john in oz]

The Play House in Durban, got chucked out of there as well. So many good establishments that did not want my trade.
We had been on the sauce most of the day and though that if we drank the beer out of our shoe sit would save the winger washing up time. Management thought differently.
No sense of fair play some of those guys!

[David Williams]

Downed a few of them over the years.
Dave Williams.
PS I still have a couple of tikkies
hanging about somewhere.

[Doc Vernon]

If they are at all 1931 ones Dave keep them,worth some Cash mate!
Cheers

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[Matt Wilkinson]

I was there on the Ellerman Line, loved Capetown except for the politics.Went back about 5 years ago and the port had not changed that much all those shops wow the wife had a ball.

[Doc Vernon]

Depends on when you are talking about the Port not changed!?
Of the Memories I have and I am from Cape Town the Port in the 50''s was a heck of a lot different then,with many Berths for Ships from all over,nowdays although still can get in some large Ships not quite as many and the old look certainly has changed,some say for the better Mmmm! I loved the old look.
Cheers

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