Comments on: CREATING A MONSTER

By: impangele

impangele — Sun, 26 May 2013 06:50:32 +0000

I can’t think why you wouldn’t want to live here! It is a great place – quirky, beautiful, friendly.. Yes, I know your friends, they are all subscribers to Swellengram. You should make a plan to come and stay in Swellendam in August, when we are putting on a new Festival – very, very different from past festivals. We are celebrating Lifestyle, Nature and Action. Carool’s quilters are hosting another International Exhibition at the Festival. The website for the Festival is not completed yet, as it is a work in Progress but you can see Carool’s plans for the festival if you look at the Big Bee website: http://www.bigbee.co.za

By: Pam Kolbe

Pam Kolbe — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:23 +0000

As a newcommer (albeit not British) to Malmesbury some 15 years ago I can identify with your blog. I now speak reasonably good Afrikaans and have turned the local museum ‘English’. If no one else is prepared to be chairperson or secretary then they must put up with English committee meetings! However no one in Tourism speaks acceptable English so I struggle through two hours of rapid Afrikaans once a month. All for a good cause I hope.
I have friends in Swellendam – perhaps Mrs Gram has come across them. Carol Podd, Neville Passmore, Rupert and Alida Erskine, and of course your wonderful quilter Carool. Been to Swellendam many times for heritage reasons, but don’t think I would like to live there. For my sins (of which there are many) I am also on the Heritage SA Council. Enjoy your day further – a direct translation of the Afrikaans!!

By: CapeInfo

CapeInfo — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:29:20 +0000

*Chuckled lots* I loved this.