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Author: Derek Frielinghaus

The Face behind Plett’s WW11 NSRI Siren

By Derek Frielinghaus in Other Miscellaneous Topics 2 May 2020 0 Comment

This is the story of how Plettenberg Bay acquired its WW2 Siren

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  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Fire of 1903 which Almost Immolated Pyott’s Ambitions 15 Nov 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Leper Institute in the Baakens Valley 14 Oct 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The First Toll in Queen Street 12 Oct 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Special Justices Appointed to Oversee Slavery 11 Oct 2021
  • Lost Artefacts of Port Elizabeth: The Bathing House at Humewood 19 Sep 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Hotel in Cape Road, Newton Park 16 Sep 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Loton Tipper of Amsterdam Hoek 14 Sep 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Status and Governance 9 Sep 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Howard Sherman – The Consummate All-Round Sportsman 4 Sep 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Grey Institute – The Tumultuous First Three Decades 3 Sep 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Woodridge School: Its Connection with the Schleswig Holstein 28 Aug 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: John Paterson – His Earlier Years 22 Aug 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: William Fleming Senior & Junior 21 Aug 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Volunteer Military Units – The Initial Iterations 17 Aug 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: How not to build a Breakwater 14 Aug 2021
  • Stories from the Class of 71 29 Jul 2021
  • Putting the Bezos ‘Space’ Flight into Perspective 24 Jul 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Comrades Marathon Connection 23 Jul 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Embarking and Disembarking from Ships in Algoa Bay before 1933 25 Jun 2021
  • Jannie Fourie – Straight to the Point 22 Jun 2021
  • Peggy Maggs: Keeping it in the Family. 21 Jun 2021
  • Mr. Simms: An Accidental Teacher 20 Jun 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Depictions of a Struggling Town in 1830 10 Jun 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Destruction of the Architectural Integrity of the Market Square Precinct 6 Jun 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: On the Cusp of the 20th Century 28 May 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Untimely Demise of the First Jetty 25 May 2021
  • Alex of Yore: Paul Ellis with Poetry in his Veins 24 May 2021
  • Lost Artefacts of Port Elizabeth: The Mosenthal’s Building in Market Square 17 May 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Uitenhage enters the Industrial Age 17 May 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Utility & Effectiveness of Fort Frederick 9 May 2021
  • (Judge) Hlophe: Abandon All Hope Ye (White Men) Who Enter Here 7 May 2021
  • Pharma waives patent rights – not 7 May 2021
  • Flip van der Merwe: With Tongue firmly in his Cheek 6 May 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Disorderly Haphazard Development of Embryonic Town 6 May 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: From Commandant’s Quarters to Wool Market 4 May 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Union Castle Corner 2 May 2021
  • Alex of Yore: Kathy Sutton-A Gem of a Secretary 30 Apr 2021
  • Class of 1971: What did they do after school? 26 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Commissariat Building 25 Apr 2021
  • Alex of Yore: Bob Welsh – One of the Originals 23 Apr 2021
  • Alex of Now: A Trip into the Future 22 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Disparate Uses of the Feathermarket Hall over the Years 22 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Where was the Commercial Hotel located? 18 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: In the Era of the 1837 Royal Engineer’s Map 16 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Was the Second Fortification Pointless? 16 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Development of the Hinterland by 1806 7 Apr 2021
  • Alex of Yore: Miss Chilcott 3 Apr 2021
  • Historical Monthly Vehicle Sales in SA, 1960 – 2020: A Reflection of Events and Society 2 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: William Londt – The Man and his Company 1 Apr 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: James Mangold – The Man and the Company 31 Mar 2021
  • Gas Should be Integral to Eskom’s 20 Year Plan 31 Mar 2021
  • Karpowership – Is Eskom Taking us for a Ride Again? 31 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Detailed History of Volkswagen South Africa 30 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Chimneys as a Barometer of Progress 30 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Ushering in the Age of Electrical Power 30 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Electrical Misadventures and Short-Circuits 28 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Futile Foray into Gas 27 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Commercial Developments of the Richardson Family 24 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Thomas Ferreira – The First White Inhabitant 22 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Richardson’s Wool Washery & Carbonising Works 19 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Harbour Day on Saturday 28th October 1933 10 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Quarries for Development 3 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth no More: Kabega, the Khoikhoi name for the Baakens River 2 Mar 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Customs Houses – A Visible Expression of Growth and Decline 28 Feb 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: First proposed slipway 25 Feb 2021
  • PE of Yore: Interesting aspects during the Construction of the Harbour 15 Feb 2021
  • The Chances of Surviving Once Hospitalised with Covid are not Good 14 Feb 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Size of the North Jetty 14 Feb 2021
  • PE of Yore: The Mystery of the Town Hall Roof Parapet 11 Feb 2021
  • The J&J Vaccine is not Necessarily the Solution to SA’s Covid Problem 11 Feb 2021
  • The Military Mind 5 Feb 2021
  • The Brazilian Variant 3 Feb 2021
  • Prince Alfred’s Guards: In the Line of Fire 3 Feb 2021
  • Nkandla: What you can build with that money 3 Feb 2021
  • tOS-SARS® 2 Feb 2021
  • The Needle and the Damage Done* 2 Feb 2021
  • Covid and Those Vial Capitalists 2 Feb 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Smoke on the Water 26 Jan 2021
  • Schoenmakerskop: From Mrs. Mac’s Tearoom to the Sacramento 23 Jan 2021
  • Size Matters or Does It? 10 Jan 2021
  • The Year of the Bat: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics 8 Jan 2021
  • Trump’s Last Stand: MAGA-Laager 6 Jan 2021
  • Quo Vadis: Covid-19 Vaccine in South Africa 3 Jan 2021
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Frielinghaus Clan 25 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Visit by Sir George Grey in October 1858 21 Dec 2020
  • Norman Lovemore: Reminiscences about a Life Well-Lived 18 Dec 2020
  • Alex of Yore: Winston Arthur Hutchings Cordingley-Setting the Direction 16 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Christian Science Church in Park Drive 4 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Park Lodge of Samuel Bain 4 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Architecture of Park Drive – An Overview 4 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Matopos in Park Drive 3 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The “Aloes”-The House & its Inhabitants 3 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Statue of Queen Victoria in Port Elizabeth 1 Dec 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: New Brighton – “A Model Native Settlement” 30 Nov 2020
  • Prince Alfred’s Guard: Regimental Colour, Battle Honours and Chantry Chapel 27 Nov 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Commercial Hall Building 27 Nov 2020
  • Prince Alfred’s Guard: The Bechuanaland Campaign of 1897 22 Nov 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Buffelsfontein 20 Nov 2020
  • Alex of Yore: The Formative Years 11 Nov 2020
  • The Morning After: Confessions of an Internet News Junkie 7 Nov 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The HMS Dorsetshire-First Ship in New Harbour 3 Nov 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Spontaneous Combustion of the Mariposa 1 Nov 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Cape Recife’s “Mary Celeste” Affair 22 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Fresh Water Swimming Pools 20 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Restoration of Verandah of No 7 19 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Red Lion Tavern 16 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Railways to the Platteland 15 Oct 2020
  • John Vorster in PE: Three Tumultuous Years 14 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Uitenhage Springs 13 Oct 2020
  • Coronavirus: Democratic vs Republican States 13 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Early Development of Sanitation 11 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The 1968 Flood in Numbers 10 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Changing Face of Happy Valley and Humewood Beach 9 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Brief History of Roller Skating 5 Oct 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The South Jetty 28 Sep 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Slavery and the Dom Pedro Jetty 27 Sep 2020
  • New Brighton: The Case of the Missing Game Birds 26 Sep 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The First Inhabitants of Uitenhage 22 Sep 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Account of the First Ascent of the Cockscomb 7 Sep 2020
  • PE of Yore: Star Fort – An Accidental Military Fortification 4 Sep 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Zwartkopswagendrift 21 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Victorian School in Park Drive 19 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Unsolved Mystery of the Namacurra #Y1506 18 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Description of the Town in 1861 17 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Early Days of Cycling 15 Aug 2020
  • Life-long effects of viral diseases 15 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: An Allen who Entered the World of Shipping 11 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Two Generations of Master Builders 8 Aug 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Railway Line to Humewood and the Driftsands 20 Jul 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Mystery Cannons near Schoenmakerskop 1 Jul 2020
  • Saving a person suffering from Covid-19 29 Jun 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Ore Terminal 11 Jun 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The S.S. Western Knight-The Death Shriek of a Ship’s Siren 7 Jun 2020
  • Debunking Graham Hancock’s Claims 6 Jun 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Thunderbolt Reef claims another Victim 4 Jun 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Little-Known Obelisk in Walmer 1 Jun 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Building Blocks of the First Harbour 31 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Recollections of the Walmer Train 30 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The 1908 Flood per the EP Herald 24 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Pollok Beach 22 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Era of the Bandstand 20 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Hanover House in Bird Street 20 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Where would pilots from 42 Air School Celebrate? 14 May 2020
  • What happened to the Union Defence Force after 1948? 10 May 2020
  • Cenotaph: A Memorial to The Missing and The Dead 8 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: When Mohair was a Major Industry 4 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: A Family’s History through a Writing Desk 3 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: An Act of Kindness in a Heartless War 3 May 2020
  • The Face behind Plett’s WW11 NSRI Siren 2 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Tin Hat on the Humewood Promenade 1 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: War Memorials in Walmer 1 May 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: St. Paul’s Church 27 Apr 2020
  • Coronavirus: History Repeats Itself or Does It? 26 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Living Conditions during the First Decades 18 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Captain Moresby of the HMS Menai 15 Apr 2020
  • Nigel’s Chicken Stir Fry in Pictures 14 Apr 2020
  • The Root of Good and Evil 14 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Worst Plane Crash in PE 13 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Cleghorns on Market Square 12 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Artillery Piece in the Market Square 12 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The History of the Van Stadens Area 11 Apr 2020
  • Bridges over the Baakens River and its Mouth 10 Apr 2020
  • Personal Experiences of the Provincial Hospital: The Unkindest Cut 6 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: From Temporary Jetty to Focal Point – The North Jetty 5 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Moorings instead of a Harbour 4 Apr 2020
  • Should the wearing of masks be imperative for all? 3 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Grandiose 1905 Harbour Scheme That Never Was 3 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: When the Swartkops River almost became a Port 2 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: Construction of the Breakwater 1 Apr 2020
  • Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Effect of Spanish Flu 30 Mar 2020

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