{"id":264143,"date":"2025-06-26T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/?p=264143"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:52:55","slug":"vlottenburg-verhale-te-boek-gestel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/vlottenburg-verhale-te-boek-gestel\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlottenburg-verhale te boek gestel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die herinneringe van &#8216;n groep oud-Vlottenburgers is die afgelope vier jaar bymekaargemaak en geskaaf en is nou in boekvorm beskikbaar vir lesers om te geniet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wat uiteindelik Inwoners van Vlottenburg geword het, het tydens die Covid-19-grendeltyd begin toe die oudonderwyser Attie Rhode (74) sy lewensverhaal begin neerpen het. N\u00e1 sy skryfwerk het Rhode gewonder of die staaltjies &#8216;n boek kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ek het toe die idee gekry om meer mense van Vlottenburg te nader om elkeen hul verhaal te vertel,&#8221; het Rhode die afgelope Saterdag (21 Junie) by die amptelik bekendstelling van die boek ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhode het toe verskeie oud-Vlottenburgers wat hy deur die plaaslike Lyons-sokkerklub geken het, genader. Di\u00e9 klub was nog altyd &#8216;n belangrike deel van die gemeenskap \u2013 soveel so dat al 12 mede-skrywers Saterdag in die klub se swart en rooi kleure geklee was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"264216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/vlottenburg-verhale-te-boek-gestel\/vlottenburg1_15599-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vlottenburg1_15599\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Vlottenburg1_15599-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die medeskrywers van Vlottenburg se eerste geskiedenisboek, geskryf deur oud-inwoners is, Arthur Moses, Attie Rhode, Charles McKay, Chris Jooste, Dan Farao, Denzil Februarie, Donald Farao, Faan Cloete, John Charles, Norman Farao, Paulus Afrika en Dorothy Claasen (afwesig).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die skryf, redigering en samestelling van die boek het jare geneem met die hulp van onder andere die navorser Loretha du Plessis, Marlene Cloete (taal-versorging) en Connie Park, wat met die uitleg van die boek gehelp het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arthur Moses meen die jongspan van vandag sal hulle nie sommer kan vereenselwig met die skrywers se kindersdae nie.  &#8220;Destyds was ons so baie leerders dat ons in skofte skool toe moes gaan. Ons was deel van die middagskof wat om 12:00 met lesse begin het. Daar was ook nie een groot skoolgebou soos Vlottenburg Prim\u00ear nou nie,&#8221; s\u00ea Moses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Hy het op die Sandrift-plaas grootgeword, wat deesdae die Digteby-landgoed is. Di\u00e9 landgoed was dus die ideale ligging vir die boekbekendstelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francois &#8220;Frans&#8221; Jooste, wat op &#8216;n nabye plaas grootgeword en saam met Moses sokker gespeel het, onthou goed hoe hy as kind op &#8216;n koue winteroggend sy kaal voete in beesmis gedruk het om sy voete warm te maak voordat hy skool toe moes stap.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten spyte van die verloop van jare vertel Jooste en Moses van hul vaardighede op die veld. Hulle onthou goed hoe hulle as deel van die Lyons se o.14-span in Idasvallei by die destydse ou hokke teen die plaaslike klub daar gespeel en gese\u00ebvier het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Daar was nie destyds busse wat ons aangery het nie. Jy het agter op &#8216;n oop trok geklim en dan is ons weg. Ons het dit nie breed gehad nie, maar dit was gelukkige dae ook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Die sokker was vir ons &#8216;n manier om van al die verskillende plase af byeen te kom. Ek onthou goed die eerste sokkerbal wat ons hier op Vlottenburg gehad het, was &#8216;n varkblaas,&#8221; vertel Jooste.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die geskiendenis van varkblaas-balle, Vlottenburg se plase, sport en kultuur asook die tragiese fasette van die dorpie, is juis wat Rhode in die boek vir nageslagte wou vasvang.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy verduidelik die doel van die boek was om lesers \u2013 veral Vlottenburg se kinders \u2013 te vergewis dat hulle bo hul omstandighede kan uitstyg, al word hulle op &#8216;n plaas groot. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benewens Rhode is talle van sy medeskrywers ook onderwysers en die groep sluit ook &#8216;n afgetrede natuurbewaarder, talle beamptes van staatsdepartemente en munisipaliteite asook &#8216;n elektriese ingenieur in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Vlottenburg is nog &#8216;n magdom  stories te vertel. 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