\u2019n SAGTE vrou met \u2019n stralende glimlag kom trap-af toe ons by die Pellsrus-huis instap. <\/p>\n
Kathleen Titus (73) nooi ons om te sit en Dail Titus (76) word voorgestel as die oudste visserman hier rond. <\/p>\n
Hy meen ewe beskeie dat \u201cJan P\u00earels daar oorkant\u201d hom klop. <\/p>\n
Lank en skraal . . . sy o\u00eb kyk ver asof die horison wink.<\/p>\n
Die Titus-egpaar is beide hier gebore en geto\u00eb. Titus was van kleins af mal oor die bote. Sy vrou s\u00ea hy was nog op skool dan spring hy weg en gaan bote toe. Di\u00e9 twee pasmaats is 53 jaar getroud.<\/p>\n
Hulle gesels oor vervlo\u00eb dae toe die roeibote nog op die strand ingesleep is na ounag se vangs. <\/p>\n
Titus s\u00ea, \u201cOns was nog kinders. Ek het gewerk saam met die oumense as jong seun. My oupa het ses seuns gehad, dan kort hy net een man om die span vol te maak.<\/p>\n
\u201cDan het \u2019n oom of hy ingespring \u2013 so het hulle saamgewerk.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kathleen vertel, \u201cIn die winter het die bote in die donker uit die see gekom. Hulle het lig gemaak deur bande te brand sodat die manne kon sien waar om uit te land.<\/p>\n
\u201cVan die vis wat op die strand verkoop is, moes ons die geld vat om te gaan olie en paraffien koop by Kenny Reiley se winkel. Dit moes huis toe, en dan bring ons die eetvis.\u201d <\/p>\n
As die vissers genoeg geelbek en kabeljou gevang het, mag hulle een huis toe vat. <\/p>\n
\u201cDi\u00e9 is in sulke toutjies gesny,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n
In daardie tyd is met die lyn visgevang. <\/p>\n
Kathleen vertel, \u201cOns het bloed bo by die slagpale gekoop, dan smeer hulle die lyn met die bloed om die vis te vang. Later het die derms ingekom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ek vertel van kleintyd se karavaankamp op Paradysstrand en op die strand wag as die bote inkom, en Kathleen herroep dat \u201ctant Engeltjie \u2019n kafee by die strand gehad het waar sy sulke horings verkoop het\u201d. Vandag heet dit Kitchen Windows.<\/p>\n
Die bote het nooit op Sondae uitgegaan nie. Almal moes rustig wees en kerk toe gaan. Saterdae eenuur het die winkels al toegemaak. <\/p>\n
\u201cOns het lekker kinderjare gehad,\u201d mymer die paar. Hulle self spog met vier seuns en twee dogters. Die oudste is na haar ouers vernoem \u2013 Daileen.<\/p>\n
Na die roeibote, toe kom die aanboord-enjins in, vertel Titus. Daarna is hy tjokkabote toe.<\/p>\n
Ek vertel van kreefvang aan die Weskus, en Titus sluit aan met: \u201cOns het op die groot bote (hi\u00e9r voor of in Tsitsikamma) probeer kreefvang. Dan vat ons \u2019n krat en sny \u2019n halwe maasbanker om binne-in te sit. As die kreef binne is, kan hy nie weer uitkom nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Die veelsydige man het ook vir 23 jaar as opsigter by die Pellsrus Prim\u00eare Skool gewerk. Maar, verlang hy, as \u201cdie seelus\u201d kom . . . trek jou hart diepwater toe.<\/p>\n
Op haar beurt het Kathleen toentertyd by Savoy Hotel en toe die Wimpy gewerk. Na dit was sy ook aan die skool verbonde.<\/p>\n
Vandag l\u00ea die see net straataf, het hulle diep herinneringe, \u2019n huisvol nasate en, die belangrikste, die Here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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