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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #120 on: August 30, 2014, 09:53:45 am »
Glad to see Burgerville has also been added to the list.
Here is a link from an old RR:

http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?topic=59727.msg1217289#msg1217289

Doesn't quite compare to some others, but ghost town none the less.
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #121 on: August 30, 2014, 06:36:13 pm »

 Hoe lyk Pelgrimsrust deesdae ?
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #122 on: August 30, 2014, 09:13:20 pm »
Quote from: gser on August 30, 2014, 06:36:13 pm

 Hoe lyk Pelgrimsrust deesdae ?
Was daar laas naweek.. die bier is nog koud!!
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #123 on: September 01, 2014, 07:41:49 am »
Quote from: Tonteldoos on August 30, 2014, 09:07:30 am
DR Town  ???  Can't recall copy that from some else's list  way back and added to my list
also on our doorstep..

Ah ok, looks like Daviestown
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #124 on: October 08, 2014, 01:38:14 pm »
Quote from: Mikie on August 29, 2014, 10:06:28 am
Quote from: Tonteldoos on August 27, 2014, 11:34:09 pm
   Bonnefoi - Spookdorp      S25 55.002 E30 10.996               
   Bulembu - Spookdorp      S25 57.024 E31 08.038               
   Burgerville- Spookdorp      S30 43.587 E24 20.153               
   Coppertone - Spookdorp      S29 55.320 E22 18.157            
   Daviesville -spookdorp      S23 24.480 E29 59.100      
   Diepgezet -spookdorp      S26 00.287 E31 04.612      
   Drazilville - Spookdorp      S33 08.949 E25 54.947         
   Eureka - Spookdorp              S25 41.063 E31 11.065               
   Gumtree Spookdorp              S28 52.091 E27 42.630      
   Hlobane -Spookdorp      S27 42.916 E30 59.426         
   Kliprand - DR town              S30 35.718 E18 41.333            
   Kolmannskuppe - Spookdorp   S26 42.113 E15 13.917      
   Kotzesrus -DR town              S30 57.740 E17 50.170      
   Leydsdorp -spookdorp      S23 59.715 E30 31.276   
   Middelpos - DR town      S31 54.360 E20 13.837   
   Niekerkshoop - DR town      S29 19.688 E22 50.229   
   Petersburg -spookdorp      S32 18.744 E24 57.933   
   Putsonderwater -            S29 13.921 E21 52.353      
   Rietbron -DR town              S32 54.017 E23 09.077      
   Schoemansdal - Spookdorp   S24 38.010 E26 40.103      
   Soebatsfontein - DR town   S30 07.077 E17 35.442   
   Steynsdorp - Spookdorp      S26 06.964 E30 58.893      
   Van Wyksdorp - DR town      S33 44.852 E21 27.686      
   Van Wyksvlei - DR town      S30 20.940 E21 49.449   
   Van Zylsrus - DR town      S26 52.627 E22 03.154   
   Vermaaklikheid - DR town   S34 18.392 E21 01.692      


Fantastic thanks

Whats a DR Town?

So on the way to the bash we stopped at Van Zylsrus, its definitely not a ghost town, so I guess a DR town doesnt qualify, Still not sure what a DR town is
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #125 on: November 18, 2014, 11:24:11 am »
  Bonnefoi - Spookdorp      S25 55.002 E30 10.996              
   Bulembu - Spookdorp      S25 57.024 E31 08.038              
   Burgerville- Spookdorp      S30 43.587 E24 20.153              
   Coppertone - Spookdorp      S29 55.320 E22 18.157            
   Daviesville -spookdorp      S23 24.480 E29 59.100      
  Deelfontein - spookdorp    S30 59.520 E23 47.880
   Diepgezet -spookdorp      S26 00.287 E31 04.612      
   Drazilville - Spookdorp      S33 08.949 E25 54.947        
   Eureka - Spookdorp              S25 41.063 E31 11.065              
   Gumtree Spookdorp              S28 52.091 E27 42.630      
   Hlobane -Spookdorp      S27 42.916 E30 59.426        
   Kliprand - DR town              S30 35.718 E18 41.333            
   Kolmannskuppe - Spookdorp   S26 42.113 E15 13.917      
   Kotzesrus -DR town              S30 57.740 E17 50.170      
   Leydsdorp -spookdorp      S23 59.715 E30 31.276  
   Middelpos - DR town      S31 54.360 E20 13.837  
   Niekerkshoop - DR town      S29 19.688 E22 50.229  
   Petersburg -spookdorp      S32 18.744 E24 57.933  
   Putsonderwater -            S29 13.921 E21 52.353      
   Rietbron -DR town              S32 54.017 E23 09.077      
   Schoemansdal - Spookdorp   S24 38.010 E26 40.103      
   Soebatsfontein - DR town   S30 07.077 E17 35.442  
   Steynsdorp - Spookdorp      S26 06.964 E30 58.893      
   Van Wyksdorp - DR town      S33 44.852 E21 27.686      
   Van Wyksvlei - DR town      S30 20.940 E21 49.449  
   Van Zylsrus - DR town      S26 52.627 E22 03.154  
   Vermaaklikheid - DR town   S34 18.392 E21 01.692      


I see some guys on the forum has been to Deelfontein, but not many

It is on my bucket list

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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #126 on: November 18, 2014, 03:11:07 pm »
A few photos of our trip to Bulembu in September
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #127 on: November 18, 2014, 03:32:42 pm »
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #128 on: December 09, 2014, 05:05:50 pm »
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #129 on: December 09, 2014, 05:59:22 pm »
The list is growing nicely  :thumleft:
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #130 on: December 09, 2014, 08:24:39 pm »
Anything in the Western Cape? I've been out to an old disused diamond mine in Namibia, turns out there was a ghost haunting it... With an AK47.

Made tracks pretty quickly.
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« Reply #131 on: December 09, 2014, 08:31:56 pm »
Is Copperton ñ spookdorp en iets om te sien?
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #132 on: December 10, 2014, 06:14:14 am »
Ek het in Copperton gebly toe ek 3 jaar oud was. Het iemand fotos van die ou dorp?
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #133 on: January 16, 2015, 04:44:45 pm »
Greetings all, I am just about to start working on a book documenting all the ghost towns and towns that are on their way to becoming ghost towns in South Africa.
This thread has been a godsend, there were quite a few of these towns that I did not have on my list.

You are welcome to have a look at my map (so far), more have to be added, if you know of any that I don't have on the list your help would be greatly appreciated.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zOjNbJ-yZKVY.kdhVQbxDkp9s

Also if you would like to find out more about the project and you are on the "Facebook" then you can check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/ForgottenNationZA

If any of you have the GPS co-ords for these place and would like to share, please do  ;)

Mariepskop's, Moraba, Italian POW village near Barrington, Jamestown near Barbeton

Thanks, Shayne.
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #134 on: January 16, 2015, 05:40:26 pm »
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #135 on: January 16, 2015, 05:47:18 pm »
Quote from: shayner on January 16, 2015, 04:44:45 pm
Greetings all, I am just about to start working on a book documenting all the ghost towns and towns that are on their way to becoming ghost towns in South Africa.
This thread has been a godsend, there were quite a few of these towns that I did not have on my list.

You are welcome to have a look at my map (so far), more have to be added, if you know of any that I don't have on the list your help would be greatly appreciated.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zOjNbJ-yZKVY.kdhVQbxDkp9s

Also if you would like to find out more about the project and you are on the "Facebook" then you can check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/ForgottenNationZA

If any of you have the GPS co-ords for these place and would like to share, please do  ;)

Mariepskop's, Moraba, Italian POW village near Barrington, Jamestown near Barbeton

Thanks, Shayne.

How easy do you want it to be?
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #136 on: January 16, 2015, 05:56:34 pm »
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Re: Are there any Ghost towns in SA
« Reply #137 on: January 16, 2015, 07:08:13 pm »
Quote from: Draadwerk on December 10, 2014, 06:14:14 am
Ek het in Copperton gebly toe ek 3 jaar oud was. Het iemand fotos van die ou dorp?

Seker die dat die plek nou kan kwalifiseer as 'n spook dorp  :pot: :lol8:
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« Reply #138 on: January 16, 2015, 08:43:56 pm »
Uistekende thread dankie ouens. Ek vrek oor spook dorpies en sulke verlate plekke sal verseker hulle almal gaan besoek sodra my been weer reg is.
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« Reply #139 on: January 17, 2015, 10:14:40 am »
Quote from: Genesis115 on January 16, 2015, 08:43:56 pm
Uistekende thread dankie ouens. Ek vrek oor spook dorpies en sulke verlate plekke sal verseker hulle almal gaan besoek sodra my been weer reg is.

Selfde die kant, gaan die jaar aan 'n roete beplaning begin.
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