Introduction

Many photos from the communal house scene in the 1970's have been lost in the mists of time. However, some of the housemates from those times have passed on whatever they still have and I have created this collection of miscellaneous photos of some of the events and personalities from all those years ago.

This collection is not complete and there are many gaps. I am sad I don't have more photos of people who were part of the scene, as well as some of the 'big' events that do not have any photographic record to remind us about them. I wish I had more photos of some of the house parties, movie nights, bar nights, weekends away, braais and so forth that were the fabric of our lifestyle during those years.

This collection of photos is an addendum to the bigger story about the communal house scene in Joburg, for 3 years between 1975 and 1978. To read this story, scroll to the Other Interesting Websites in the right-hand panel and click on 'Tyrone Communal House scene 1975-1978'. 

If people looking at these photos have their own photos of the communal house scene from those years ago, you can send them to me (using Dropbox or similar file sharing service for large .jpg files, or just email them to me - you can find my email address in My Profile in the right-hand panel), and I will be happy to add them.

Enjoy...

Photos 1975: Houghton and Tyrone

Houghton - No.1, Second Avenue, Houghton

Me (David) and Gaye van Heerden at Houghton

Rosie, Gaye, Peter, ?, Dieter and Dave R. at Houghton

Ken Urquhart, Maggie, Mary White + trifle (Westcliff)

Trevor Johns, Marjorie, Dave Richardson at Westcliff

Mary White (Westcliff)

Westcliff Xmas lunch (Dave R, Janet Bright, Dave Bushell, Mary, Russell van H.,
Ken U, Chris Barnes, Gaye van H., Maggie

Dave Bushell (Westcliff) and Jeanette

Photos 1976: Tyrone

Read on…
To see photos from 1977, scroll to the Blog Archive in the RH panel and click on 'Photos 1977: Tyrone'.

To return to the main Blog, click the Back button (top left of screen) or click on ‘A Tyrone Communal House scene. 1975-1978’ under “Other Interesting Websites” in the RH panel.