Once Called Home Muscle and Wood Power Gervas Hughes had eleven sixteen foot bullock wagons that transported firewood to the G and P mine. Three cords made a load. – See more at: https://www.oncecalledhome.com/2012/12/muscle-and-wood-power/#sthash.JMvgZ77s.dpuf Acacia logs were dragged onto the wagon by oxen from the opposite
Once Called Home More lessons for a Jo'burg Lad Loading Maize A City Lad Gets Down to Work Gervas Hughes, in addition to his office on Main Street, bought the first industrial site east of town, made available by the Lands Department of Que Que (see location on aerial photo published last week). One acre in size it cost
Once Called Home Rhodesian Ingenuity Gervas Hughes’ wagons for transporting firewood to the mines were always in need of repair Rhodesian Ingenuity Rhodesia was not regarded as the promised land for those seeking a fortune in the early years before WWII. Rather it was a place where those who found it hard to get a
Once Called Home Settling in a New Chum Gervas’ office & mill on Main Street Que Que , 1939 Settling in a New Chum After Brian Freyburg recovered from the measles at Barbara’s parental home Herschel in the Cape, he heard that Gervas wanted a learner for his farm at Que Que. A failed engineering student, he had
Once Called Home Outlawing the In-laws on Both Sides Gervas’ parents, Charles and Cecily Hughes, on one of their many visits to Que Que standing outside Gervas’ office 1930 Outlawing the In-laws on Both Sides It was 1937 and after the trip to see the Seventh Wonder of the Natural World, Victoria Falls, Barbara returned with her parents
Once Called Home A Dog’s Grave of a Garden Greenham house 1939 Water from the Que Que River about a mile away was carted by ox drawn water tanker to Greenham Farm to supply the house hot water system. A Dog’s Grave of a Garden Greenham Farm didn’t have a normal sign post to direct people. ‘The
Once Called Home Getting Married in the Saddle Barbara Millard and her brother John at their family home Herschel in the Cape, 1913. Getting Married in the Saddle Barbara Forster Millard was the eldest child of Dr. Philip and Ursula Millard and had a privileged life as a doctor’s daughter. She was a tubby child. Her native
Once Called Home Intoxications at Que Que Hotel Gervas and Barbara paddling in the Que Que River 1936 Intoxications at Que Que Hotel The Que Que Hotel, on Main Street, facing the Railway station, was run by ‘Hacker’ Matthews an ex-pugilist. Next to the hotel was a large wood and iron hall, where Hacker staged boxing matches.
Once Called Home A Suitable Girl in the Bundu Gervas Hughes Two Ton Model A Ford Truck parked outside his office and workshop on First Street, Que Que 1928. A Suitable Girl in the Bundu The sixteen voyages Charles Wylde Hughes made to Africa to visit his sons provided ample opportunity to meet interesting people from all over the
Once Called Home Jacks of All Trades Que Que’s First Street, 1930. (Notice the baboon on the donkey’s back) Jacks of All Trades When Gervas Hughes arrived back in Que Que in 1928 there was still no electric power for Que Que, but the G&P Mine supplied water from their pipeline, originating from
Once Called Home Sobering Up After Repairs Loading Gervas Hughes wagon with logs for the Globe and Phoenix Mine, 1929. Sobering Up After Repairs By the mid 1930s, Gervas Hughes was doing well in Que Que. He had built a new building to house a mill and a larger office which Mrs. Byerly, sister of Mesdames Birch
Once Called Home Making a Fast Buck by Ox Wagon Gervas Hughes’ ox wagon inward bound with a load of firewood on the Gokwe Road, 1929. N.B. Gervas’ brand GK3 and the Rhodesian yoke Making a Fast Buck by Ox Wagon For the third time in seven years Gervas Hughes arrived back in Que Que in 1928 having recovered
Once Called Home Milking a Recovery Dorothy Crowther-Smith (far L) and Gervas Hughes (far R) baling hay at her farm in Bordon, Hampshire during his recovery from polio. (N.B. Gervas’ withered R arm and shoulder) Milking a Recovery After a month at the two-bed G&P Mine dispensery in Que Que under
Once Called Home The Lure of Africa A bogged wagon on Que Que’s early roads. The Lure of Africa Before the Great War, as a schoolboy in Llanbedr, near Crickhowell in a remote Welsh valley, Gervas Hughes collected double headed stamps from the Globe and Phoenix MIne sent by his half-brother Tom (Reginald). At university
Once Called Home Hughes Milk In 1936 G.W. Hughes of Greenham Farm, 13 miles west of Que Que, home delivered milk by bicycle Hughes Milk Gervas Wylde Hughes, came from a remote Welsh Valley and arrived in Que Que to stay with his broher on the Globe and Phoenix Mine in 1921 at the
