14-06-2010, 02:56 PM
I watched both Hellenic and Cape Town City every week when I worked in Cape Town from 1970-73 (For ICI/South African Nylon Spinners in Bellville) and lived in Camps Bay. Happy Days. (before television !!) Numerous UK legends playing for both clubs(and BBC World Service) helped me avoid home sickness !!!
60's London to Cape Town where the entertainement was Max Bygraves (once a year) was a big change !!! You have no idea how exciting it was when Percy Sledge became the first "black" to be allowed to stay in the Mount Nelson Hotel and play a concert for we whites !!! (almost as exciting as my all time hero George Eastham coming to the Cape !!)
Mind you my multi-racial parties in Camps Bay and formation of SANS FC (playing such mighty opposition as Woolworths aka M&S SA) didn't make me popular in some quarters.
I still have most of the programmes from both clubs.
Luckily , one of my best friends here in Weymouth, Dorset is the ex Southampton (Weymouth, Gillingham, Carslisle etc) star John "Buster" Crabbe who played for Hellenic around 1975 ? (The year TV first came to SA he said)
60's London to Cape Town where the entertainement was Max Bygraves (once a year) was a big change !!! You have no idea how exciting it was when Percy Sledge became the first "black" to be allowed to stay in the Mount Nelson Hotel and play a concert for we whites !!! (almost as exciting as my all time hero George Eastham coming to the Cape !!)
Mind you my multi-racial parties in Camps Bay and formation of SANS FC (playing such mighty opposition as Woolworths aka M&S SA) didn't make me popular in some quarters.
I still have most of the programmes from both clubs.
Luckily , one of my best friends here in Weymouth, Dorset is the ex Southampton (Weymouth, Gillingham, Carslisle etc) star John "Buster" Crabbe who played for Hellenic around 1975 ? (The year TV first came to SA he said)