{"id":173037,"date":"2018-02-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173037\/resident-reminisces-about-buildings-good-old-days\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T08:38:29","slug":"resident-reminisces-about-buildings-good-old-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2018\/02\/16\/resident-reminisces-about-buildings-good-old-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident reminisces about building\u2019s good old days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johan Brand, Germiston writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for the article on the efforts by Joseph Bachfischer to renovate the abandoned building situated on the corner of Webber Road and Power Street.<\/p>

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I wish Joseph the very best and hope that he can manage to refurbish the buildings.<\/p>\n

The article brings back a lot of memories as I grew up in number 14 Argyle Street which is around the corner from the building between the years of 1960 to 1980.<\/p>

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The post office was called the Germiston South Post Office and was a bustling post office at the time.<\/p>\n

As reported the building was the SAPS family quarters which was a spick and span complex back in the days.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate to grow up with a lot of children my age in Argyle Street and to this day we are still a band of friends and often come together to visit and reminisce about the good old days.<\/p>\n

As the building was a SAPS building we were always on our best behaviour as children and we managed to stay out of trouble (or at least we tried).<\/p>\n

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