he people FEBRUARY 2019 FOR AND BY THEby tCOMMUNITY FEBRUARY 2019 INSIDE Hospice Shop in Henley New restaurant P2 The hospice shop in Golf Park, much to the disappointment of many regular bargain hunters, was Dakar rally P3 forced to close down as the overheads were just too high. The stock was moved to the Hospice Jenny de Klerk P3 premises but that was not very satisfactory. When Alice da Silva offered them the narrow alley shop in the Vasco's Centre they decided to give it a go. Wine club news P4 This time the shop is smaller and will be manned by volunteers which will considerably reduce the Councillor's corner P5 monthly overheads. Gail Heasley, director of Hospice Vereeniging and a Henley resident, says she has a great team of Midvaal helps P6 volunteers including Ester Nast, Isabel Moutsatsos, Phyllis Nichols, Norma Botha, Norma Downes, Lions news P7 Joy Kirsten, Irma Coetzee, Lesley Fidrmuc, Kerry Palmer, Yvonne Müller and Lynda Parsonson together who are supporting the shop with their time and if they Editorial P8 cannot contribute time, Emergency numbers P8 J Free! then collecting donations. Replacement bags They are very grateful for Letters P9 when you put your these girls giving up their Balls and all P9 recyclable paper and time to help the shop turn a profit. They are still Walkerville show P10 plastic on the l o o k i n g f o r m o r e pavement every Who What Where? P10 volunteers so that they can Wednesday. open longer hours. Bikers P11 (Continued on Page 2) Page 2 The Henley Herald February 2019 (Continued from Page 1) the Boer War, Henley was laid out by Horace Kent and the Small The Hospice is currently being transformed, renovated and Farms Company. It is the year that the weir was constructed and upgraded using funds from the National Lotteries Commission. fish were introduced, the hotel, the bowling club and the golf club Once the renovations are completed they will open as a private were laid out. This was to be a town dedicated to leisurely, fine facility providing palliative care to those who are suffering from a living. So the name for the new restaurant is not just trendy but life limiting illness. They were forced to close their In Patient Unit acknowledges the aims of the founding fathers. last year due to lack of funding. Peter and Eric are Pop in to browse for bargains in quality clothing, shoes, books the 2 bald chefs. and bric a brac. Both have extensive – Ed experience in the restaurant and food Another new restaurant in the village i n d u s t r y. B o t h The corner shop at Vasco's is a t t e n d e d W i t s traditionally a restaurant and Technikon Hotel when Debbie Anthony moved School in the 80s About Time to their new and have since both premises, Jose da Silva, the owned their own owner of the property, was restaurants, between working the corporate world. Peter has been determined to find a new tenant in Henley on Klip for 5 years, hailing originally from the West in the same industry. Along Rand while Eric has been in here for 18 years. Eric is the quiet chef came Debbie Allorto and Peter and rarely comes out of his kitchen but he is well known in the Brand of Aston Road. They, village for his culinary skill. together with Eric Croyle, have Debbie who heads up the marketing team of a fragrance created a stylish space company in Johannesburg only moonlights at 1904 but she also has dominated by an enormous the restaurant industry in her blood: her great uncle started the wood burning pizza oven (built famous Pot Luck restaurant in Braamfontein and her mother was by Donovan Prinsloo and also involved. – Ed friends) which is serving Italian and Mediterranean foods. There “Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy is a small bar in the adjoining shop but that is meant for patrons who and it's not fancy.” Wolfgang Puck are waiting for tables. The restaurant is named 1904 the Original Henley. This is a most “Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner” significant date for Henleyites. In this year just a few after the end of Sophia Loren SUZANNE VAN NIEKERK B.A. (Log) Pret. 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For further details contact Sal Hebert on Thanks again Henley@Heart 084 263 1784 February 2019 The Henley Herald Page 3 Local business helps us win Dakar new premises – tea in the garden, anyone? In its place is a brand- new pizza oven. 1904 should be going strong by now, serving pizza Many people are aware that a South African team, Toyota Gazoo and pasta until 22:00, perfect for commuters or those looking for a Racing, won the 2019 Dakar Rally. Very few people realise that the late-night snack. bodywork for the vehicle was 100% composite, in other words no I was lucky enough to see one of the first menus and drooled. At metal. The astonishing thing is that this bodywork was conceived that point the coffee machine was about to arrive, the liquor licence and built in a tiny workshop, was in the pipeline and the Italian flavour fare included beer-batter called H2O, on the outskirts fish and chips, spare ribs, steaks, chicken, and Italian dessert treats. of Henley (Sontnell Road). Around the corner is the new Hospice shop, which should also be Other competitors in the rally up and running by now. They'll be selling whatever comes their have huge composite sections way, clothes, household items, trinkets, books - and volunteers are to support them: Mini welcome to help man the counter. e m p l o y s 4 0 i n t h e i r The Hospice folk have taken over from the hair salon Mane At- composite section and traction. These days you'll find Stacey at Highbury House by the Peugeot around 100, but H2O tall windmill. There you can relax in the Windmill coffee shop and with a staff of 4 has achieved tea garden and tuck into coffee and cakes, home-made goodies, what they couldn't. In 2018 take-aways and lunch specials. The dance nights between 16:30 the prototype of this winning and 20:30 on Thursdays are great fun, my daughter says, even if car took second and third you don't know a waltz from a rumba and have two left feet. Singles place. This year it took top are welcome. honours. Congratulations to Stan Wallace and the H2O team. You Molly's Speakeasy is greening up nicely and leisurely meals in make us proud. the garden seem to be a popular choice. – Lynda Parsonson At the Hound, Ash and Grace have joined Stoffel, the basset hound, as front-of-house greeters. Jeann and Tony have moved The HENLEY HAPPENINGS Country Kitchen into the Hound deli space where Jeann will be Hot days when the cats stretch long on the tiles and only the serving her trademark quiches and home-made ice-cream through mosquitoes are happy; pouring rain and the lights go out; gusts of the week. She plans to import Asian delicacies and accom- wind and falling trees - it's been Januworry in Henley on Klip. paniments too. No matter, February is here and the world is changing. You can Of course, she will be baking extra for the monthly Forage see it at Vasco's – I love introducing Joburg types to Henley's CBD! Market at the Hound, every second Saturday in the month. The next It may sport a big OK sign, but it will be Vasco's until the next mil- is February 9. You can get Sue's tilapia fish pate there now, plus lennium. breads, pork pies, chilli sauces, cakes, jams and other goodies. The About Time coffee shop is now across the road in attractive (Continued on Page 4) The Village Motorcycle and Lawnmower Repairs and Servicing GUEST HOUSE Tel: 016 366 0707 1083 Regatta Road, Henley on Klip « Collection and delivery arranged Contact Joan for reservations – 082 556 8518 « Classics a speciality Visit our websites: www.villageguesthouse.co.za Peter Watson & www.villagemanor.co.za E-mail: [email protected] 078 484 0688 Henley on Klip Meyerton 016 362 4564/5 Dr Brenda Schlachter (B.Sc., B.V.Sc.) Vereeniging 016 422 0707 Dr Robert Lloyd (B.V.Sc.) 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