Gary Leissner
Ik ben Gary Leissner, geboren
in 27 Johanna Straat Klarendal en woon nou 52 jaar in
Australia. In
1980 ben ik met my familie voor vakantie in Holland geweest
and woonde in Presikhaaf voor en paar dagen met mien zoons
ben ik de stad ingelopen and dan naar de molen de staat op
terug in de Johannastraat te lopen. Maar het huis waar ik geboren
bent was daar niet meer, andere
straaten waaren daar nog.
In 1950 de vrienden waar ik me
rond ging hadden allemaal een bijnaam en ik kan nog een paar
herrineren zoals mijn besty friend Kegel, boono, enz mijn
naam was clown. Niet
heel serious.
And the best I can remember is
that I whent to Sonsbeek and in the middle of the winter
rode a sled down the dodenrun of the top of Sonsbeek
and the farmer at the bottom of the run then used to take
out some fence palings so that you could run out in the flat
of the paddock the time I ran down.
I hit the fence post left in
the ground and at the time could not walk any more, my
friends put me on the sled and carted me home.
In the same time A guy also
called Gerrit Leissner broke his leg and got put in
hospital, unbeknows to me. When I arrived in
Johannastraat my dad gave me the beating of my life for he
spend the day looking for me.
I also remembered we went to
the bush some distance away and the military police had
found a body, they told us lot to clear out, but us being
real tough we all finish up in the jail in Johannaplein and
our dads could come and collect us.
I must say that those ourly
days where memorabel and I am proud to be from klarendal
Gerrit Leissner
35 Kansas ave Belll Post
Hill 3215
Victoria Australia
leissner@ncable.net.au