Keepsakes on our Hill

                                                               

        Emmie Oelofse with guests in front of her shop on the
Saturday of the Music Fest 

       
      A new antique and bric a brac shop has popped up in
                                           Irvine Street, Richmond Hill.

         Emmie, the owner of Keepsakes,  says she was  irritated    
         by the way her tenants treated  the  cottage.                                     
          So when their lease ended she decided to open a  shop.
          Emmie's husband told me that his wife earned her  
          Springbok colours in aviation some three years ago.
   
          The cottage oozes with atmosphere and the rooms are 
           filled with an eclectic mix of merchandise. It almost 
           looks lived in by real people. Only when you enter the 
          bathroom and see the bathtub covered with a display, 
           you know that they must be sleeping elsewhere!


          Below:   The tree invites you to slow down ...