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cow she used to earn a little extra by selling the milk. Council sold the cow and there was an

enormous row about this.

In Kalk Bay the best known of the children was Basil who lived in Harris Road until he was 28.
An avid fisherman he was also one of Meyer’s Moles. He became a well-known and respected

land surveyor, his company being Harris, McGarrick & Mellon.

In 1928 Rachel had also bought a property in Harbour Road – a rental property known as Harris

Villa. In 1942 when Council realized they needed to build an extra block of flats to complete the

Fishermen’s Flats project they entered into tough negotiations with Rachel and bought Harris
Villa for demolition.

Mrs Jack Harris was very much a feature of the old Kalk Bay village. There was a card school
running – rummy at a tickey a round. Along with Mrs Judith Goles (‘Golie’) and Mrs Grinstead

these games went on over years. It was a serious business, they smoked liked chimneys and I

have been told of the cloud of smoke hanging down from the ceiling.

Rachel divorced Jack and married Elias Greenstein in 1949. Her connection with Kalk Bay
ended when Kenilworth Villa was sold in 1965.

Roseneath, 14 Harris Road, Erf 89960; bought from the estate with furniture for £1,280.

This was John Harris’ own house built in 1902 and the only one in the road where there was a
stable at the back. (Fig. 3.50.) It was bought in 1913 for £1,280 which included furniture valued

at £250. The buyer was Christian Johannes Watermeyer, a well-known attorney. At this price it
was by far the most valuable house in Harris Road. Watermeyer only had it for a short time

before selling to Abraham Wolfson who sold it on the same day in 1920.

It was bought by David Johannes Blignaut, a wealthy Paarl farmer as an investment and rented
out for years. Although Blignaut died in 1928 the house was only sold in 1961.