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moved back to Mayville in Kalk Bay. Teddy and Betty lived with her for a few years before

moving to Kenilworth in the 1950s.

At Cape Point it was agreed that Desmond’s family would have the use of Brightwaters, and

Vincent’s family that of Spindrift. To compensate the other two brothers, Linga Longa was
built for Neil’s family in 1957, and Drift Inn for Teddy’s family two years later. Neil served

for many years as a member of the Divisional Council of the Cape, the original controlling

body of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. Since the 1980s the Brightwaters Estate has
been administered by a family trust.

Desmond and Vincent both had four children and life in Kalk Bay was filled with activities
involving cousins and friends. On Saturday evenings the family always booked row N at the

Olympia Cinema in Kalk Bay for the featured film.

Tragically, Desmond and Muriel’s daughter Dawn severed her spine while diving off the

catwalk in Fish Hoek as a teenager, and for the rest of her life was confined to a wheelchair. It

soon became clear that the family could not continue to live in their home Sea Spray with its
many steps.

Desmond and Vincent worked out a solution to the problem. Vincent and Eveleigh sold
Toevlught and bought a large property close by, The Hermitage, a thatched homestead dating

back to the 1860s. They subdivided a plot in front of the house to enable Desmond and Muriel

to build a single-story home, Fairwinds, designed for easy access for Dawn in her wheelchair.
Beneath the house they built a huge, high garage to house another of their motorized caravans,

and by 1961 they had moved in. (Figs. 4.51 – 4.55).

Eveleigh Hare’s mother, Hannah Brooke, moved from Avalon into Homeleigh, a cottage at 4

Behr Road behind Mayville. It had been the original home owned by the Behr family. A gate

was built so she could visit Eveleigh next door at The Hermitage. Hannah’s sister, Annie
Horwood, moved into the small cottage behind Homeleigh.

It was an extremely busy time for Desmond and Vincent. They had constructed many houses
over the years but had also built large projects like Connock Park, an apartment complex next

to the circle on the Main Road at Fish Hoek. Later they were to build the Town and Country

shopping centre off Tokai Road, the predecessor of the Blue Route Centre.

Meanwhile, by the early 1960s, the clay deposits at Mowbray had come to an end and clay for

the brickfields had to be brought in by truck from the Tygerberg. (Figs. 4.56 & 4.57). The