Harding & Parker Senekal (Orange Free State)
Senekal is a town situated on the banks of the Sand River in the eastern part of the Free State province of South Africa. It was named after Commandant FP Senekal.
Some famous people from this area ...
Naka Drotské (Former rugby coach of the Free State Cheetahs)
- Toks van der Linde (Former rugby player and TV personality)
and the most famous of all Louw Gertenbach the biggest hunter in Africa was born and raised in this town in the Eastern Free state there is a rumor that he shot 8 lions with his kettie when the lions attacked his slave. ( Now where would you get this type of info if you where not looking at Tokens ? )
These tokens were listed under Senekal by col. Knobel, but also had branches at Kroostad,Excelsior & Frankfort"
" Like other OFS tokens, these were probably used for buying products from the farmers "G.P.Theron.
There where two sets of Tokens given out by the general dealers , The first set was made of brass and then later made of celluloid.
The Legend on tokens are two curved lines with value in centre: “H&P. LD. NET OM VOOR TE KOOP
The legend translated is: “ONLY TO BUY WITH”.
- 1d - (biggest of all ) Red
- 3d - (smallest) Green
- 6d - Blue
- 1 Shilling - Pink'ish
- 2 Shilling - Brown.
And of course the Brass ones was made of Brass , you guess it - colour gold'ish , brownish ...ahh come on , someone might not know !
These were in use from. 1903 to 1956.
Frankfort Harding and Parker ...
Perhaps the pride of the shops in Frankfort, a large departmental store called "Harding and Parker" was run by Charlie Moses and later his son Guy (both somewhat aloof from community affairs). https://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/communities/13/index.htm
Just some additional info about Senekal ...
The Battle of Biddulphsberg:
A great skirmish between Boer and Brit took place here on 29 May 1900. With a superior force of 4 000 British soldiers against 400 Boers, general Rundle had to beat a retreat. The victory meant a lot for the Boer moral. Two monuments have been erected at the place from where the Boers conducted their attack. The monuments are in memory of commandant SF Haarbroek who lost his life in the skirmish with English soldiers on a kop situated on the farm Bethel; and general. AI de Villiers, who was the commanding officer of the Boer commandos of Senekal, Ladybrand, Ficksburg, Smithfield, Wepener and Thaba Nchu and who overpowered the English soldiers with the battle of Biddulphsberg on 29 May 1900.
This monument was unveiled on 27 May 2000, during the 100 year commemoration of the Anglo Boer War.
and more ....
Ossewabrandwag:
The Ossewabrandwag in Senekal was founded on 25 November 1938. A group of inspired Afrikaners then met in the vestry of the NG-Tweetoringkerk in Bloemfontein on Saturday 4 February 1939 and founded the Ossewabrandwag. All the people present were sworn in as members, with a solemn oath. They pledged not to rest before the freedom of the Afrikaner nation was reclaimed. South Africa's participation in the Second World War brought a lot of discord. The Ossewabrandwag did not want the South African soldiers to be involved and said that the Germans were not their nation's enemies. A more active group, namely the "Stormjaers" was then founded as an integral part of the Ossewabrandwag. This group was responsible for acts such as the cutting of telephone lines, etc. These acts prevented a lot of South African soldiers from going to the war, because they had to ensure the internal stability of South Africa.
The farm Biddulphsberg was the central place for the activities of the Ossewabrandwag and the "Stormjaers" in Senekal and the surrounding areas. Jan Richter, who harboured here while he was a fugitive as a member of the “Stormjaers” of the Ossewabrandwag during 1942, originally painted an Ossewabrandwag badge against the rock face. Johan, Nico and Fanie Erasmus restored it in 1982.