More Nchanga catch-ups

The photo below was taken during our first few months in Zambia, in late 1969. We made friends early and here we are spending a day by one of the sunken lakes near Luanshya.

Left to right are Barbara and me, Alan Minty, fellow metallurgist Tony Watts, Ann Howieson, Pete Love, Chris Hulme and Jens Mende.

We caught up with Alan Minty and his wife Sheila in Cape Town in 2005, on a visit to Robben Island, but the whereabouts of the others proved elusive, until early this month, when I had a message on LinkedIn from geologist Pete Love. Now semi-retired, he is a consulting geologist based in Eastbourne in Sussex, and we had a long phone conversation reminiscing about the good times in Zambia, particularly our early years when we ran a weekly disco, aided by computer specialist Jens Mende. 

Saturday night fever in Chingola, with Pete, and Jens Mende

Great days, but Pete had some very sad news as well, that Jens had been tragically killed twelve years ago.

Pete and Pam Love at their home in Sussex

Pete and I will stay in touch now, but we would love to hear from anyone who has news of the others in the photo. I would particularly like to know what became of Tony Watts, who was a metallurgist on the concentrator when I arrived in October 1969.

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