1971 Joseph Arendse R.I.P.
Joseph was one of my absolute best friends throughout my turbulent time at Mayfield. His folks came from South Africa and were always very strict with him but their ‘encouragement’ helped him become a really bright lad and a fine musician by all accounts. I spent many happy times around his house in Blythswood Road, Seven Kings as indeed he did around mine. I was completely devastated to learn that poor Joseph had died whilst still very young, around 21 I believe, of a heart attack thus proving beyond all reasonable doubt that there is absolutely no justice in this World whatsoever. Still sorely missed to this day.
– Charlie Stubbings
I remember Joseph clearly from the period in which I attended the Sunday School at the “new” Methodist Church on the corner of Eastwood Road and Percy Road. He used to lead and oversee a group of us younger children, and was kind and clever, with a sense of fun. I think his father was in charge of the Sunday School and may well have been Minister of the church. It is very sad to learn of his death at such a young age. R.I.P. Joseph.
Michael Spencer (b.1956)