Finding Ourselves Again

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person. – Judith Hill

Christmas Holidays, Joy and dreams of a better year!

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS PRESENTATION CEREMONY 5 DECEMBER 2020 @ PEVENSEY PLACE 10:30          TEA AND CAKE 11:00          MESSAGE TO THE RESIDENTS                                 :     MR JAN NIEMAND 11:05          PRESENTATION OF CHRISTMAS […]

Footprints on the Winklespruit sands……

We have come to accept that with these fantastic groups of people, we are more than friends. We are a small travel gang!! And we took precious memories from this, leaving only footprints all over the Durban South Coast!

The Justin Greville Song

“We all get old, but I have my share of ups and downs” – Justin Greville. (Pevensey Resident since 1972) Justin Greville says these words slowly, carefully as if he is  trying not to hear himself saying them. This in the middle of sharing his story with me. The Justin Greville song. A tale of […]

THE JOY OF SERVING OTHERS

Someone came to visit Pevensey recently, and as I walked past his car wherein he was seated and watching life at Pevensey, I greeted him and we started chatting. He commended the Pevensey staff for the special work that they do and said he really could not comprehend how they managed to keep it all […]

The Complicated Goodbye!

We started with a “Hello” and ended with a complicated “Goodbye” Mrs Jill Rawlins announced at the start of the year that she would leave Pevensey to go and enjoy her retirement on the South Coast in KZN. This put a lid on five wonderful years of service to Pevensey, where her contributions to the […]

The Night Red Hearts Rained Down (Valentine’s Day Dance 2019

THOSE WHO LOVE DEEPLY NEVER GROW OLD; THEY MAY DIE OF OLD AGE, BUT THEY DIE YOUNG.     – Dorothy Canfield Fisher We live in a world where love takes different forms and lanes. Where everyone desires to be loved. We may not know how to love other people, but we definitely know how we […]

Pevensey Place Fete 2018

” We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” – Sir Winston Churchill.

Valentine’s Day Bash with Liz and Andre

Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.- George Sand Nothing can equate with the joy that our Residents felt on the 16th of February. This was the day we marked for our Valentine’s […]