15 July 2011

Piccadilly Dutchman: PK van der Byl

Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl (1923-1999)
a.k.a. 'Tripod'
Posted by Laguna Beach Fogey at 06:31

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I imagine the "tripod" was so named owing to his fondness for "bird" photography...and nothing more...

15 July, 2011 22:17
John Groves said...

Why does one of the most unpleasant human beings South africa ever produced deserve a picture?

15 July, 2011 23:54
Laguna Beach Fogey said...

SAII ~ Of course. ;)

JG ~ It is merely your impression he was 'unpleasant'. Perhaps you were a target of a barbed remark...?

16 July, 2011 08:00
Ivy Style said...

Never met the fellow, but he looks a frightful chap.

16 July, 2011 15:20
JG said...

I realised that he was truly barking mad when I heard him give a speech advocating a scorched earth policy in the event of a Rhodesian defeat in the terrorist war

18 July, 2011 09:49

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