Maretha Barnard wrote me a letter the other day about her grandparents whom she visited as a little girl in the 1950's in their home at Verkykerskop, which she recognized on our website as Afsluit Gastehuis. Maretha's letter is attached to this page, as well as a beautiful photograph of her grandparent, Jacobus and Anna Barnard. It is not clear when the Barnards first occupied Afsluit and whether they were the first owners, but they lived in the same house until 1990.