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That's the one, Kenny; in the hangar it has the helicopter that plucked them out of the sea, and also the module that they splashed down in. It all looks very, how shall I put it, Heath Robinson, but it was cutting-edge stuff in those days. The Carrier itself is a revelation after serving on Victorious and Hermes - it even had a library and cinema! All the old fellers acting as guides were bemoaning the fact that their Navy was shrinking to nothing nowadays - where have we heard that before......

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Just googled it Ray, USS YORKTOWN

Might have been the USS Ticonderoga Ray,I know that was about in the early sixties because it was in the Phillipines with the Victorious in '61 or'62 when I was on the Vic.
Good to see you and others back on the Guestbook!

After being in touch with Ashley Price on Facebook I decided to have a look on here and see the usual reprobates are still postiong though can't remember seeing you on here before Steve Howard.

Yes, still alive, or just about. Enough to attempt a reaction from a few people and get this guestbook up and running again! I was going to mention a visit to an old American Aircraft Carrier, kept in good condition and open for tours.. it was the one which we all saw on TV picking up the astronauts who first walked on the moon. Was it Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin? And what was the name of the ship? It is docked in the Naval base in Aleneda, just off San Francisco, California, where my son works. Good to see a ship from the Sixties again!
Can't read the messages in the Guestbook any more, because of the blue background, so will have to annoy the wife by asking her to read them. Happy New Year to all.

Just checking to see if i have remembered how to get in here after a rather long break.
I thought that the Young Ones had taken over long ago when I found it difficult to understand the language, especially the dates therein.

In the absence of other contributors Johnny hope you have a good Christmas this year, don't drink too much.
Personally I am off to sunny Fuerteventura for the holidays, a bit of sun, sea and a LOT of sangria.
Keep your chin up buddy, we are still on the right side of the turf and long may it remain so!

It would appear so Ken, I often remember the old days at Kete and Culdrose where Met Men were Men and Met wrens were????
Glad to see you are still kicking, my legs are shot but I still have the weights upstairs resting for the time being.
Long Life Mate
Johnny W

Johnny, I think you are floggin a dead horse here mate, everybody who used to subscribe on a regular basis seem to have disappeared from view or are all on extended walking holidays in the Himalayas.
The young guns are taking over!

Question for Cathy Roberts, whilst you were at Kete did you know a tiny Met wren called Margaret,I believe her Father was a Vicar or something similar, use to keep me in hand when I was my course for one.