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You are quite right Ray, I was driving round today watching the fuel gauge needle head very rapidly south and thinking "what have you done you knob?", but later when I was parked in Asda car park a guy knocked on the window and said what a fantastic car it was. |
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Seems like you are having a huge old-age crisis, Ken. For 'back to the 70's' it should read 'now in my 70's' |
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First report for a long time! |
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At Last a reply Cheers Ken, Its a shame had a lot of fun moments with Margaret. Hope you are well and enjoying your Golf.Isnt that a good old Navy song about saying goodnight to his Horse. |
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Johnny I think you are floggin a dead orse with your last query. They were on my course but I have not heard of them from that day to this. |
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Back to my original enquiry about my time at Kete, I was asking about two wrens and I have found their names, one was Wendy Wevell and other, who kept me in check was |
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Alan Barr. I first met Alan at Kete over the last weekend in Sept 1958 before starting the Met III course comprising 14 Naval Air Mechanics and 7 Wrens. Alan was a gentleman, married with his wife Sheila and child in Basingstoke. We had a long weekend mid course and Alan brought back a brace of pheasants so we all had a taste of the famous bird, for me the first and only time. Eleven NAM's were successful, Pete Lonsdale topped the course along with Alan, yours truly, Dickie Bird, JTC Bell, Bogey Knight, Trevor Miles, Speedy Napton, Jim Green, Rick Parkinson and Brian Welham. 3 blokes went back to NAM duties, Frank Burns, Jan Thoms and Tojo White. Can't remember all the names of the Wrens but they included Patsy Tatham, Jean Creasor, Celia Potter and Janet Frost. I only saw Alan a few times, but never forgot his and Sheila's hospitality in having me over to their home in Johore Bahru for a great dinner evening in 1967 when Alan was at FEFHQ and I was a three badge killick in HMS Eagle. In 2009 I took my wife Faye to the cloudobservers' reunion and Alan and Sheila went out of their way to come and visit us in Pompey, spending several hours with us, Alan being a gentleman as ever. I hope Sheila can take consolation in that Alan will be sorely missed by all who knew him. |
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Though our Paths never crossed any loss of a fellow ex Met is certainly worth a mention. |
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Very saddened to hear of Alan Barr's passing. Colin, his son says, in an overnight e-mail, he died on Friday after a short battle with lung cancer. Rest in Peace Alan. |
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Cheers Ray, I do have my Records though somewhat battered, I just cannot remember any Met Personel between those dates that I have given, apart from the two Wrens who I have already mentioned.I had a very short course, on my own.There may of been other courses during those Periods. |
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