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Ray Very clever. I think those are correct, you of course left much later than I, 1966 was my final year, when I was released by Purchase,
For some unknown reason would a Tornado be reported in a 9 group,
or was that just a figment of my imagination and boy do I imagine things, Ray as a Met School instructor I thought you might know these things. I only did odd jobs at Met School, like Frothy Coffee making, using my brute strength to knock down a door when someone managed to lock the keys inside a hush hush room. also seeing how many rocks we could load into a wheel barrow, all technical stuff.
thought your name was Roy, Dick must be in Skegness now,
Seriously if you know where I can find the old Synoptic codes I would be grateful,

Johnnie - I haven't the 45 what code a tornado is, but I might be inspired by a bolt of 13, or is my mind just in an 04? not even sure if these are right......

I think Dick, Roy and I (Jimmy Twitfield) are saying lets lighten up, the friendly banter between long lost mates, brings some pleasure in our old age, remembering the good times we had when we were young. so lets enjoy life in our few remaining years.
Us three would never of been in contact, after 50 years.

Just to correct all my previous information....it wasn't me who wrote it all, because my real name is Roy Booker and I was in the Army, attached to the Intelligence Corps (by my bootlaces) wher I learnt how to make coffe with no froth on it.

Hi Dick. I hope you enjoy the next Month looking after your Grans Canary,
Did I say I had returned from the Algarve, I meant Barnsley,a great night in the working mens club, food, of Pies and Mushy peas out of this World.
Merry Christmas and a Good New Year

Hi Dick. I hope you enjoy the next Month looking after your Grans Canary, I thought we were fairly intelligent particularly on our runs ashore whilst on the Met School Staff.
Did I say i went to the Algarve, I meant Barnsley where my Sisters live.
Merry Christmas and a Good New Year

OOH, Spud has put the fear of God in me now to such an extent that I am changing the previous info in my last contribution.I am not going to Gran Canaria for a month, I am going to Skegness for two days and my name is not Ken Ashton, it is Richard Head, most people use the diminutive of Richard when they call me.
As for Met personnel being part of the intelligentsia, I don't think so! The reasons I got into Met were as follows;1. At Bramcote where we all went as potential Naval Airman I could not undo the locking nuts on the pretend engines without scraping my knuckles. 2.I had a middle name which was not an extra Christian name so they thought I was posh.3. I had a Conway Stewart fountain pen so I was definately posh. 4. I could write my name in a straight line with said fountain pen.
I knew a couple of Met people who aspired to be intelligent but they got found out before they made it.
I knew a couple who could have made it on the stage until Danny La Rue beat them to it.
I knew a couple who were great to have around when the fists and bottles started flying. They were the best ones, and they are still with us Johnny Whitfield and Lofty Farthing!
Happy Christmas to All!

I will try again, Ray I humbly apologise for my failure of Grammatical Correctness, I only learnt to touch type on figures whilst at AFC,
I am not quite sure what unsecure information I may have made recently, unless it was my return from my Holiday, I have made contact with some old buddies after 50 plus years, where a exchange of innocent banter regarding our shared past may of taken place.

Now come on,fellers, if this site is visited by all and sundry, let's get our gramer and speling rite! Johnny, it's not 'would of' it's 'would have' and Spud it's 'believe' not 'beleive' also 'balloon' not 'baloon' and it's 'intelligentsia' however strange the word looks! Mind you, we wanted to buy a hat for our forecaster on the Hermes with 'Bellicose Brooks' sewn into it - but we didn't, because we couldn't agree on how to spell it.......

Ahoy Met MATES - well it's in line with Leslie Phillips' navy lark on fridays - there seems to be a (mis)conception creeping in that this site is for 'good old personal banter' with lots of very personal and intra-personal detail- ALL OF WHICH IS NOT SECURE AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE WWW ! Is it really sensible to expose our personal details, including personal contact details on this open site !

We are (were) the intellengicia of the lower deck - let's not expose ourselves to the common fault of beleiving that this site is secure and free from 'hacks' - THIS SITE IS UNSECURE - YOUR PERSONAL INPUT IS UNSECURE -

....to reinforce the above - just view the daily un-moderated inputs from such - like'sexy-suzie' and the likes of 'meet a met-obs with the largest baloons ... etc