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This awful winter is the fifth season-like winter in a row, including last summer, We have many highly qualified members who could climb a terrestial stepladder and divert the easterlies northwards and thus bring in the southerlies ? Any takers ? BUT on a serious note the '63 winter is being compared - but No, NAY. and NAY again I say -Shirley the '63 had more snow rather than a 'prolonged'very cold spell- which recently has been more disruptive - because it has reached Easter - '63 winter ended end of Feb. This is Spud |
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Thankyou Spud for your wealth of knowledge, My time in the Branch was very lonely one, starting with my Met Course, which was just little old me, being ex Air Ministry, I was alone on the Birmingham and in most part on the Lion when the late young Cutting became ill, apparently from rum when I took him ashore for his 18th, Rossington PO on the Hermes left leaving me I/C.The rest of my time was spent at Admiralty which was not over whelmed with staff. |
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Should of (have) said the malta pic was about 6 or 7 pics downstream - herewith: https://cloudobservers.co.uk/?attachment_id=157 Just tried it - it worked ! |
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Spud, many thanks for the efforts re the Sandi/Ken pic, I have a copy and I believe it is somewhere in the photo section on this site for others to periuse if they can find it! |
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herewith - i tink - Ken and Sandie at Hal Far .... if you can't copy and paste i'm sure (tobe shure) Arthur and his team will convert. I am still at my witts at how I arrived at this site - please ignore all my entries which were supposed to get a reaction - the Margeaux 69 has satisfied my frustration at not finding the FORUM. NB. George Blu - would love tpo hear from you ! |
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Yes JW there are more than a few of us out here - My own contacts number about 40, look at the TWPP to see the quality of our forebears – I would estimate that around 200 regularly view the GUESTBOOK (though they are not members of CLOUDOBS) ! So if you have a message for anyone in your past you can declare it here and our most honourable secretary, she who must be obeyed, will forward. For Ray B – our PO in Singapore was the late Roy Barroclough (relieved in my time by Percy King). Percy and Ginge Howarth had enough offspring’s to field a unisex football team. Yes I remember well our trip to BUGIS St on Roy’s scooter – though I had won a BET earlier re downing about a half bottle of whiskey – I was 17 !. Peter Jones was another in the office – ‘tink he married a Met (female of course). Not Sandie – as I once thought – maybe Green ? not sure that Sandie ever served in Singapore. Ray – apropro your earlier comments re wearing sarie’s etc – once when there was three carriers in dock – there was a ‘Far East Fleet’ “skin” competition down in the dockyard NAAFI club organised by a carrier MET (I ‘tink) (Bryn Telfer ???) - Did’nt you win that competition ???? if so …. does Sandra know !!!! For Ken – in an oblique way in my efforts to get to the FORUM fail me 9 out of ten and which, maybe through my own fault – passwords etc – I came across the Malta pic of you and Sandie hanging out the window at Hal Far – as a native of Dorset her ‘lovely’ tones were a regular visitor to my ears. Wonder if I am right – did Sandie (did you) do the Sunday programme that was called …. Forces favourites --- or something similar . I will try to put the link for the Halfar pic as an addition to this entry. Now that the snow has stopped I can go out and feed the birds – good for you !! failed to get the link to copy - will put it in a following bulletin in the next few minutes. |
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Once again a gem from Ken, I would of thought he would of produced a best seller, perhaps he is in the middle of one now, |
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Having presented the story about Johnno abusing his car in Malta, it is only fair that I highlight the fact that I didn't exactly treat my new aquisition with a great deal of care either. |
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Glad to see us three back on the Guestbook - a good tale from Ken there too - he always could spin a good yarn, especially to the opposite sex. I spent two drafts in HMS Terror; one as a single man, with amongst others, Spud Murphy and Ginge Howarth; and a PO - was it Barrington? I always remember the three of us returning from a run ashore on his motor scooter! |
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Welcome home sorry about the climatic conditions that you have returned to, |
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