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Hi Ray and Johnny I have posted under my maiden name but if fellow plotters are anything like me I remember few names from fifty years ago. I believe I was one of the last to train at Kete in 1959 and was stationed at Culdrose for a few months from August to December 1960 - much warmer and civilised climes after Lossiemouth. I replaced a wren called Jenny Parker with whom I joined up and did my training. |
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Cdr Jenkins was certainly there at the Met School during 1960/1961, he was a lovely man, asked his permission to get engaged to a trainee wren, Tricia Barron on a met course 1961. Ray is correct on the Charts, I remember a rating, who shall remain unnammed, somehow managed to plot Eastern Europe in America, I had to quickly replot the whole thing again. |
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Hello Marie - I believe Commander Jenkins was OIC Met School. The chart you are thinking of is a B134, as opposed to a B147, if memory serves me. We plotted a B134 every 6 hours at the Fleet Weather Centre in London. What was your surname when you trained at Culdrose - we might remember you! |
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Hello Everyone, This is the first time I have posted. When I read the previous posts about weather ships it reminded me of my time at Culdrose when Commander Morgan or Commander Jenkins (memory of names sometimes fails) initiated long range forecasting, which meant two wrens twiddled the pens to plot a chart, which extended from the Americas across the Atlantic to include Europe and Russia and southwards to much of Africa. Of course, information from the weather ships in the Atlantic was also plotted. Atlantic. |
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I did not Moonlight at Debenhams but did a stint at Cheesemans Lewishams. |
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Too easy Ray - I have a W11 handbook (sadly doesn't have the ww code but I do remember most of it) SO I submit my answer using the commercial code Debenhams used to price their garments to the trade wholesale (where many of us AFS metobs moonlighted under Chris Holmes (nat service met obs)up by the Post Office Tower in the early/mid '60's) The code was a ten letter word without repitition (1 to 0)- widley used in the Navy (RAMROD Code) as a short lived code - CORNFLAKES is a good example (there are thousands)(does not have to be a single word - but in this case it is). So herewith a RAMROD of the OWS positions - India was at O A North and M A West.(note the simplicity of numerials so has to be at a 'corner' (i.e no minutes in Lat/Long) Juliet was at O E T A North and E L West We know they were in the eastern Atlantic - so look at the likely repetitions of numerals/letters. Glass of wine might help. |
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ROUGH IDEA OF LOCATION OF The rest I will have to search for. |
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You are one lucky man - all I ever got was OWS India and OWS Juliet sailing from Greenock for a month on station, wallowing in the same position at sea. Converted Castle Class Corvettes; not an easy ride! But can you remember the actual Latitude and Longtitude of them both - and also OWS Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Kilo? A free mince pie to anyone who can correctly remember them all (to be collected from Somerset) |
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Just read the Headline Merry Christmas to All. |
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SORRY FINGER TROUBLE, SHOULD BE BEST. |
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