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Jonny, I am currently looking at the photo in question, and unless Met Wrens in those days were small black and furry, you are holding a monkey!
Once we get up and running with email addrsses I will send you a copy.

There is a Picture of you KA and me with 3 wrens at the flora dance you dont mean the one I had my arm around was a monkey, must of been the strong ale brewed at the Anchor.
52 years and chatting like old women after all this time.

Johnny, the Silver Cross was on the corner of the Strand and Northumberland Avenue, I remember it well and you are right the clientele was almost exclusively "arty farty" but our presence lowered the tone!
Incidentally I have a photo of you and me on Flora Day in Helston with you cuddling a monkey!

Sorry Ka few mistakes could only touch type on figures on the TP
pointy shoes and Buses around the Griffin corner are the errors

Hi KA young man of the poiny shoe, Aries the Ram is my sign.I beieve the Silver Cross was the watering hole of the communicators. There was also a plush pub bar downstairs
clients were of the stage. very dodgy corner by the Grifin, how the base got round there was a work of art. Will phone any good day or a man of Liesure.
There was a little wren at Kete who kept me in line Margeret her father was a Vicar. do you know her.

Only takes one lost sheep to join the fold and the memories flood ontothe guestbook. good thing too!
I also used to frequent t5he Chandos off the Square, and the Salisbury too. It used to be a big theatrical hangout in my day but alas it is now a hangout of the"fruity" persuasion!Harry Carpenter was a regular in the Chandos.The other pub we used was the Sherlock Holmes on Northumberland Avenue,frequented by the Python gang before they were famous Johnny, give me a call some time 0120488 8924. Good to hear from you and Ray as well

Hi Ray the Memory is coming back, yes I remember those runs ashore to the Chandos, and the Barmaid, and the Pub the Salisbury, Went on the USS WASP with ASWEPS Trevor Miles was the PO, Alas now gone. tried to re create the frothy coffee not good
What happened to D.A.T Saw him on the Victory in a reunion, joined the Police. Keep in touch. We could start a Frothy Coffee Association
Johnny W

Hi KA Nice to hear from you, to hear from you nice. The Body had been built but now in a state of collapse, still played with weights until afew months ago. Trish did say she saw you. We are still friends with regrets. Old Sid lovely man. Enjoyed those days. would like to email you, JW

Well, Johnny Whitfield and Ken Ashton - let's make it three, as I was also trained in the art of frothy coffee making at Culdrose. We made it for all the courses - Wrens, Ratings and Forecasters. I remember that if you left the mugs too long after use without washing them, the froth dried like concrete. I served on various carriers, as well as Northwood, ASWEPS, etc in Whitehall. We used to visit the Chandos regularly in Trafalgar Square, and a barmaid always took your fancy,. Was it Bierta?

Well, Johnny Whitfield I knew I would hear from you at some stage.
How are you you old git? Still bodybuilding ?.
Seems like a lifetime since we were at RNSOM together in '60/61. Hold on, it is a lifetime!Believe it or not some people still remember the old formula for the frothy coffee that Sid Greenstreet liked so much.
Keep in touch, send me an email if you like. By the way I saw your ex wife at a theatre in London about 13 or 14 years ago.