Ray, at 73 a mere slip of a lad! I know that you inherited the frothy coffee recipe from me and Johnny Whitfield, a fine figure of a man, but did you maintain the rendition of the “Its Now or Never” rythm accompaniment using the wooden inserts from the T/P rolls? now that was a skill!

I’m still fit as a butcher’s dog at 73! Still trekking in the Far East on holiday in Nepal and Bhutan, as well as cycling in Germany and Austria. Must be all those frothy coffees I made at Culdrose that keeps me going…..

Amendment:
My RNA meeting on the 8th, your Birthday must be the 6th.

Amendmen:
My RNA meeting on the 8th, your Birthday must be the 6th.

Happy Birthday for Monday, I am now 76 and feel like 86 at present. Even though I go to Vilamoura in the Algarve every year and am surrounded by Golf Courses have never taken up the game, apart from the Crazy type.
I shall raise my Tot of Pussers at my next RNA meeting to wish you a Happy Birthday which will be on the 8th and in doing so will remember those old days at Culdrose.

Speak only for your self Johnny, next Monday I shall be 75 years young, feel about 55. Determined to win another major before I joss it!

Hi Ken and Ray, I spent about 4years 4months at Admiralty out of my 8years 4months. Forgot what a uniform looked like.
Hope you are both well now into our twilight years.

Allo boys, long time no speak. Ray, your second guess was the right one, Charlie Wines was the chap to thank for your extended honeymoon.
a few months before I came outside in’67 Charlie said that he would send me off to sea for my last few months if I didn’t sign on, he never did though and I saw out my time at my second home, the Admiralty.

You may well know him, according to the Doc he was on the Hermes in 1964, I believe you were on board around that time. ike yourself names escape me. If he is anything like his daughter, he would be a nutter. Sorry that should be like yourself, My Laptop is past its prime.

The name definitely rings a bell, but as usual nowadays, I can’t remember exactly where from. Was he the man who decided draft chits for the Met men? I was at Northwood finishing my 9 years and due to leave the RN, when I was offered a draft to HMS Terror in Singapore if I signed on for a further 5 years. As I was also getting married, I then spent a two-year honeymoon in Singapore. My wife also was hired as a teacher in the Naval base, so life changed from almost continuous sea-time on Victorious and Hermes to a cushy life in Singers. Was this due to Lt. Cdr Statters, I ask myself. Or was it a bloke called Charlie Wines? I know that a phone call to whoever it was worked miracles……