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Re Spud and Ray...also been looking for the Forum, ours seems to be buried under Carrefour in Saintes just south of us...the coliseum is there the second largest in Europe, no Sophia, no Italians, Just a team of French with berets working as stonemasons to replace worn stone on the Roman buildings that abound....no lions and christians any more just actors doing plays and operas during the summer.....
JDDW

Ray ..... saw it in Rome at the weekend before the RUGBY - all part of being in the EEC apparently - everything GOOD and profitable has to be donated to help ITALY overcome it's 'never-overcomable' borrowing debt!

Hopefully when the FORUM returns to UK Sophia will accompany (with the help of JDD and our patron saint of the reverse of dementia - George Blu !

I know I'm getting old and senile, but where's the forum gone?

'Ricky', great to see yure message. Happy days, I recall, we kicked yu round the messdeck when yu came home with legirons!!!All the best;Bye for now!
email me! Pete R. Hoping to catch up with Ken Salisbury, and Tony Evenden.;

'Ricky', Good to see yure message, Happy days! I* recall kicking yu round the messdeck when yu came home with legirons! All the best to yu and yours, Im hanging in there, and still at work! 72 this year! Hope to contact Ken Salisbury and Tony Evenden soon. All the best Pete Rees.

allo allo Dave,
Good to hear from you, hope you are keeping well and looking after the wine consumption in La Belle France.
Still ticking over here, struggling with the English winter so off to Spain next week for a month, taking the sgolf sticks and hoping for a few rounds in the sun

Ken Ashton-Ray Brooker-Charlie and Colin
Bonne Annee to all and any other members who know us Ex Mets who live in France. I look forward to see you at the next reunion in September

Served in the branch 1981 - 1994 and would love to hear from anyone who remembers me especially Meryl Trueman, Helen Pain and Suzie Weaver (as were). I can be found on facebook.

Hello "Pixie", you and I were neighbours on the Victorious in 60/61, the met office was of course right next to the SE section. Remember Lofty Farthing, I spoke with him prior to Christmas, he is alive and well living in Maidstone.
Good to hear from you

Hallo Mr Gillett,
My name does appear sometimes, possibly because of the subjects that were posted on this website.
I never thought that I was widely known in the Met branch, as I said to Gill & Charlie - I was mainly out of the loop never having been drafted to Culdee or Northwood as ships company. Most lads I knew thought I must be a "Bombhead" Chockhead or an AE as I didn't fit the accepted norm of a Met man. Even on a Fleet Air Arm Gun Crew reunion Taff Morgan said to me that no Met had ever made Gun Crew until I pointed out that Arnie Pearson, me, Andy Hales and Taff Hadland had made it!!
I spent my time at sea or at Lee with a brief sojourn at Brawdy and loved most of it except for Portland and Drake, still you cannot win then all!
Just for the count, after leaving Culdrose off course the stations I was drafted to were Portland, Lee, Brawdy
Sembewang (with 815 and 848 sqdns)
Terror for 3 weeks before flying home after coming out from BMH and the ships I served on were HMS Dalrymple, Ark Royal, London & Albion.
Happy days for the most part, Hope you're keeping well. Cheers
G.

Hallo Pete Rees,
Grand to see your name finally appear,
yes, I was on the Ark with you 64-66
and my first name is Richard so you are correct. The missing names are Ken Salisbury, Ray Haynes and Tony Evenden. Ray picked his Chiefs rate up and his place was taken by Roy "Lofty" Barrowclough.
All those years ago, nearly 50! Where have they all gone?
Hope you're well and fighting fit
The very best to you and yours
G.