Thanks to everyone who sent me cards to celebrate my 90th birthday. I shall be adding to my profile re my 12 years in the Royal Navy 1948- 60 adding the ships I was on and shore bases.

Settling down after family gathering. More to follow later

Looking forward to the making of a video celebrating 100yrs of the phot branch and the reunion. One of our lighter moments in between jobs was playing Uckers. It is a great game and I will be introducing the game to the grandchildren. I haven’t played since 1982 and I will bring an Uckers set to the reunion.

When will summer start? It has been rather cold and wet here over the festive season and the log fire has been on for a few weeks, and there was frost on the car windscreen a couple of mornings.! There have been a few days of shorts & T shirts though.

Have been in contact with Barry Swainsbury at Whale Island regarding Barrys intention of producing a video of the phot branch. Look forward to meeting up to chat about the branch when i was in it between 1968 and 1983. There are others i know who could contribute enormously such as Andy Sinclair, Thomo, Jim Fletcher, Sue Jackson and many others of…[Read more]