Anybody there?

Time goes whistling by so I thought I would see if this still works.

As Ted Doswell so perceptively pointed out when this Blog was created, "Now that you've got it, what are you going to do with it?" As time goes by the answer seems to be,"Very little".
That said, many visitors manage to click on the Have your say link if only to read or at least see what's here.
Possibly adding a post is not obvious or the steps required not intuitive, if so please let me know. Having nothing to say is also a valid reason for not saying anything.
Many visitors to the 92nd entry site never go beyond the home page (also known as the landing page) and while this is their absolute right some might be surprised to know the site has close to 90 pages.

Right then, what was it you wanted to say?

New Look

So 2014 brought with it the urge to change the look and feel of the site as well as some minor changes to help mobile users.
Anything you don't like can be changed of course but you would have to let me know as my diviner's rod is broken.

Livestream

The video studio created in order to provide coverage of the April reunions has been discontinued for a couple of simple reasons.
The upload bandwidth available in the Webbington conference room is simply too slow even for jerky, silent movie type of pictures.
The Livestream platform used to be free but following a recent decision, use of the servers now involves a monthly or yearly fee. Given the performance obtained during the past two reunions the project is a rather reluctant dead  duck.
An interesting technical challenge that unfortunately turned out to be a waste of time..

Labuan Toe

Next April, you may well be remembering more of your service career than you thought possible. Seeing old faces, hearing stories and anecdotes helped on by the odd glass or two will have your memory working overtime. Why not get a head start & leave some of your printable memories here?

Labuan Toe was an affliction well known to anyone who spent time on the island in Borneo. Every morning, sick quarters would see a queue of those unlucky enough to have been attacked by the monsoon drainage ditches while trying to navigate their way back to the billet after an evening in the NAFFI.

Your Mission Possible

There is still time to help find more of the entry before next April. We are not in contact with them for a variety of reasons: Some have died, some have emigrated, some don’t want to be contacted and some don’t know about us. Trying to find who moved to Pétaouchnock is not going to be easy but you like a challenge and like most of these games, the winner gets points – and points mean prizes.

An analysis of those we are in contact with would suggest the following breakdown:

RIP	10
Africa	2
Asia	2
Australia	1
Europe	5
UK	12
US/Canada	2
Total	34
685582 Atkins David John 685590 Cawte David Leonard 685596 Croft Malcolm 685602 Eslick Tomas 685608 Griffin Robert Paul 685611 Hattersley David 685612 Heaton Thomas 685539 Jenkins Reginald Alan Vaughan 685546 Kensley Ralph Colin 685550 Lang Peter John 685551 Leech James Arthur Charles 685553 Lewsey Robin Frederick 685554 McPherson Malcolm D? 685628 McPherson Michael Robin 685562 Ovenden William Thomas R/5188 Payne Doug G 685561 Phillips John 685623 Phillips Peter Lawrence 685563 Pilcher Albert Edward 685565 Player Stanley David 685578 Warner Raymond John 685579 Waters Martin Kelvin 685600 Eagle Brian 685603 Evans Thomas Balfour 685542 Jones Hugh 685622 MacKinlay Graham 685555 Main Robert Downie 685572 Steele Jim 685577 Walsh Alan James 685580 Watson John Lawar

Happy Birthday

Just in case you were short of an excuse to celebrate, you might be astonished to realize that your web site is one year old already since that fateful day when the champagne bottle was smashed to pieces during the launch.
In our short year, the site has had over 3000 visits and over 12000 page views which gives you some idea of what you can prove with numbers.
Although the site has had some success in keeping in touch with the faithful few, we are still trying to trace more of the entry so anything you can do or suggest would be very welcome.
Cheers...

Try a younger Navigator

Opera 11, Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4, Chrome 11, Safari 4, 
...
If you are still using older versions of popular Internet browser or navigator programs, you will find the current generation run faster with more emphasis on what is on the Internet page rather than cluttering the top of the screen with a myriad of menu options. These updates are all free so it's a cheaper way of making your computer run faster for nothing.

Thanks to Chris Tett

Once again, many thanks are due to Chris Tett for all the time, trouble & energy spent in organizing a successful reunion. We all appreciate what you do (with help from the rest of your team at home).
Those that were unable to attend this time were remembered with a toast to Absent Friends. Next year on 20 April, we hope to share a drink with you. Don't be afraid to book the Hotel early - they have already started taking reservations.
Some pictures on the site will give you an idea of the venue but next year the reunion will start at lunchtime.

Radar web site

A site that might be of interest, especially to ground radar fitters.
www.radarpages.co.uk. I often wondered what I was doing at Staxton Wold.

Geoff Corby

Help wanted with names

It seems that some 92nd were missing from our original list. To help with the search for all the 92nd, please can anyone help with some answers or even best guesses!

1. How many 92nd originally joined up on 22nd May 1959?
2. What was the name of the chap that died on Summer camp?
3. The following names were labeled as being being ex-91st. At least some of them are wrong. Can you remember any of them? Any information would be most welcome.

• Roy Andrews
• Mick Benn
• Chris Bradburn
• Geoff Davies
• Simon Ellis
• G Graham
• Clive Ing
• John Kennedy
• Pat Scrace
• ? Sizen
• Pete Webber

Thanks very much. Enter here or email me

Chris Tett

What's an Atom, Walt?

You may have noticed that many blogs and websites use RSS (or Atom feeds). RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication but that may not get you very far. Put another way, the website can tell you when something new has been added to save you having to go to the site to find out.

Not much point if you are only following a single site but this can be useful if several sites are involved.

To use this RSS feature you can use a feed reader or you can use your Internet navigator or browser. 


For the browsers:
At the bottom of this page (or other websites that have an RSS feed you would like to follow), left click on Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) and follow the instructions. You will then be able to see the RSS feeds on your browser toolbar.


For a feed reader such as: http://www.google.com/reader:

At the bottom of this page, right click on Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) and copy link address
Add this address (URL) to the reader.

Add addresses of other sites having this feature that you want to follow.

Once you have mastered this, you can impress your grandchildren.


Any problems or queries? Then comment on this post.

Feedback

Those who used the old Feedback spreadsheet will hopefully find this easier to use so please continue to send in your positive or negative feedback.
Feedback, as we know, means prizes...

Martin Eversfield

Hi Alan, thanks for the link to the Indian website. The World's Fastest Indian is a favouite movie of mine.
Martin

Geoff Corby

I think missing name in middle row of 92D is Rob Lewsey

Martin

Further finds in class 92E. From the initial entry photograph I think that Ken Jarvis is in the centre of the front rank and Roy Smith is on the far left of the centre rank.

Martin Eversfield

Alan
Francis is third from left of front rank in class 92A
Martin

Martin Eversfield

Hi Alan
The picture of class 92E lists Francis Johns at far right of rear rank. I am pretty certain that it is Dave Bridges, he was discharged early because of his failing eyesight. Front row far right is "Titch Philips" isn't it? Third from left of centre rank is McPherson.
Martin

Stan Murray

No complaints Alan. I log in most days and I'm just glad someone like you knows enough to set up the website and keep it going.

Useful or not?

As you have seen, live video is part of this website and will be active during the reunion in April.
In order to prepare/simplify the logistics involved, it would be helpful to know if anyone thinks this feature worth using. The same question also applies to the possibility of making voice and video calls to the reunion via Skype.
Q1 Will you be watching the live video?
Q2 Will you be calling via Skype?
There are no costs involved to anyone watching.
Thanks for your input.

Site Improvements

Since this is your site, please take a moment to let us know how the site can be improved. Thanks