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...

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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