Sandy McKinnon – Man to Remember
On Friday we buried Sandy in his family town of Penicuik in Midlothian. Those who knew him were enriched by…
Category: Army Days
My Service Life in the REME and Intelligence Corps from 1960 – 1984
REME JUNIOR LEADERS – REUNION 2011 Update
Programme of Event REME Junior Leaders Reunion– 11th & 12th November 2011 Confirmation the event is booked…
REME JLU REUNION 2011
Draft Programme of Event REME Junior Leaders Reunion – 11th & 12th November 2011 Gentlemen, Minutes from the…
REME JUNIOR LEADERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
A couple of years ago Barry Johnson first contacted me with a madcap scheme to have a reunion of the…
Bramshill Hunt, Arborfield, Berks
The last time I was in the Bramshill Hunt was illegally, as a REME Junior Leader, around 1962. The staff…
Famagusta Saddle Club, Ayios Nikolaos circa ’75
Apparently the Saddle club has now been disbanded. It provided great sport whilst I was at 9 around 74 and 75…
The Husky Years, 1980 – ’84
Exhilarating, definately; terrifying, sometimes: the most vivid memory of my husky racing period is bouncing down a mountainside near Bernau, in the…
15 Intelligence Platoon – Borneo 1965-66
Centre, Ssgt Jim Roussell – 2nd from Right, Cpl Roger Sergeant – Right, Cpl John Norman – 2nd from left, Ken? Just…
GOLFING IN BANGKOK
This is an awfully belated post on golfing with Sandy McKinnon in Thailand and is really just an excuse to publish…
BIRGELEN VETS & FRIENDS WALK RAISES £5.5K
It is hard to make a riveting story out of a long walk along a canal unless one is Claire Balding…