RITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION UNITED KINGDOM BRANCH 4 B S A P TRUST ISSUE No: 34 «. ) « '"'"':. &(:. «««s«c r««nv«~«' ««O LF «~ OUTPOST WINTKR 1996 EDITORIAL Since the last Outpost we have had some splendid events. First was the Broadway Braai, which was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all those present. Our thanks are due to Allen Lucas, Dick Ray and their dedicated team of assistants who always work so hard to make this event so pleasurable, and also for the donation to our funds. Our thanks are also due to Group 4 for extending the use of their facilities to us. It has to be pointed out that this event is not organiscd by your Committee and, as such, is a private function. This is why it is not fully advertised, as the organisers have to know in advance ivho will be attending. Also accommodation, particularly double rooms, is very limited and is given out on a strict "first come-first served" basis, so requests for accommodation should be just that- NOT demands!! The Annual Dinner with our ladies was a great success with almost 140 guests present. The hotel service and food may not have been perfect, but this was more than made up for by the good cheer and lively conversations experienced both before, during and after the formal festivities. Our guest speaker, Peter Godwin, a former NSPO, struck a chord with many of us, with his descriptions of Depot. He provoked some amusement with tales of his squad instructor, who turned out to be none other than Peter "Pop" Ellis. Our guest was mobbed by many of those present aAerwards, for his autograph and to find out where his book could be obtained, The good news is that he has applied to join the Branch and we look forward to welcoming him. Our thanks are also due to your Committee, particularly Mike Leach and Tim Weimer and to Tommy Griffith for locating the venue, which was very convenient for many of us. Our rafIIc, again organised by Peter Ellis, raised the magnificent sum of K3065.00, which included a substantial donation from one of our members. This has enabled us to have a "function fund" of about f2000. 00 for the future, after paying out the prizes and expenses. Our thanks to Peter and to all of you who so generously supported us. Our Xmas gathering takes place on Tuesday 3«December at Trenchard House, London from about 5.30pm and we hope that many of you will be able to attend. It is open to friends and families of members, with snacks and very inexpensive libations. See you there. It just remains to wish you all, wherever you may be a very merry Xmas and a happy, prosperous and healthy 1997 from the Editor, production and distribution staff of the Outpost. We look forward to keeping you "in contact" in the coming year. The Chairman and Executive Committee of the British South Africa Police Regimental Association, United Kingdom Branch, wish all members a Happy Festive Season and a Peaceful and Prosperous 1997
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RITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATIONUNITED KINGDOM BRANCH
4 B S A P TRUST
ISSUE No: 34
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OUTPOST
WINTKR 1996
EDITORIALSince the last Outpost we have had somesplendid events. First was the BroadwayBraai, which was well attended andthoroughly enjoyed by all those present.Our thanks are due to Allen Lucas, DickRay and their dedicated team of assistantswho always work so hard to make thisevent so pleasurable, and also for thedonation to our funds. Our thanks are alsodue to Group 4 for extending the use oftheir facilities to us. It has to be pointedout that this event is not organiscd by yourCommittee and, as such, is a privatefunction. This is why it is not fullyadvertised, as the organisers have to knowin advance ivho will be attending. Alsoaccommodation, particularly double rooms,is very limited and is given out on a strict"first come-first served" basis, so requestsfor accommodation should be just that-NOT demands!!The Annual Dinner with our ladies was agreat success with almost 140 guestspresent. The hotel service and food maynot have been perfect, but this was morethan made up for by the good cheer andlively conversations experienced bothbefore, during and after the formalfestivities. Our guest speaker, PeterGodwin, a former NSPO, struck a chordwith many of us, with his descriptions ofDepot. He provoked some amusement with
tales of his squad instructor, who turned outto be none other than Peter "Pop" Ellis. Ourguest was mobbed by many of those presentaAerwards, for his autograph and to find outwhere his book could be obtained, The goodnews is that he has applied to join theBranch and we look forward to welcominghim. Our thanks are also due to yourCommittee, particularly Mike Leach andTim Weimer and to Tommy Griffith forlocating the venue, which was veryconvenient for many of us.Our rafIIc, again organised by Peter Ellis,raised the magnificent sum of K3065.00,which included a substantial donation fromone of our members. This has enabled us tohave a "function fund" of about f2000.00for the future, after paying out the prizesand expenses. Our thanks to Peter and to allof you who so generously supported us.Our Xmas gathering takes place on Tuesday3«December at Trenchard House, Londonfrom about 5.30pm and we hope that manyof you will be able to attend. It is open tofriends and families of members, withsnacks and very inexpensive libations. Seeyou there.It just remains to wish you all, wherever youmay be a very merry Xmas and a happy,prosperous and healthy 1997 from theEditor, production and distribution staff ofthe Outpost. We look forward to keepingyou "in contact" in the coming year.
The Chairman and Executive Committee of the British South Africa PoliceRegimental Association, United Kingdom Branch, wish all members a
Happy Festive Season and a Peaceful and Prosperous 1997
ROLL OF HONOUR
On 27th September 1996, 5063Stanley BOLAS finally gave up the strug-gle with a long and painful illness bravelyborne. Stan originally attested on 7/6/53and with the rank of Sergeant hc took hisdischarge at his own rcqucst on 30/4/61.He rejoined the Force on 9/12/64 with theregimental number 7209, rising to therank of Superintendent. He finally tookhis discharge on 30i5/84, retiring onpension to England where he securedemplovment vvith Lloyd's of London.Stan ivas diagnosed as having cancer, andfollowing painful chemotherapy treat-ment, he recently nioved in ivith hisdaughter Abby where he finally passedaway. At his crcmation service Abby(W/S/0 950485) ivas supported by 4468Frank and Phil Maguire and 6630 JimHazlett who represented the Force, andthe Last Post was played by a PoliceTrumpeter from thc West MidlandsForce.
4221 Ronald Dudley EAMES PMMpassed away in Marlborough, Zimbabweon 6/7/96 folloiving a long illness. Hav-ing Attested on 28/9/47 he retired as aSenior Assistant Commissioner on 11/9/I980.
9133 John NEWNESS died during1995. A mcmbcr of the Transvaal BranchJohn had served in Harare and the Sup-port Unit. We extend sympathies to hisbrother 7690 Gray Barker in the UK.
With much sadness we advise thepassing of 3980 Ronald Henry "Shorty"REES on 23/8/9(x Ron was a '46er whohaving served with the Royal Navy dur-ing the ivar, joined the BSAP on 28/4/46.He retired on gratuity on 28/I/62 as aDet, /Insp. Ron then managed an outletfor Manica Mann George, thc shippingline agents. Whilst Managing Director oftheir Malaivi offices Ron contracted Par-kinson's Disease which was controlledinitially by iucdication. He returned toHead OAicc in Hararc until his retirement
to the UK in 1982. Shorty was a stauncniember of the Association attendininany functions. Hc suffered a stroke a
fcw years ago and finally succumbed to
the disease only one day before he was
due to attend the annual Broadway BraaiDespite his ovvn problems, Shorty ahvays
managed to find time for a good avoid to
others whom he thought werc less fortu-
nate than himself and even looked aftci'
members in wheel chairs at some of our
functions. He donated his Special Pass,issued to members on Special Duties at
both the Royal Visits of 1947 and 1957.Wc extend our sympathies to his wife
Enid, daughter Louise and son Ian. TheBSAP were reprcscnted at the Chapel ofRest ceremonv by Allen DAY, a fellow'46er, Mike Leach, Joe Mercer and SandyJohnston.
7022 David WALKER passed away in
Cumbria on 6/9/96. Born in 1943 Davidjoined thc force in October 1963 and "didhis three". He attributed his subsequentsuccessful career in Security in diamondand gold mines in Ghana and SierraLeone, to his BSAP training. David con-tracted a rare heart viral disease in Af-rica, which resulted in early retirementand to which he eventually succumbed.He is survived bv his wife Dorothv andtheir two children, Penny and Craig, towhom we extend our sympathies. TheBSAP were represented at his funeralservice by Allen DAY, FrankDEARDEN, Bob BELDER, Rod WIL-SON and Scouse RAITT.
Central Newsletter reported the pass-ing of the following members:-
3537 Geoffrey Drake MIDDLETONin Harare on 08/05/96
5487 Ian Robert Lawrence MORRIS-EYTON in Bulawayo on 10/5/96
W/p 87 Daphne Jean MORRISON inChinhoyi on 21/5/96.
Sadly we have learnt of the passing of4476 Antony Kcith SHEPHERD whodied on 20th April 1996. Tony did histhree from 30/9/49 to 29/9/52.
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BIANNUALDINNER 1996
A capacity sell out of 140 tickets,resulted in 67 members together with theirwives and other guests attending the 49th«gimcntal Dinner, held at The QueensMoat House Hotel Gatwick on 28th Sep-tember 1996, Thc presence of our ladiesenhanced the decor of the evening, when a5 course meal was followed by dancing toThe Paul Hyde 5 piece band. Our guestspeaker was 901553 Peter GODWIN, aformer NSPO who has embarked on acareer as a journalist and author. His latestbook Mukiwa has received wide publicityand extracts relating to his Police serviceformed part of his Toast to The Regiment.His version of life in Depot was all themore humorous as his Squad Instructor,7125 Peter ELLIS was present. Peter BUT-LER 8009 is also in journalism and hisresponse to thc Toast took the form of aradio intervieyv. Members and guests fromall over the globe made the evening mostsuccessful. Thc following members werepresent: 2906 percy Barncs, 4822 JimBeale, 111032 Colin Bewes, 6183 MickBlarney, W/p 485 Abby Bolas, 4567 JackBond, 7212 Tony Brown, 8009 Peter But-ler, 8760 John Butterworth, 5936 RogerCapper (From USA), 3948 Eric Collier, P/r4891 Sid Cooper, 5647 Jack Copley (N.Ireland), 6449 Ted Crawford, Assoc. RosCra»ford, 8318 Dave Cushworth (USA),4882 Peter Dancer, P/r 17409 TrevorDavis, 5947 Martin Edwards (Portugal),5/55 Stuart Edwards, 7125 Peter Ellis,5761 John Fairer-Smith, 4005 Stan Forrest,6050 Brian Gibbs, Assoc. Adrienne Gibbs,P/r 6935 Colin Gibson, 6629 George Glib-bery, 901553 Peter Godwin (Speaker), 8043John Goodchild, 9086 Tony Granger, 8962Bill Hand, 5681 Robin Harvey (Eire), 7544Dave Hawkes, 6630 Jim Hazlett, 8024 IanKirkman, 5479 Mike Leach, 4941 TerryLooker (Canada), 4938 Cliff Lovett, 3761Glen MacDonald (Canada), 4180 RickMay, 5615 Tom Meckin (N. Ireland), 4955Bob Morriston, 4708 Peter Munson, 4382Jim Paine, 6632 Gerry Paxton, 4709 Ron
Peters, 7327 Mike Plant, 6348 DennisPoole, 4853 Fred Punter, 5098 Dave Riley,W/p 303 Jackie Short. P/r 18998 AlanSmith, Associate Heather Smith, 6130Randy Syinmons„4129 Bill Syratt, 2873Tommy Thompson, 7391 Alan Toms, 4944Dennis Tullett, 4171 Reg Vincent, 4200John Ware, 4158 Tim Weimer, 4090 FredWhite (Canada), 7242 Fred Williamson,5907 Peter Wilson, 4933 Rod Wilson, 5334John Worden, 5358 Mick York. 6769 DickGlanville represented the Transvaal and5349 Peter Lane represented Cape Town.Other visitors present were 7288 lan Hol-mes and his wife Allison from Australiaand 900460 Nevin Weaklcy. As guests ofthe Branch, Paul Wheeler and his wife Jillrepresented the Northern Rhodesian PoliceAssociation whilst thc RAA»cre repre-sented by Mike Borlace and his»ifc An-gela.
The 1996 RMc»as won by AmandaEVANS, who was present at thc dinner as aguest of 4933 Rod WILSON. Amandamade a very generous donation back to ourTrust Fund in appreciation. The 2nd prizewent to 3543 Trevor WADE in Guildford,Surrey whilst the 3rd prize was won by M.A. Ahny (wife of Doug) in Brackley,Northants. The mini raftlc for those attend-ing the dinner was»on amid clamour of"'fix" by Jan, »ifc of 5479 Mike LEACH,with a second prize going to 5098 DaveRILEY and thc third to Pauline, »ifc of P/r18998 Alan SMITH. A special vote ofthanks was given to 7125 Peter ELLIS»hoarranged the»hole event which raised amagnificent total of f3065.00 (which in-cluded a substantial donation from a mem-ber for which we are very grateful. )
/IIUKIIPA: A O'H11'E BOY IN AFRlCA
Following the dinner, Peter GODWINwas asked where one might obtain copies ofhis book, "Mukiwa: A White Boy In Af-rica". It is published in the UK by Picador(Macmillan General Books) ISBN 0-330-33983-4 and available from all leading HighStreet Book Stores but not usually W.H.
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Smiths. Mail order is through eitherBVCD, 250 Western Avenue, London, %36XZ (Fax 0181-324-5678) OR MacmillanGeneral Books CS, Book Service By Post,P.O. Box 29, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM99IBQ. (Fax 01625-670923) In Southern Af-rica zoic Australia/New Zealand it is pub-lished by Macmillan ISBN 0-333-67150-3.Tlze price is X16 plus pkp.
Peter's earlier book "Rhodesians NeverDic" is by Peter Godwin k Ian Hancock. Itis published in the UK, USA, Australia andNew Zealand by the Oxford UniversityPress ISBN 0-19420365-9. In SouthernAfrica this is also published as a paperbackby Baobab Books, Harare, ISBN 0-908311-82-6 and is widely available in Kingston's,CNA, Exclusive Books and Fact and Fic-tion.
Our Hon Sec found this poem a whileago but can't remember who vvrote it.However, he thought it appropriate for thetime of year.
Christmas
fri endlv face..'s'o I never think my C/iristmas cnrds '
just a mere routineof names upon a Christmas list, forgot-
ten in between,I or when I send a Christmas cnrd t/zat
is addressed to vou,lt 's becau.se you 're on that list offotks
thai I 'm indebted to.I'or we are but a total of the mnny fo/k-s
we 've inel,.rind you happen to be one of those I
prefer not to forget..Irzd whether I hnve known you for many
years or few,In sonic way you have had a part in
shaping things I do.;Ind every year w'hen Christmas comes I
realise anew,One of the biggest gifts thai life caiz
give is meeling people lite you.:Ind may the re ri t of Christmas that for
ever and ever endures,Leave it's richest blessings in the heart
of You and Yours.
I have a /isl offolks I know, all writtenin a book
and every year at Christmas lime, I gonniI take a look
.-2nd that is iihen I realise that thesenanies are a pnrt,
not of the book they' re wrilten in, but ofmy very henrt.
For each name stnnds for someone whohns crossed my path sometime,
.-Ind in thnt meeting thev've become the
'Rhythm of the Rhyinc''
.-'Ind whi /st it sounds fantastic for me tomale this claim,
I really feel I am composed of enchreirienzbered nnme.
I nil whi Ie you rrzny not be aware of anyspecial /in/,
,Just rnceting you shaped my life morethan you can think.
I'"or oizce you 've nzet somebody the
years can nol erasethe meinorv of a pleasant word or of a
OLD OUTPOSTS
The Branch has obtained a set ofOutposts from Issue No7 of Uol. 4 datedJanuary 1927 through to December 1976all bound in yearly volumes, We areindebted to 6060 Chris POLLARD,former member of our Branch but nowpertnanently residing in Zimbabwe, forthis magnificent gift.
The Outposts are now being perusedto extract hatches, matches and dis-patches for our main nominal roll. Oncethis has been completed, the books will besent to the National Army Museum inLondon, where all our memorabilia isbeing held. They have undertaken topreserve all items. With regard to books/documents, they can be viewed at anytime, by anyone, subject to prior appoint-ment.
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Tony ANDREW 3799 has kept contactlocally with 3661 Mike KEMP, 3663 PatPATERSON, 3815 John PESTELL andmade contact with 4321 Jack BERRY inRuwa.
Robin BULL is Branch Manager ofSafeguard Security in Masvingo and ad-vises that Kyle, now known as MutirikivcLake, rose from 4% to 40% during the lastrains. Our Outpost is circulated inMasvingo vvherc even some forrncr Africanpersonnel are keen to read and learn avhat1»s happened to our members. Robin hascome across the following foriner membersin his area:- Masvingo: 5635 Dave RILEY,10203 Nigel STANYON, 5778 GerryPURKIS, 9709 Norman WELENSKY,5923 Tony SEWARD, 3751 NormanGLOVER, 3835 John STANYON, 3522Bob GILFILLAN, Chipinge: 6896 BcnVILJOEN, 6184 Red OLDKNOW, 8294(?)John HOUSE, 7638 Gordon HODNETT,Tim PAYNE, Jim ATKIN (PRAW) and8562 Brian FLORENS who has recentlynioved to Harare. Chiredzi: 7760 Rod BO-WEN, 7659 Peter GILL, Martin GROB-BLER. Robin also advises that P/r 5911 Dr.Basil SHAY, former P/r Radio Section isworking with him at Safeguard at the age of82,
One of our members north of the borderthought the following might amuse.
A woman bought her husband a pair oftrousers but when he tried them on theywere too tight. Taking them back to theshop he asked the assistant, "Are you goodat spelling?" When he received a reply inthe affirmative, the husband asked "Hovvmany F's are there in ballroom? ""fhere isno F in ballroom, " replied the assistant andthe husband, placing his trousers on thecounter said "That's exactly what*s wrongwith these. "
G, S. "Bert" SELLEY 4586 who waslater in Kenya is an Associate Member ofthe Palestine Police Old Comrade's Asso-ciation (The PPOCA}. The Associationholds a Sunday lunch in Perth once aquarter. Due to dwindling numbers thecommittee have decided to extend invita-tions to former BSAP members as theyhave a close affinity with the ex-KenyaPolice, to become Associate Members. Atthe June gathering only 50 attended, twentyof whom were ex Kenya. Norinally between80 and 100 sit down to lunch. Any formermember of the BSAP living in Scotlandmay receive an invitation from JimmyLindsay, of 2 Lomond Bank, Glenfarg,PH12 9PF (01577 83082) who is the HonSec of the PPOCA inviting him or her tojoin their Association. Onc or two memberstravel from as far afield as Cumbria andmake a week-end of it. It goes withoutsaying that ladies make an inherent contri-bution to events by their presence! So if youfancy the camaraderie and ivould like aweek-cnd away, why not contact Jimmydirect.
Speaking of Kenya, Bert has heard fromJohn SAVAGE in Australia, that HenryWRIGHT vvith whom Bert served in Re-mounts in 1951 and who later became aDistrict OAicer in Kenya, spent the earlypart of the year re-exploring his old stamp-ing grounds in Kenya, hiring a Dhow atLamu and travelling along the Tana Riverto Garissa. John, Henry and John SE-WARD all attended an IPA luncheon"down under" at which Palestine, Kenya,Malaya and Hong Kong Police Associationswere all represented along with the BSAP,
At the end of June, 5075 Dick RAYcntertaincd 4483/5387 Taffy PHILLIPS andJane who were visiting from Harare. Dickwas also pleased to meet another formermember was also on a course at Broadway,6906 Michael SERGEANT who now livesin Huntingdon and has been given member-ship forms.
John BRETT 4243 wrote from Natalseeking contact with his squad mate 4252Larry NEWMAN. John is a member of the
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Professional Security Council in K»azuluNatal »here hc maintains contact »ith4231 Don WILSON, 8303 Rob BRISTOW,61011 Pctcr WATERMEYER, P/r I 11814Dave CORTON, 4603 Don DARKES, 7639John KNOETZE, 7612 Jerry RICKSON,Jock MacPHERSON (69211?) and PctcrMARSHALL (4223 or 71192?). John's»orkhas also brought him into contact » ith 7636Russell McDIARMID (?), Alistair MACIN-TOSH, 5695 Dave SLOMAN, 5666 DaveWRIGHT, 5727 Peter COOLBEAR, 7461Peter GRANT and 4774 ButchFLETCHER.
Dave CUSHWORTkI 11318»as in thcUK at the end of July»hen his mother hadan operation. He took time off for a fe»lunch-time chibulies vvith yours truly dur-ing his visit to Yorkshire»hcn thc»orid»as put to right!
The»hole editorial team of Outpost»ould like to thank 3663 Pat PATERSONfor taking the trouble to»rite and say thankyou for thc last edition. Many others alsoniade favourable comments including 3004Ncal ARDEN»hose complimentary re-marks are most appreciated. as he has beenin thc»riting and publishing game formany years. Even 3972 Harry MASON sentcompliments from Cape To»n. (And hissubs - thanks Harry - Ml L)
Percy FRASER-MILNER 4584»ent ona climbing holiday in the Pyrenees, based atNoja, Spain, Whilst there he met anotherformer member John KILROE (number nottraced)»ho is apparently living in Stokc-on-Trent in the UK. Sadly hc»anted nocontact »ith the Association.
Harry MASON 3972 has passed ondetails of 4092 Richard "Ricky" ALDRED»ho is living in Cormvall and membershipforms have been sent. Harry often drops in
on Ricky»hen hc is visiting his Aunt,»hcn they have plenty to talk about long
ago days in Umtali, not to mention theconsumption of various liquidsto aid the memory, Harry recallsRicky's exploits round the motor
~, racing circuit (dirt track) in hisMG and his cnthusiastn for mo-
tor cycles, »hich»as shared by Harry and
4019 Phil OWEN and 4439 Bob PARR+to name but a fc». Riclv, also starred on 1~«
football pitch for the Umtali Police Tcatn.One had to remember the golden rule-keep»ell out of Ricky's vvay»hcn he»'asthundering do»n the pitcli for the ball.
Ginger KIRKWOOD 3623»as one vvlto
tetnporarily forgot this rule!Ken MITCHELL 55111»as unablc to
attend this year's dinner as hc»:as return-
ing from a holiday in RSA, Kcn and
Anthca no» operate their o»n small travel
business from home, folio» ing several
years»ith SAR travel.Some apologies for our functions talc
the biscuit. Mike Wills 5920»rote from
Abu Dhabi »ith his apologiessaying "I cannot be there as I
am sitting under a palm tree inthe s»eltering sun vvith mycamel tethered nearby, eatingfresh dates and»atching belly
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'»cing. "I have no doubt that several
sons at the dinner werc also ivatchingtne bellies dancing!
Joe SAYER 39113 sent glowing Praisesfollowing the Summer edition of Outpostbut could not let the passing of Jei»SPURLING go by without recalling what akind-hearted lady she was. Jean and BasilSpurling used to visit Joe and Mary when-ever they vverc in the area, and Jean keptwriting as long as she could with long andinteresting letters. By the way, Joe's Neu-rologist says that he has to drain off some ofJoe's brain to treat his blackouts. Well, wcalways knevv you were too brainy Joc. Goodluck with the treatment.
Tom 4493 k Isabel MERCER have noxvreturned to Zimbabwe, after a thoroughlyenjoyable holiday in the UK vvherc thev met»any former associates. He recounted histales at the Mutare gathering held at theGreek Club in Mutarc where amongst thosepresent werc 4561 Tony GALE, 4784George DANIELS, 3723 George SMITH,3747 John COOK and 3295 Harn WENTwho was most intcrcsted to hear first handnews of our ovvn 2873 Tonimy THOMP-SON MBE.
Alastair BULMAN 4614 recently eventa David Livingstone exhibition in Edin-
burgh which included a display of ThomasBaines paintings. Well worth a visit, saidAlastair. He recommends two books which
he has read recently. The first,"The Toe Rags" by DaphneAnderson, narrates the story ofher life from her birth in Ru-sape and subsequent travels toSalisbury vvith descriptions oflife in the brickfields there.
The second is "Bye Bve Shangri-La" byRobin BROWN who emigrated from Brit-ain with his family in 1948 and wasaccommodated in Cranbornc Barracks. Hcwent to Churchill School under the im-pressing Mr Houggard, became a newspa-per reporter and is novv Senior Wild LifeProducer for the BBC. Two pleasant readswhich bring back lots of fine memories forthose stationed at Hatfield or Cranborne.
Percy 2906 and Dorothy BARNES haverelocated to London (sec changes of ad-dress) to be nearer their children andgrandchildren, Percy, who is now 92 yearsyoung advises "This sort of activity is notrecommended as a keep fit exercise forpensioners.
"Another of our seniors, though 20 years
younger at 72, has also cinbarked on asimilar exercise. P/r 25481 Vic and EileenLAWRY are now in Pietermaritzburg, thishopefully to be their last of several movesin fairly quick succession following theirretirement.
Alfred JONES 5373 has dropped a lincfroin Canada to say that in December 1995he traded in his left foot for a brand net
model ivhich, at thc momentdoes not allow him to travelthc same MPH as the previousone, nor does it have the saincrange, but thescminor prob-lems are being worked uponas he ~vritcs! He has put us in
touch ivith 5678 Ginger HALL, in thc UKand membership forins !tave been sent.
Brian TAYLOR 5507 responded to ourOutpost queries from the last edition Firstlythe mention in Central Newsletter that5774 Dave OWEN vvas one of the first"Cadets" which he thought came into beingin 1956 is detinitcly vvrong. The Cadetsstarted in January 1934 and this divas widelycovered in the Outpost of that year! Brianalso commented on the article "NASH" onpage 23 wherein 5819 Gwyn RICHARDSposed several questions. He rcsearched thepre BSAP rolls and found six, but nonewere known to be killed or wounded duringthe Boer War. Onc - 1393 A S Nash servedfrom 1899 to 1902 and he appears identicalto No. 133 Albert Sydney NASH whoattested 26/5/01 and divas medically dis-charged from service on 25/10/13. Perhapsthis is The NASH referred to!
Our correspondent in the Wirral (4933)advises that on 20th August 1996 the BBCNews contained a bulletin advising that theYorkshire Police had recovered a number oflarge statues believed to have been stolen
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tn stately homes in the North of Eng-d. The statues, which tnay have been
stolen over the previous 10 years, »erebeing displayed at the Harro-gatc Police Station for own-ers to identify. Can anyoneverify the story that twoshort-sighted old ladiesclimbed our Hon. Scc MikeLeach, »:ho happened to bepassing at the time?
Tony ANDREW 3799 made a trip toWisiey Gardens in Surrey to meet with4049 Ron and Esme JARVIS»ho»cre inthe UK this summer. Ted GALLOWAY4046 also met with Ron.
Wc are sorrv to lose 6338 Ed BOD-DINGTON from our island, but our loss isSouth Africa's gain. Four years of UK»'cather has taken its toll and Ed returns totlte sun»here he has been made an offer heJust could not refuse, Ed has been vvorkingfor a computer company here and has madehis own machine at cost! Ed recently sa»Chunky and Di WATSON who at time ofwriting werc in Wales. Have they left Spainfor good? I also note from his sold raNetickets that 6074/7251 Chimp WEBSTERand 6495 Tom WAGGOTT are living inSurrey. Sadly neither have joined us!
Paddy MORTON 5329 sent his apolo-gies for not attending the dinner togetherwith a donation to»ards the evening.(Many thanks for your generosity, Paddy-MLL) Paddy keeps in touch»ith 5537Bryan LITTON and Diana in North Wales,as well as 6008 Bryan THOMAS vvithwhotn he»as in Salisbury Traffic in the'60's under 4028 Terrv THORPE. Bryan isin South Wales and application forms havebeen sent. Paddy and Myrtle also spent anevening with 9226 Dave and Jean CARDYin Exeter reminiscing about CranborneDriving School in the late '70's.
For those of us who travelled by BritishAirways during September anitem in High Life, the airlinesin flight magazine leapt out
& from the article "High Life Peo-ple" on page six. Under the
heading "Men of Adventure" I quote,"Whitevvater rafting, bungee jumping, ca-noeing, footslogging and horseback ridingin Zimbab»e, Botswana and Mozambiquemight not sound like a relaxing holiday fora party of senior executives from around-theworld whose ages range from late 40's tocarly 50's, but it is a challenge. And that' sits attraction. Derek JEWSON (6680 andwhose picture appears in the article) who ishead of corporate travel buying for Unileverdecided that each year he and a group oflike-minded adventurers»ould take twoweeks out to do something challenging.mentally and physically demanding anddifferent. Derek has every hope that thisyears trip»ill be as exhilarating as theirlast expedition - they climbed Kilintan-jaro!" Derek lras joined our membershipand wc hope to meet again at some of ourI'unctions - provided hc is on thc groundthat is.
Tony GRANGER 9086 had a Iutrricdtrip to Zhnbabwc»hen his father under-went a hip rcplaccment operation. Despitethis, hc managed to mix business andpleasure and made contact »ith manyformer colleagues. In Zimbabwe hc con-tacted 9019 Alistair KENNEDY, 8224Alan LEDGER„8507 Mike CRABTREE,7670 John SUTTON, 8964 Mike "Jockey'JONES and W/p 284 Suc SUTTON. InJoburg hc made contact »ith 5934 FredMASON, and 7044 Graluun FREEMAN,Fred recruited Tony into the BSAP and hasa lot to answer for!! Becausehe was a recent graduate fromRhodes University, Fred usedthis in a recruiting campaignusing thc slogan "Here»assome onc who thought thatthree years in the BSAP wasbetter than lu&ving a Univer-sity dcgrce". Tony was presented bv thethen Commissioner, 3844 Syd BRISTOW»ith a book on the History of thc BSAP.Moving on to Cape Town, Tony met with6648 Chris SCULL. Chris (021 797 8613)is MD of Classic Cape Tours, and was ableto arrange a ltirc car at very reasonable
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rates! Contact was also made with 8299Mike REELER who is still in the construc-tion business in the Cape and 7883 GoughBOTHA in a micro irrigation business inHermanus. Quite by chance Tony met7751('?) Alan COOK at Kelvin Grove onhis last night in the Cape. Finally inDurban, he spent an evening with 7612Gerry and Bcv RICKSON and W/p 158 LcsMANNING amongst others. They send apunch and a hug to W/p 303 Jackie Short,who is earning a crust in London! Tony hascontact numbers or addresses if anyoneneeds them. (Thanks for the news - MLL)
Tony CHURCH 6351 is joining us fromNairobi avhcre following 3 years managinga tea estate, he incorporated "Safari's Un-limited" specialising in upmarket tentedsafaris and equestrian expeditions acrossMasailand. He made contact following askiing holiday in the Alps vvhcre he stayedwith 6753 Roger & Sue COOK at theAuberge Camellia near Annecy, in France.
Another "net" member to make contactis 5295 R. J. "Paddy" MOLLOY from Corkin Eire. Paddy says that he has not used hisregimental number since 1964 vvhen hcretired on Gratuity. He made contact when5242 Martin HOWELL sent him a copy ofOutpost.
Glyn MORGAN 901604 sent his sub-scriptions and raffle ticket money fromSingapore ivherc he and Sarah are stillbased. During the year theyavclcomcd a son Alasdair, abrother for Lara. As Glynsays he must be onc of thefevv members of the Asso- .
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ciation still producing off-spring! Glyn is no~v man-aging a competency groupin the South East Asian strategy practicefor Anderscn Consulting. At present he"commutes" bctvvccn Singapore and Sura-
baya in Indonesia! (And ivc think vvc havetroubles commuting to ~vork - MLL)
Colyn JAMES 7418 is noxv Chief Pilot,Lagos Fixed Wing, for Bristow Helicoptersand it appears that he will spend the nextcouple of years in Lagos. However like
General MacArthur. he states, "I will rQturn!"
Bob HARDY 5803 took hts wtfe to
Zimbabwe this year where he stayed with
3976 Taffy & Chris MORGAN.Edgar RICHARDS-EVERETT 2414
celebrated his 99th birthday on 9th Septem-ber. In sending apologies for this years
annual dinner he advises"Unfortunately Dagenhamhas run out of spare parts forthe model of myself so I
cannot get around as much asI ivould wish. " Edgar alsoregrets being unable to joinus all in Trenchard House tosharc in the comradeship of the evenings! (Iam sure you will be the toast of future
evenings, Edgar - MLL)Young Percy BARNES 2906 recently
applied for his security clearance and passfor Trenchard House. Attaching two photo-
graphs he recalled a comment made by an
unidentified policeman, many moons ago.When examimng a driver's licence, he
commented "ifyou look an+hing like your
photograph you certainlv should not bedriving!" Percy says he is starting to takesuch comments a little more to heart now
he is nearing that age bracket!Mike EDDEN 4727 sent apologies for
non-attendance at our dinner. Their dinneron 13th September vvas a great success. Heand Rosemary keep fairly flt, though AnnoDomini and senile decay creep ever nearer.Rosemary is investigating a hip replace-ment operation, but despite this theyproudly advise that they now have 12grandchildren! Mike has recently seen Den-nis ANDERSON who is hoping to return toZimbabwe, and also John CHRISTIE hasre-emerged into the Johannesburg scene.Through his business Crusader, he hasmanaged to place several former membersin reasonable employment both in RSA andNairobi!
Our ovvn historian 4735 Cliff ROGERS,has moved house - see Changes of Address.There is no truth in the rumour that he hasinsufficient space to reccivc memorabilia,
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please keep it rolling in direct to Cliff.Immediately following our annual din-
ner, your Hon Sec and Jan took a vveck'sleave which was spent on the sunny andbeautiful island of Ibiza. The accorninoda-tion was arranged through 4851 MurrayHARRISON and Mavis who gave mostfavourable rates for a 2-bedroom self-cater-ing apartment where the sun shone on thcbalcony for a minimum of 12 hours eachdav. Murray assures mc that any member ofthe association will be offered similar rates!The island is quite mountainous and re-minded me of the Eastern Highlands,whilst the wine grape growing area broughtback memories of the small villages seen enroute to Beira! The small covcs, withfantastic beaches, all seemed to have a'restaurant" on the sand and the food at
those vve sampled was excellent. The foodand liquor was reasonablypriced and the photos wetook will remind me of aholiday - with that littleextra to be recalled duringour long winter, and giveme thc incentive to goback in the not too distantfuture.
Experiencing problems with travelinsurance? As we all grow more elderly andperhaps suffer ill health, the followinginformation from 4046 Ted GALLOWAYmay be of interest. For no fee anyone canjoin the British Airways ExecutiveTraveller's Club. Forms are availablc directfrom British Airways Travel shops or bytelephone enquiry. It is stressed that there isno cost to you, and there is no need toactually travel by British Airways. As amember you can obtain travel insurancethrough them for just over X120 per yearw'hich will cover you vvorld-wide. This isless than the fee usually charged for a feww'eeks! Apparently this is a no questionsasked insurance, but you are advised in thesmall print to inform them of any long termmedical problem you may bc sufferingwhich may result in a review of theconditions.
GET WELL SOON
Shelly, wife of 6388 Will CORNELLwas sadly unable to travel to this yearsLadies Dinner, as she builds up herstrength for a organ transplant. Wc wishher vvcll and pray for a successful opera-tion and a complete recovery.
We arc pleased to rcport the steadyrecovery of 4229 Dick PERKINS who isnow yvalking a little, although he still hasno use of his right arm and hand.
Collector's CornerCollectors of Memorabilia nray bc inter-
ested in thc 2nd Edition issue of "ServiceBefore Self" by M. P. Radford. This con-tains a history, badges and insignia of thesecurity forces of the Rhodesia's andNyasaland from 1890 to 1980. Not cheap (czX30,00 (Plus PAP X2.50 in UK) it containsmany interesting photographs and re-pro-ductions of BSAP insignia, 240 in all, andthe section on the BSAP is the singlelargest section within the book. Ordersdirect to M.P. Radford at lll, RockwellGreen, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9BU,
WELCOME TO NEWMEMBERS
Rosantund Helen CRAWFORD Wfr1399: "Myrtle Tree Cottage", StourtonLane, Stourton, Warminster, Wilts BA126'. Tel: 01985 844557.
Ian Michael KIRKMAN 8024: 29Clevc Close, Stourport-on-Severn,Worcestershire DY13 0NY. Tel: 01299826431.
Terrence Michael O' HARA4563:"Rose Cottage", Main Road, East
Boldrc, Hampshire SO42 7WU. Tel:01590 626628.
Maurice James POWER 6507; 100Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, KentBR7 6BS. Tel: 0181 647 6134.
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WHICH IS BEST, HORSE OR BIKE?
by Ncal Arden 3004
Sometime during that difficult periodbetwceii 1940 and 1945, when workingwith the BBC's old African Service ofhappy memory, I taught some colleagues toride a motor bike.
The radio progranune "London Call-ing", came on short wave not actually fromLondon but from the place where we wereevacuated, an ancient pile called AbbeyManor near Evesham. We were billetedaround the countryside, there was nonpublic transport but although most of ushad pedal hikes, no onc in my section couldride a motor bike - except me.
Petrol vvas very nearly unobtainable somy lessons on hoiv to control the beast hadto be given using minimum consumption.Being young (ish1 and still able to proceedat a slow run for short distances, I ranalongside thc moving bikcs bellowing in-structions. Mostly, thc riders proceeded at adignified 6 to 8 mph. When I felt the nccdto rest, I asked one man to go "a littlefaster" and sat on the grassy bank to watch.With that, he opened tlie throttle andaccelerated up to some 50 mph. He didn' t
kill himself - but the L plates flew off.These simple exercises werc, unknown
to me, observed by a very superior andimportant person and, as a result of my"obvious leadership qualities", I was pro-moted to a responsible rank in The AfricanService.
So how, you ask, did I learn to drive amotor cycle myself? It was in Rhodesiawhen stationed at Umtali. The wet seasonhad been unusuallv wct that year and there
had been a landslide on the railway about
ten miles from HQ just before you gct to
Masceqase. I was dispatched in full
mounted equipntent - favell, it was HQ - to
control such sightsccrs as inight be around,
though thc crowds &vere not really dense,
just a few Mashoiui and thc odd farntcr who
wished to sce an engine lying on its side.Thcrc vvas time to admire thc view.
Soon I heard a train whistle coming/from the Umtali side so I walked back Wthe track to way lay the driver. There was
no radio in those glamorous days; commu-
nications were by word of mouth or native
runner with a letter in a forked stick. I
warned the driver what was around the next
corner and, very sensibly, hc reversed tlie
train and nipped smartly back to Umtali.All this took a bit of time and when I
got back to the horse, another member had
turned up on a motor bike with orders to
relieve me for a meal. I said this was a kind
thought but clearly I couldn't return to
camp, have a meal and gct back to the area
in less than three or four hours. Not on ahorse. "OK," said this helpful chap, "Just
take my bike. "At that time I'd never ridden a motor-
bike and knew not which knob did what,
how to make it go forward, or indeed, stop.I said as much. "Well, " he said, "can youride a pushbike?" Of course. "Then it' ll be
easy. You run alongside to start the engine,then you mount - just like a horse. Simple.
"I suppose, though at this distance of
time it*s hard to bc sure, the bike vvas one ofthose early Douglas models - the samename as our RSM at Depot the well-lovedJock Douglas. Anyway, it had none of yourmodern controls, just a lever on thc handle-bar to work the throttle and another forignition. I don't remember if it had anygears or was belt-driven, probably the lat-ter. Anyway, having got the general idea, Idid a short circuit round the veldt, passedhis examination and roared off.
Well, when I say "roared*', I really wentat quite a gentle pace.
At that time there were fcw roads,mainly cart tracks made permanent by useand you simply rode along one. Muchnearer thc ground than I was accustomedto, my bump ol direction fell apart. The sunvvas behind the clouds so I couldn't tellwhich was north but rode direct. Anyway, Ididn't know if this "'road" would go toUmtali or skirt around it and go viaChristmas Pass which was on the wrongside of thc tovvn.
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the impossible might take a little longer.This trip came into the latter category.F'ortunately, I didn't get a puncture as I didon another occasion when, considering my-«If an experienced biker, I had bought abike to take me on leave to see a charminglady in Melsetter. Then, I had simplystuffed the outer cover with grass andcarried on. That is the old pioneering spiritof course, even thought the dry grass turnedinto chaff within a mile.
But back to our story. In the fullness oftime I arrived at Umtali, ltad a meal and bynow full of confidence, set off on the returnJourney. Bikes were not on issue but pri-vately owned. By this time it was pretty lateand my friend yvas marching up and downcursing his folly in letting me have thething so as to make my journey quicker.Quicker'? Heavens, I could have covered thesame distance by horse, at a walk, and stillhave been back at the landslide sooner.
When I did get there, it was dark. Andthe horse was hungry too.
So that's how, several lyears later, Icame to be running around in Englandshouting instructions to people xvho hopedto learn how to ride a motor bike. Oddlyenough the exercise vvas successful andlater, they all bought motor bikes of theirown. Which proves the old proverb, "Noth-ing succeeds like success. "
BUY dk SELLTrevor DUTTON at P 0 Box 76087,
Wendywood 2144, South Africa, is offerinfor sale E40 each, a BSAP Flag, a Greenk White flag and the old Southern Rhode-sian Blue flag. He also has a SwazilandPolice Flag, a New York Police Academyflag and the old South African Flag whichhe will part with for X30 each. Any ofTers,direct to Trevor please.
Peter SHORT 4224 wishes to purchase acopy of Volume One of "Thc History of theBSAP' by Peter GIBBS, to replace his oldcopy which had legs and walked ayvay! Ifyou can help please contact Peter direct on01245 261291.
Dave RILEY 5098 would dearly love topurchase a copy of "Blue and Old Gold" soif you are in i~ccd of some cash and youhave a copy you are prepared to part withwhy not contact Dave on 01635 297031.
APOLOGIESSincere apologies to Bryan Marriot
for confusing everyone with his incor-rect Force Number. It is, of course,5959 and not 145959!
And to Jack Coplcy 5647 where wegot the Force number right but fouledup thc telephone number. For those ofyou who have been trying to reach Jackin Co.Tyrone, his correct telephonenumber is 01662 662021,
PENSION NEWS
Wc reported previously that theOverseas Pensions Association Council hadbelieved that there was nothing further thatcould bc gained by proceeding with ourclaims yvith the British Government. At therecent AGM sve were thc subject of some"warm" debate. This rcsultcd in thc OSPAindicating that they ivill keep us in mind,and w ill persist, particularly if a ncwgovernment comes to poyvcr. Hoyvcvcrplease do not hold your breath!
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"This fashion and portrait photographerof conspicuous style vvas born in Highbury,London in 1897, the year of Queen Victo-ria's Jubilee. His professional career beganin 1933. During the next four decades, hephotographed Hollywood stars, Royals,politicians and ambassadors. Heworked inLondon, Paris and Net York exhibiting inEurope, South Africa and thc USA. Apioneer in colour photography, mainly in"h;iute couture", he won the 1951 BritishPress Picture of the Year aivard in theColour category.
After the war he started a "studio forstarlets" in London for J Arthur Rank on atemporary basis. In 1946, Edgar was ap-pointed studio manager at Oldhams' Studioin London which was advertised as being"The Top Studio in Town". In 1951 thiswas the first studio to be equipped withelectronic flash lighting. Oldhams wasgranted sole coverage of the wedding andlater the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
As a restless 14 year-old„son of a senioroflicial in ihe Royal Mail, Edgar travelledalone bv steamship i.o Holland and Ger-many. Subsequently he travelled exten-sively and tried his hand at many occupa-tions; insurance, banking, mounted police,army, cattle ranching, cotton and tobaccogrowing, goldmining and railway construc-tion.
In the 1950s Edgar served on the Ap-plied Associateship and Fellowship Paneland exhibited in the 1957 RPS SpringExhibition of Applied Photography atPrinces Gate, London.
Trooper Edgar Stephen "Dick" Richards-Everett 24', served from 20th September, .1922 to 2(ith april 1924 and celebrates his 100th birthday nevt year»t r«ny' of u~
know that after serving in the RSVP, Dick became a very successful photograplier. Inthe May issue of the Photographic Journal, tribute was paid to Dick on celebrating the
jubilee anniversary of his Fellowship of the Roy&al Photographic Soci«y IIe'veshort'enerl their article to cover the more interesting aspects of his «fe
EDGAR RICIIARDS-EVERETT FRPS Europe once again and for a second tiineSIXTY YEARS A FELLOW Edgar found himself in uniform seeing
active service as a Captain in the Anny. He
moved with the Canadians, then with theAmerican Armed Forces through France,Belgium, Holland to Germany taking manyphotographs and later compiling an inter-esting war album.
He enrolled at Regent Street Polytechnicfor one vear„studying there throughout theday and attending lectures every evening atthc Bolt Court of Photo-Engraving in FleetStrcct. After successfully completing hiscxamin;itions Edgar opened a small atticstudio in Queens Street, Covent Gardenvvhcre hc vvorked in thc evenings and carlymorning. By day he worked and learned atKodak, Wealdstone.
Edgar gained his ARPS in 1934 and hisFRPS in 1936. During the 1930s he wasemployed by a number of studios and spentmuch tinic at the leading fashion houses.
ln 1939& ihe storni clouds gathered over
During those years, Edgar and his wifeMimi took many holidays in Europe takingphotographs but in 1959 Mimi died after ashort illness. Edgar was granted life mem-bership of the RPS in 1972.
Edgar now lives in the West Countrywith his second wife Barbara, a keenphotographer. He is still very active andremains a perfectionist, totally alert, ener-getic and possessing broad interests. He isprobably the Society's longest-standing Fel-low and will be regarded by future genera-tions as a truly outstanding practitioner inhis field. "
Dick, may we add the congratulations ofall our Members. ED.
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hews FROM ox~sea,s+ash 's Ãeivs from Central - the movie!
The Mountain Club of Zimbabwe heldtheir annual dinner in the clubhouse of theEastern Highlands Tea Estates, below In-yanga, in the Honde Valley. There is now afine tarmac road winding down from theescarpment, past thc police station at Ruda(now commanded by a man who saw his~arly days as a member of the BSAP,Inspector Chigwedere) and on to Aberfoyleat the far end of that remote valley. Nearlyfifty members of the mountain club madethe journey for the dinner and great was mysurprise to find that the oldest present,'Bill" Armstrong, was in fact 3468,
Trooper William Leslic Armstrong, attested20th June 1935, discharged "By Purchase"17th March 1937. That put Bill in the sameera" as the late Laurie Davenport, Sam
Weller, Guy Hetherington, Ted Oppcn-heim, and Basil Wheal, Oliver Kesby,Jackie Wordsworth, Ralph Bellamy andHank Blowers. The other ex-member,ivhose memory of the dinner may be a littleblurred, was 5409 Brian Tough, who de-spite falling over a tyre and grazing his facesometime on Sunday morning, was "puttingt»e demons to sleep" with a beer in hishand at midday of that Sabbath! Brian is ofthe James Kerrigan, Pat Jeffcries, RustyBye and Ian Hogg era - late '55 early '56.
I have been involved in a couple oftracing exercises - one successful, the othernot,
A visitor to this country was trying tomake contact with a cousin she hadn' theard from for nearly thirty years, oneRoger Patching (5240 Chief Inspector).Initial indications were that he had gone toAustralia then that he was in West Nichol-son. Eventually he was located at Shangiiniand is contactable there at Box 35.
The second "Missing Person'" has van-ished completely. The enquiry originated
through Mike Leach from thc family ofGordon "Duffy" Gosden 4176, who joinedin 1947 and left about 14 months later.Several members remember him, but nonecan say what happened to him, though hemay have been a Township Superintendentin Mabvuku at onc time. The family Savebeen actively trying to trace Dufly for over6 years, so if anyone can make a positive IDit will bc one up on the Immigration, Taxauthorities and an un-named private inves-tigator!
The July Sundowner was held in themain lounge of the Police Club. Widowswere admitted without charge, partnerswere welcomed and a wonderful spirit ofcamaraderie was present right through the
.evening. Those present included RonBlackmore and Aileen Coetzer, Ken Stan-ford-Smith, Brian Taylor, Frank Stober,Basil Kelly 3413, Shiner Wright, DennisThomson 20993, Peter Robinson, HughGibson, Guy Houghton, Dennis Anderson5568, Mike Robinson, Chris Johnson, RonWarren, Dave Pratt, Jack Bale, MauriceCooper-Jones, Benny Steyn, Geoff Robert-son 3625, Alcc Blair, John March 4371,Peter Tomlinson, Bill El!way, Norman Hilland Hilda Olivier, Bill Buchanan, MikeRowley, Dave Martin, Sheila Weaver WFR2453@, Spike Hughes, Dudley Naude, Nel-son Graham, Alan Best, Roy Townsend,Bill Ogilvie, Dixie Bruce, Brian Nightin-gale, Tackie M;iclntosh, Hugh Phillips,Philip Carter, Mamie Tennant, Jack Bacon,Sean Griffin, Brian Pym, Gerry Gibson, IanHemmings, Ben Ridge, Bill May, TaffMorgan, Ralph Thompson, Digby Allen,Jerry Hickman, Dave Milne 6792, BrianCoveley 6575, David Mitchell 6545.
It was sad that many of us met again onthe day following the Sundowner to bid ourlast farewells to Ron Eames 4221 at StPauls Church in Marlbolrough. Ron hadbeen in poor health for several years butretained the sense of humour, compassionand dedication to his fellow men that hadcharacterised his 33 years' service in thePolice during which, he rose to SeniorAssistant Commissioner and Officer Com-
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manding CID. The church was packed. Ronwas an outstanding gentletuan and vve arethc poorer for his passing,
Some vvceks prior to thc July Sun-downer, we had enjoyed a well-attendedAGM at Alex Club. After 14 devoted yearsas a committee member, secretary andlatterly chairman, Taff Morgan, decided toItang up his pcn, megaphone, gavel - orivhatever branch chairmen carry, to becomean ordinary "erk" once morc. Central Com-mittee welcome Mike Rovvley and KeithHolshausen to its ranks and Bill Linfield isnoiv on the Branch Committee. We thankMike Leach and the UK Committee fortheir telegram of good lavishes. As ahvays, itshovvs that ve're not so far apart and thatthe ties remain strong between us.
Norman Hill divas among those at theAGM and having recently returned fromNatal brought nexvs and kind regards fromMac Wiltshire (whose son is noxv sivim-ming for SA), Rob Bristow and HazelLeivins.
Yct another Hararc function was the"Old Timers" Golf Competition. The svritcrmanaged to disgrace himself by appcaring-on a nice ivarm Sunday morning - in openneck shirt, shorts and conservative stock-ings. I svondered xvhy, when I cntcred theupstairs lounge, several faces became thesame colour as their osvners' hair, and onlyon going downstairs did I scc the sign thatsaid "Shorts are not permitted".
The trousered brigade included PeterTomlinson, Dave Pratt, Alan Rich, AleeBlair, Jack Hammond, Gcrry Gibson, MikeRobinson 5162, Buck Buchanan, JamieTennant, Alistair Black, Tackie and DonMacintosh 4777 and 9889, Mike Jollivet9344, Peter Emvright, George Gibbons4357, John McCallum 6455, Clive Arnoldand Peter Logue 8737.
Prizes &vere presented by Deputy Com-missioner (Ops) Enoch Ngxvenya, ivho, inan amusing speech paid tribute to thc grey-haired (and trousered) recipients and com-mented that "ive need to knoxv the old tricksfrom such as yourselves". He was notreferring to golf when he said that!
From the Kiwi Outpost No 11, we lcagr
that the AGM was held in May and gtended by Bill Scholium, John Crisp, RonPilborough„Greg McManus, Dick Hopper,Ian and Shirley Winters, Peter Burridge,Arthur Moulds, Terry Cottham, togetherwith a couple of cx NRP members. Apolo-gies came from Nick Harrison, GordonJohnston, Mike Lendrcm, Adrian HillaryFR 31839, John Erasmus FR 16494, BillMoney, Gordon Batt, Bill Jones, Dave leSucur and Phil Hosford.
After many successful years as Editor,Dave has had to hand over to Dick Hopper.We congratulate Dave on his six years inthe editorial chair and for the high standardtlutt thc Kiwi Outpost has maintained.
There is an interesting potted version ofwhat the Net Zealand members are doing."Peter Burridge is still with the NZ Police-Terv, Cottham has married of a daughter-Dave Turner is an industrial conciliator-Bill fires off his .762 anuno with theAkarana City Rifle Clkub - John Crisp isbusy repairing industrial machinery - RonPilbrough continues as South Island CivilDefence Cormnissioner - John Erasmus hasretired after working as accountant at theTokoroa paper mills - Guy Percival runs adeer farm and transport business - GordonJohnson lives in the charmingly titled vil-lage Brightwater - Dave le Sueur continuesto sell insurance - Greg McManus is to beseen on TV - Mike Lendrurn has not beentoo &veil - Bill Jones' ~vife, Gwcn, passedavvay quite recently after 49 years of mar-riage - Ian Winters continues as a meatinspector - Dick Hopper is involved in thecreation of a model train-boat complex aspart of a miniature model city, built arounda lake at Whenuapai. Finally thc Branchconferred Honorary status on the widows ofLofty Middleton-Stokes and Trevor Whyte,Kate and Sue.
Natal's 50th edition of June bringsup-dates on Rob Bottriell 3996 who is novv
back in the province from the Cape and~vho sends his good wishes to all 46crs inZimbabwe, especially old friends Taff Mor-gan, Spike Hughes and Bill Ma;. Dave
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wson 8090 has been in hospital in Pieter-ritzburg for a back operation, Jack Cop-
ley has departed (temporarily) for Co Ty-rone, Tim paxton 8667 remains at phal-aborwa but Russell McDiarmid has movedto thc Reef. Dicky Dyer 4726 is now basedin Durban and Roy Hendry 5876 is justoutside the city in Westville. Oliver Kesby,after a fall earlier in the year, had a legamputation and has now been fitted with anartificial limb, (Nice to have somethingdependable and durable below the waist!HCP. ) Roy and Moira Lucke have settled inas "beach burns" at Ifafa Beach (somethingI feel I should become - both by inclinationand training - HCP) Natal also rcport thedeath of George "Jeff' Jefferson 7032 vvho»as for several years, our Assistant Band-iiiastcr and, as I recall a fine soldierlyfigure, possessed of a profound knowledgeof military band music.
Iii the Cape Outpost of May, PaddyWhite has written to the Branch from hishome in Dublin and sends best lavishes toBob Bedingham, Eric Birrell, Dereck Ed-wards, Stan McMillan, Brian Oberholster,Don Peters and Ernie Kirkham. Paddy hasJust published a book on golf and hopes tovisit the Cape at the year end. There is alsonevvs of Malcolm Brovvn 5257 and 5852,who has itchy feet and is consideringinoving back to Zimbabwe or the Cape.Mike Loftus is a new arrival in the Cape asare Des 6472 and pru Fcrreira. Pat McCul-lough 4380 visited the Cape. He has nowretired from the Natal Parks Board and asDave Blacker puts it "lives a life of leasure;nothing new in that, he did the same wheni~c Enkeldoorn, the CID doing all his workfor him",
The Transvaal Bullsheet of May men-tions that Mike Abbotts 5975 has steppedinto the chairman's shoes with John Sutton7670 as his Vice! Hank remains on thecommittee with Dick Glanville as secretary,Alex Fraser as Treasurer, Steve Mcintosh-Dona as Publications. The remainder of theteam comprises Peter Coolbear and IanCuthbertson. The Curry and Rice Eveningwas attended by John and Verona Sutton,
Dick Glanville, Hank Hankinson, Biff Way.Steve Barry, Giff Rcade, Roger Mumford,R. Maurel 6537„PatDeasey, Neville Cook,Norma Rundgren, Colin and VandaWalker, Ian Lawrence, Roy and ShelaghAnderson, Anne Jonker, John Gray, DavidMarks, Tarn Thomas 8359, Bob Wishart,Pete Stanton, Stan Sherratt 3061, G. Drum-mond WP 58, Alan Brcnt, John Thorne5577.
Now it's a dip into my own postbag andfirst off, courtesy of Peter and MargaretBosley, news of 4062 Kenneth SherrardSmith who joined in '45 and left "ByPurchase" in September two years later.Ken is novv participating in a clinicalresearch project into Altzheimcrs lives,~vith his wife Barbara at 6 St Mary's Close,Wellwyn, Herts AL6 9RL. A recent photoshoivs a veiy fit looking man and I hopethat my UK colleagues will bc able toestablish contact with the family. GeorgeStuart 4736 has just returned from anoverseas visit during ivhich he met andstayed with Mike Purslow 4840 in Guild-ford. George also visited Robin Harvey xvhowith his wife Carol, has developed a vvon-dcrful garden at their home in CountyCarlow and spends some time managing astretch of the Slaney River, renowned for itstrout and salmon fishing.
Frank Bales Smith 3137, writes fromKariba to say that hc sailed out here on theUnion Castle ship Saxon" in 1929 and likeEric Thompson, witnessed the Zeppelinincident - indeed he went out looking forparts of the wreck!
Raymond Waghorn 2938 writes to tellof a special escort undertaken betweenChristmas and New Year in 1930 with SgtE "Jimmy" Cordcll. They travelled by trainin uniform and armed (much to the conster-nation of the Portuguese authorities) tobring back the first consignment of Rhode-sian silver coins. Raymond remarks they"they hardly needed an escort as the boxesiverc very, very heal. "Wherever you are, keep well and
offer a prayer for Pensioners-everywhere!
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THAT WAS THE NIGHT
by No 3385
Thc recent press report about thc ladytraffic offender who entertained the twopolice officers with tea and biscuits vvhenbeing arrested, reminds mc of this truestory which took place at a Rhodesianoutpost in the mid 1930s.
Belingwe, on the edge of beyond, isabout 120 miles equidistant from bothBulawayo and Gwelo. Rhodesia's largestAfrican Reserve with its 18 Chiefs, reachedendlessly southwards towards the LimpopoRiver on the one side. On the other, therewere dozens of active goldmining small-workers in the bushland towards the North.
The settlement, named after Mt Ber-engive nearby, comprised a very basic Po-lice Camp, unchanged since it divas builtround the turn of the century. There vvas anhotel, a general dealer's store run by oneMr Clem Paley, the African Affairs (NativeDepartment) and Magistrate's Court com-plex and two other residential houses com-pleting the settlement including tenniscourts maintained by the usual "bandits".
The Police Camp's main building was asingle storey affair. A large barrackroomwas the troops' quarters adjoined to the tinycharge office plus a semi-detached bath-room and kitchen, European married quar-ters divas a stone's throw avvay and on theother side there were stables, the Policelock-up and African Police Lines under thecharge of the eminent A/Sgt Mgwena.
Sergeant Graham Sydney Ablitt Rolfe2934 vvas Member i/c vvith TroopersLummy Lumholtz 3385, who fortuitouslywas in Bulawayo at the time on GMCoverhaul, Jimmy Harrison Kirk 3410 andLeslie Christopher Lochee-Bayne 3556.Camp security was unbelievably non-exist-ent at that period. Nothing was locked upexcept the office safe and arinoury, holdingancient Lce Enfield Boer War rifles, whichdoubled as Camp Dispensary. The troopsquarters were open to all xvinds day andnight, for coolness.
However, onc night towards midnight,the two troopers' sleep was urgently dis-turbed by A/Sgt Mgwcna with a note fromthe hotel requesting immediate Police at-tention to remove a violent European whorefused to leave the bar. Swiftly donning afew articles of clothing and caps to giveelements of basic authority, the two troop-ers appeared at the hotel bar to confront awell-knovvn gold mining character namedJapie van Rendsburg busilv telling MrPaley what hc thought of him for wantingto chuck him out. Unperturbed by thearrival of authority hc eventually agrccd toaccompany them away but only after stand-ing them both to a pint each. Never a rulewithout an exception both felt this vvas justsuch an appropriate occasion. After this,thc alinost non compos mentis Van wasinore or less carried back and put to sleep ina locked Police cell on a bedboard with ablanket. Both troops then returned toresume sleep.
But not for long. At four in the morn-ing, the quietness ivas shattered by thenoise of thc cell door being smashed open.Van was using the bedboard as a batteringram, making his way to the single quartersshouting, "Who thc hell locked mc up!"Our two troops hurriedly decided that dis-cretion vvas the better part of valour andfeigned sleep. Van staggered into the roombut seeing a bcd invitingly made up,promptly fell on it and into a siioring sleep,
The cookbov's astonishment when teawas brought in that morning could ~veil beimagined, but at Belingwe in those days,one got used to most things. On thisoccasion, Van agreed to take himself off tothe Court after having a good breakfastwith the two troops. Amazement was regis-tered among officials in the Court vvhereVan pleaded guilty to a charge of causing adisturbance in terms of the Liquor Act onLicenced Premises and fined K5. On top ofthis, he was required to pay f.10 for damag-ing government property, details of whichwere not disclosed in the record of caselater submitted to the AG's department inSalisbury,
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VISITSLast July, Dick RAY 5075 managed to
combine a business trip with many pleasantreunions. "Arriving at Jan Smuts, one hourin the transit lounge soon passed phoning5217 Nigel HARRIS to arrange a later visitto the Cape, and to 5272 Pat DEASEY.Then on to Gaberones where, after a gap ofalmost 28 years, I met and had lunch with5342 Peter JACKSON and his wife Naomi.Driving North (the night mail stoppedrunning 10 years before!) to Francistown, Ibooked into the motel on the Tati river andnoted that 5780 Mark DOYLE had beenthere the previous night. I did catch up withMark later on. On to Plumtree where Irc-visited our first married quarters, stilloccupied, but to all appearances ignored byPWD since Jenny and I left there in 1963!In Bulawayo at UTC to change cars, I wasgreeted with "Hi Ginger" from 5206 PeteTUCKER with whom the mess at Filabusihad been shared in 1958/59. (Far morecredit to his memory than the colour of myhair these days} Visited, but missed 4459Pete SOUTH who vvas having a day off!Then on to 7591 Rob MacDONALD'sInduna Lodge ivhere I stayed 3 nights. Theaccommodation and hospitality are highlyrecommended. Rob's father, 5247 KenMacDONALD and Glynis returned from a2Y2 month trip to RSA that day. I had beenKen's best man and he is Godfather to myson. Ken had been hit by a car in CapeTown whilst crossing the street. Fortunatelyhc seemed to have come out of it better thanthe car by all accounts! There's quality foryou! Ken took me around and includeddinner at the Bulawayo Club with 5983John McMANMON. Whilst there I met2537 Aussie ROGERS who is remarkablyfit and well at 93 years young. The next dayin the course of vvork I popped into WestNicholson Police Station and could notresist a visit to my old office. Thc SectionOfficer was amazed to learn that he wasonly one year old when I was stationed.there in 1964. He showed me round thecamp, which had a few changes since my
days there. I was impressed with the stand-ard of maintenance and station turn+'Ken met me at Gwanda that afternoon ainudrove me in his 4-wheeled drive Toyota toTuli whcrc wc camped at the wild life campestablished by Paul Savage on the banks ofthe Shashi. The next day we crossed intothe Tuli Circle and visited the Pioneer andBoer War forts and thc Pioneer cemetery.All in very good shape! Next I flew toJohannesburg, but via Harare where 3976Taffy & Chris MORGAN popped out tohelp me pass the time. Taffy and Chris arequite unchanged since we last met some 7years earlier and since we were stationedtogether at Rusape in 1971 / 72. Taffy toldme of 4221 Ron EAMES death, but on abrighter side, they had just enjoyed a fewdays in the Valley with 3925 Bill and MaryMAY. On arrival at Joburg I was met by5695 Dave SLOMAN, and quite by chancesaw 5023 George O' NEIL who was meet-ing someone else. Dave seems untouchedby time and does not even wear glasses!Dave arranged for me to meet 5676 S T"Paddy" ANDERSON with whom I hadbeen stationed at Tuli in 1960 before hewas whisked away for cattle cordon duties!I also visited 6823 Les THORNBERRYwho was in hospital with some mysteriouslyunidentified illness. Les had been stationedwith me at Rusape and has recently joinedDave SLOMAN at IBM. Les' hospitalisa-tion might continue for some time and I amsure he would welcome mail from formercolleagues. Next to Cape Town where I wasmet by 5217 Nigel HARRIS who wined anddined me. At the airport I met 5780 MarkDOYLE who had twenty minutes overlapbefore his plane departed. Nigel showed meround the fair Cape which has breathtaking scenic views and drives, beforereturning me to the Airport for my flightback to the UK. What a nostalgic trip thatwas!
Frank 4468 and Phil MAGUIRE spenttwo months between April anJ June inAustralia. Initially based in Hervey Bay,some four hours North of Brisbane, Franksays it is so very similar to the Rhodesia we
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all kneyv. In Brisbane Phil met with Dawnd Ron KILPATRICK formerly of Se-rve and Gwclo, and discovcrcd that 7005
Tony LAWRENCE's yvife yvorked forDawn's brother-in-law, Both Tony and an-other former BSAP Printer, JOLLIFFE ap-pear to have settled ivcII into the Brisbanearea. Frank recommends the GreyhoundBuses as a cheaper means of travel whichallows one to sec a bit of thc countryside. InSydney they had a sight-seeing trip round amodern Russian submarine which was fas-cinating. They werc offered an AircraftCarrier with aeroplanes for f20 million.(Were they joking, asks Frank?) Their routeback took them via Singapore and Frankcommented, "What a beautifully designedairport terminal. It made Heathrow looklike Paddy's Market. " Thanks for the newsand travel information, Frank.
GATHERINGS
LONDON
Since the last Outpost the gatherings atTrenchard House have been a little thin onthe ground, hopefully more of you ivillattend in the future. Seen on the 6+ Augustwere: Tim Weimer, Cliff Rogers, DaveHalhvard, John Restorick, Nighean Darles-ton, Peter Dancer, Jim Payne, Brian Gibbs,Jack Brown, Mike O' Hara, and Peter Phil-lips. On thc 3'" September the followingmet: Peter Phillips, Ed Boddington, PeterDancer, Cliff Rogers, John Restorick, Jac-qui Short, Sue Robinson (guest), BrianGibbs, Jason Gibbs and Jack Brown. On thcI" October there were: Dick Glanville(Transvaal), Drummond Siddle (Guest),Dave Hallward, Richard Haliward (Guest),Peter Phillips, Les House (Guest), andBrian Gibbs. Hope to see lots of you at theXmas Gathering on 3'" December.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Sunday 25th August saw thc 2nd quar-terly gathering of the Northern Irelandcontingent in Lisburn at the home of 5615
Tom k Joan MEEKIN. The HESLIP Tribe,Tom 9426, Brendan 111087 and NormanP/r 26063 joined with Jack 5647 COPLEYfor copious chibulies. We arc not sure whogot the ivettcr„but thc braai was cookedunder a golfing umbrella. Apologies wercreceived from Eddie Matchett 4789 andtheir "Honorary Member"„Stanley MILLS,Eddie being in Zimbabwe and Stanley inPortugal. The next gathering will be onNovember 24th so if any other members arcover the water, just let Tom know. Theyyvould love to see us all!!
NORTHWEST
The 14th September saw the faithfulfew gather at The Net Inn, Galgatc, Lan-cashire for thc quarterly mccting in theNorthwest. It divas a sad occasion as withinthe previous tivo ivceks both 3890 ShortyREES and 7022 David WALKER hadpassed aivay. Despite this, those presentwhich included 4041 Allen Day, 4572 JoeMercer, 4843 Sid and Vera Strictland, 4933Rod Wilson, 7084 Frank Derden and Mar-garet, and P/r 28844 Mick and TerryColeman, recalled happier moments andtoasted thc memories of the departed. Foranyone ivho may be in the North&vest inDecember their Christmas gathering will beon 14th December at the same venue inGalgatc.
RHODESIAN WORLDWIDE
The Rhodesians World-Wide Assist-ance Fund is a registered charity whichdivas set up in 1988 to help all Rhode-sians, yvorld-wide, suffering hardship.Do you know of anyone who needsassistance? Why not contact PeterHaglethorn at PO Box 260, West Lav-ington, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4QZ.Their main sources of income are fromdonations by members, their "1000Club" monthly raffle, and now they areturning to Covenants. If you would liketo support them to help a Rhodesian inneed, please contact Peter.
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PHOTO HISTORYThe Annual Dinner was an opporunity
to "test the water" and gauge interest levelsof Members for the project. A short promo-tional video was assembled, showing thetype of content envisaged, with commentaryand suitable background music. It musthave rated to have been successful when itmanaged through the hubbub of merrimentto attract a good dozen or more enquiriesand offers of material from those present.The next stage is to circulate a question-naire to Members, a copy of which isenclosed, svhere a short-list will be com-piled and material gathered for inclusion in"the video".
It is anticipated that a video will beproduced which will bc available for pur-chase "sooner rather than later" showingpictorially svith commentary and music, asnapshot of our history. Contributors willbe acknosvledged and ave hope they willbenefit from a discount on the finishedproduct!
The list is steadily groyving and we arehopeful of including pictures of "faces,cases and places" from every decade in ourhistory. It's wonderful how many interest-ing stories and events have been recorded.but we feel you could be more interested inpersonal reminiscences of these events - solet's have your stories in the form ofarticles, letters or tape recordings, togetherwith photographs if possible.
We now request from you, detailedinformation about any material you haverelating to the Force which you feel wouldbe of interest to others.
But please do NOT send original mate-rial at this time. You will be contacted formore details in due course.
Please fill in your form and return itas soon as possil)le (free postage withinthe IJK) to James Hazlett, FREEPOST(CU1534), P.O. Box 33, Nuneaton, War-wickshire CU11 6BR (or telephone/faxon 01203 343176).
HISTORICAL QUERY100 Years Ago
In the Dailv Telegraph of 10thAugust 1996, Rick MAY 4180 noticedthe following item in the In Memoriamsection: HAYNES - Captain AlfredErnest RE. Killed in action on August3rd 1896 at Makoni's Kraal, nearUmtali, Rhodesia, aged 35 years. Re-membered by his surviving grandchil-dren, Pam Boxer, Michael Sword, Bar-bara Redman, Rachel Lloyd, AltheaColbourne, Jane Durham, Elizabethand Stephen Haynes, and succeedinggenerations of his dependants. Not aformer member of the BSAP Rickwonders what Capt. Haynes mighthave been doing there at that time.Answeis on a post card to Rick!
QUALITIES OF A 46'KRDo you qualify as a "Forty Sixer"? Try
the folloiiinp check list:-Everything aches - svhat does not ache
does not workThe "gleam in your eye" is the sun
reflecting on your bifocals.You get out of breath - playing cardsA dripping tap causes an uncontrollable
urge.Your children are beginning to look
middle aged.You look forward to a quiet evening.You need Glasses to find your glassesYou sit in a rocking chair but can not
make it rock.Your back goes out more than you do.Your knees buckle, but your belt wont.You sink your teeth into a choice steak,
and they stay there.The names in your little black book
begin Dr.You feel like the morning after - but
never went anywhere the night beforeYou have all the anssvers, but no one
asks the right questions.You decide to live long enough to bc a
problem to your kids.
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BROADWAY BRAAI
A brief wet spell hovered over England«r the August Bank Holiday weekend butthis did not deter those vvho attended thc16th Annual Braai at Group 4*s FarncombeHouse at Broadway. The skies cleared andthe outdoor braai took place as usual. Thestories flowed as did copious beer andspirits, and the usual high quality boervvorswas available.
Our thanks go to Mr Sorensen whoallows the use of his facilities, and to Dick& Jenny RAY and Allen k June I UCASIvho put so much effort into the event, andtheir able helpers John k Jean BAKER andAndy & Dee YOUNG.
Those attending included 6479 E. M.'Tcd" & Tina AYRES-HUNT, 3941 John& Jean BAKER, 8170 Steve & ElizabethBROOKER, 4614 Alistair k LizBULMAN, 4478 A. "Tony" k BettyBUTLER 8009 Peter k Nicky BUTLER,Guest Rav & Pat CASTLE, 5755 Stuart k
Pam EDWARDS, 4584 R. C. '"Percy" &Marion FRASER-MILNER, 4005 Stan kGinny FORREST, 4145 MarkFREEMANTLE. 6050 Brian k AdricnncGIBBS, P/r 6935 Colin k Julie GIBSON,8043 John GOODCHILD k Guest, GuestJohn GUNNELL, Guest Annettc HAYLES,6630 Jim k Christine HAZLETT, 110814Andy HOPE-HALL, Guest SusanJOHNSTON, 4995 Derek k Marie JONES,8024 Ian KIRKMAN, 5951 J. R "Quinn" kDenise LAMB, 5479 Mike & Jan LEACH,4393 Allen k June LUCAS, 4468 Frank kPhyll MAGUIRE, 6985 A. R. "Tony" kJennv MITCHELL, 4743 John k JuneMORGAN, 6609 Hywvcl k Jan PARRY-JONES, 7327 Mike k Maggie PLANT,6348 Dennis & Norma POOLE, 5075 Dickk Jenny RAY, 7368 Mike RAYNE, 4494John &, Beth RESTORICK, 4063 JohnSOWTER, 5559 Dick k Bev THOMPSON,5415 A. W. "Jock" k Janet THOMSON,4240 R. H. T. "Dick" WARWICK, 9361Andy k Dec YOUNG.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS24th NOVEMBER: Northern Ireland. Contact Tom Meekin
3rd DECEMBER: Xmas Gathering, Trenchard Hse, Broadwick St., London
14th DECEMBER: Northwest Gathering, New Inn, Galgate, Contact Allen Day
7th JANUARY: 1st Tuesday at Trenchard House, London
4th FEBRUARY: 1st Tuesday at Trenchard House, London
4th MARCH: 1st Tuesday at Trenchard House, London
8th MARCH: Northwest Gathering, New Inn, Galgate, as above
1st APRIL: 1st Tuesday at Trenchard House, London
6th MAY; 1st Tuesday at Trcnchard House, London
16th MAY: Annual General Meeting, Trcnchard House, London
PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR REGULAR GATHERINGS EVERYWHERE
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