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by DelP
15 Aug 2011, 23:12
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Sam storms Mai Dun
Replies: 9
Views: 807

Re: Sam storms Mai Dun

by DelP
14 Aug 2011, 15:06
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Sam storms Mai Dun
Replies: 9
Views: 807

Re: Sam storms Mai Dun

DaveB wrote:Sam really is a 'mini' you isn't he mate! No mistakin' who his dad is ;)
:lol: :lol:

A few differences, he's shorter than me, has more hair and I don't have enough muck in my ears as him to grow potatoes.....

:lol: :lol:

Derek ;)
by DelP
14 Aug 2011, 13:42
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Sam storms Mai Dun
Replies: 9
Views: 807

Sam storms Mai Dun

Hi folks, Well, two weeks summer hols with my lad are over :( Spent a week in Dorset, my home county (I'm a Weymouth lad), catching up with family and old friends...I'd forgotten what a beautiful place it is, especially at this time of year. The scenery is stunning. Somerset, where I live, is nice t...
by DelP
10 Aug 2011, 13:15
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: The Green Thing
Replies: 11
Views: 2067

Re: The Green Thing

The bus fare from Weymouth esplanade to the bottom of our road was 2 old pence....

Damn, that's got me thinking......

Derek ;)
by DelP
29 Jul 2011, 00:45
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: WIKINESIA?
Replies: 6
Views: 415

Re: WIKINESIA?

:-O

Oh no, that happens to me constantly....

'N U R S E..........!!!!!!!!'

Derek :worried:
by DelP
25 Jul 2011, 22:54
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Happy Birthday DelP 55 today 25.7.11
Replies: 11
Views: 998

Re: Happy Birthday DelP 55 today 25.7.11

Many thanks folks.. :)

Derek :thumbsup:
by DelP
09 Jul 2011, 16:47
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: ANOTHER little insurance misnomer..
Replies: 24
Views: 2708

Re: ANOTHER little insurance misnomer..

When we were getting preparations for my Dads' funeral we were sorting the readings out. I suggested 'High Flight' as Dad was a pilot during WW2. My mother said you know that was his favourite poem. I didn't. I really did not know he was into poetry. I didn't know that my dad could have been an ope...
by DelP
08 Jul 2011, 00:23
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Excellent Colour Footage of HMS Victorious in the early 60's
Replies: 20
Views: 1989

Re: Excellent Colour Footage of HMS Victorious in the early

[.....apart from when the RN decided that my dad and family had to go to Australia for a couple of years in the mid-sixties 8) The RAF decided my dad and family had to go to Australia for two and a half years in the mid-sixties too. Where were you ? We were at RAAF Edinburgh, near Adelaide, from Se...
by DelP
07 Jul 2011, 01:11
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: ANOTHER little insurance misnomer..
Replies: 24
Views: 2708

Re: ANOTHER little insurance misnomer..

Trouble is Dave as we get older we get more and more like our parents. I frighten myself sometimes. Also how much you have in common without speaking about it or knowing about it till too late. That is a very odd thing indeed..reaching an age when you suddenly realise that your folks may have actua...
by DelP
07 Jul 2011, 00:31
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Excellent Colour Footage of HMS Victorious in the early 60's
Replies: 20
Views: 1989

Re: Excellent Colour Footage of HMS Victorious in the early

It has some great footage of Malta too for all you that put time in there over the years. Thoroughly enjoyed that :thumbsup: I was in Valetta in 1960 when HMS Victorious arrived (if that was indeed the exact year)....but I was only 4 years old and I'm afraid I don't remember the occasion :lol: Anot...