Trev501":ljyf8gsq said:It seems my memory is not what it wasI have just rummaged through my records and Cleo was from 84 to 86 so it seems we served together John.
I had Seacat in the back of my mind John but wasn't sure. Great to make the connection!John Cooper":15nsnpzu said:Trev501":15nsnpzu said:It seems my memory is not what it was
Thought so, Steve Best and I were your seacat maintainers.
Small world - I spent my working life looking after and issuing 4.5" (Mk 5 and Mk 8), Bofors, Oerliken, Depth Charges, Mk 8, Mk 24 and Mk 44/46 Torps, Sea Slug, Sea Cat, Sea Dart, Sea Wolf, Exocet, Harpoon et al, both from Ernesettle and from many RFAs at sea. My opposite number was normally the DWEO. When I started we used to work alongside the wall in Guzz, trying to stay out of the way of the welders! My first issues were to Berwick and my last to Ocean and Bulwark. I began to feel old when I worked with my second Bulwark, my second Ark Royal and the second Kent. Good days and 42 very happy MoD years for me. And keeping to post, the first question I asked was always "Any Argyle fans aboard?"Trev501":3pzph5fl said:I had Seacat in the back of my mind John but wasn't sure. Great to make the connection!John Cooper":3pzph5fl said:Trev501":3pzph5fl said:It seems my memory is not what it was
Thought so, Steve Best and I were your seacat maintainers.
Ah happy days!memory man":1o922hdv said:Small world - I spent my working life looking after and issuing 4.5" (Mk 5 and Mk 8), Bofors, Oerliken, Depth Charges, Mk 8, Mk 24 and Mk 44/46 Torps, Sea Slug, Sea Cat, Sea Dart, Sea Wolf, Exocet, Harpoon et al, both from Ernesettle and from many RFAs at sea. My opposite number was normally the DWEO. When I started we used to work alongside the wall in Guzz, trying to stay out of the way of the welders! My first issues were to Berwick and my last to Ocean and Bulwark. I began to feel old when I worked with my second Bulwark, my second Ark Royal and the second Kent. Good days and 42 very happy MoD years for me. And keeping to post, the first question I asked was always "Any Argyle fans aboard?"Trev501":1o922hdv said:I had Seacat in the back of my mind John but wasn't sure. Great to make the connection!John Cooper":1o922hdv said:Trev501":1o922hdv said:It seems my memory is not what it was
Thought so, Steve Best and I were your seacat maintainers.
This thread is becoming a real tear jerker. Fort Grange was my second home for almost 3 years and one of the RFA crew named Tony Sherlock or ''Shylock'' was a real green through and through. He was the purser. Long time ago :lol:Trev501":1tn4414h said:Ah happy days!memory man":1tn4414h said:Small world - I spent my working life looking after and issuing 4.5" (Mk 5 and Mk 8), Bofors, Oerliken, Depth Charges, Mk 8, Mk 24 and Mk 44/46 Torps, Sea Slug, Sea Cat, Sea Dart, Sea Wolf, Exocet, Harpoon et al, both from Ernesettle and from many RFAs at sea. My opposite number was normally the DWEO. When I started we used to work alongside the wall in Guzz, trying to stay out of the way of the welders! My first issues were to Berwick and my last to Ocean and Bulwark. I began to feel old when I worked with my second Bulwark, my second Ark Royal and the second Kent. Good days and 42 very happy MoD years for me. And keeping to post, the first question I asked was always "Any Argyle fans aboard?"Trev501":1tn4414h said:I had Seacat in the back of my mind John but wasn't sure. Great to make the connection!John Cooper":1tn4414h said:Trev501":1tn4414h said:It seems my memory is not what it was
Thought so, Steve Best and I were your seacat maintainers.
PSTO(N) organisation, I was running Fosseway - check your old PMs!!! Lived at BV.tigertony":3rlrcrh3 said:
BV = Buena Vista ?? Been years y'know :lol: I lived at South Barrack Sheds then that house opposite the hospital. I feel old now !!!!memory man":tcg5btqi said:
Steady boy steady !! Who fetches the mail, gets the fresh fish from foreign fishing boats, identifies the targets, get all the baywaych birds at the ''cockers p'', collects the flying pay and .... actually has to talk to the PWO :facepalm:lyndhurstgreen":cybt5s4h said: