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Is anybody out there?????????

Posted by Jack Carter on June 5, 2012, 15:34:27

I think that the Naval Personel who have been based on the island must be fading out. There have been no postings regarding J.S.T.S. for some time. Where are you all? Or am I the only one left?
I believe that Dennis Reed and Margaret who were on the island 1960-63 are now in New Zealand but surely not everyone left the country. Dennis gained himself a commission in the R.N. before he left.

Re: Is anybody out there?????????

Posted by Mike McNamara on June 6, 2012, 12:40:42, in reply to "Is anybody out there?????????"

Hi Jack,

No we're still out here. But not posted much lately. I've just spent the last day of the Jubilee w/e with another ex. J.S.T.S. guy who was on the Island with me in the early 70's - Brian Vockins.

Next week I will be meeting up with another, Bob Barlow whose daughter is my God Daughter and is celebrating her 40th Birthday!! She was christened in the Chapel by East Pier.

We have been going through some of the old names that we knew when we were there and will be making a concerted effort to contact a few more over the coming months, maybe even suggest a reunion of sorts at sometime later this year!!! But don't hold me to that!!

I have also just started to scan some more of my old photos of the island and will be posting them to the Flickr website soon. Also looking to change the design of this website a bit as well.

Anyway keep in touch and speak again soon.

Re: Is anybody out there?????????

Posted by chris('garth')beevers on June 17, 2012, 20:08:11, in reply to "Is anybody out there?????????"

Hi Jack, hope that you and Yvonne are well. Am particularly interested in the welfare of Anthony 'pony' Moore. The retirement progresses and really not a lot to report just at the moment, chris.

Re: Is anybody out there?????????

Posted by Colin on June 18, 2012, 19:24:32, in reply to "Re: Is anybody out there?????????"

Yes ... we are still out there, but very quiet !!
In fact My wife and I have just completed some sea time. Managed to get to the Baltic for two weeks and actually go ashore in Russia. ( St. Petersberg ) Like all of us, I was restricted for many years after leaving the R.N.
Mind you, it took some scrutiny by their immigration before we got through, but well worth it in the end. I do have contact with a couple of JSTS people who were there with us in 68-70. But haven't actually met them for a number of years. Keep promising myself that I will meet up. But the saying goes, when you retire, don't know how we had time to go to work.
Regards to all

Re: Is anybody out there?????????

Posted by Jack Carter on June 19, 2012, 16:21:53, in reply to "Re: Is anybody out there?????????"

So good to know that, while a few of my friends from Stonecutters (1960-63) are now no longer with us that, thanks to stirling work from Mike Macnamara there is still a few around the traps that still remember the good times.
Ref the posting by Colin on June 18, 2012, my son who, along with his twin sister was born at Bowen Road Military Hospital on Hong Kong island in January, 1961 also visited Russia. He stayed with a general from the Russian Army and visited a rocket base while there (and managed to take some photographs). He was taken to the Bolshoi Ballet and travelled to several places outside of Moscow, one where he did a spot of fishing through a hole in the ice.

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