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Having taken into account the current COVID restrictions that currently apply in the different parts of the UK, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 reunion.
The Chairman Nick Butler will be heading up the Fan at 0930 hrs on Saturday the 15th May and he will lay a BAFC wreath on behalf of the Club at the summit.
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Update to follow reference Aldershot 10 Miler on the 20th November 2021.
.........................................................................................................................The 10 Miler will be held on w/e Saturday 23rd November 2024........................................................................................
Pat, I don't know what it consists of, but I can remember someone saying that it takes on the flavour of whatever it's cooked in. Whether that's right or not I don't know as I've never tasted it mate !
So if you cook it with fish and chips................?
Nah, can't see it myself.
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The only thing I use (including steak) as frying goes is olive oil.
Smother the steak both sides just before placing in a frying pan.
I don't grill as it takes a lot of the taste away.
Eat the fat an all.
Whilst I was in Bougainville island, I used to have T Bone every morning for breakfast.
Last edited by HappyJack; 17 December 2014, 14:59.
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A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
Until it has destroyed itself from within W.Durant
Favourite fer me is "Cottage pie", bags o melted cheese on top, bucket o gravy poured on, topped off with Hendersons Relish.Closely followed by big bowl o thick cut chips, bags o gravy poured on with nice sprinkling of vinegar. Washed down with a couple o pints o Guinness, then a two hour doss on the sofa, lubbly jubbly!
Favourite fer me is "Cottage pie", bags o melted cheese on top, bucket o gravy poured on, topped off with Hendersons Relish.Closely followed by big bowl o thick cut chips, bags o gravy poured on with nice sprinkling of vinegar. Washed down with a couple o pints o Guinness, then a two hour doss on the sofa, lubbly jubbly!
The only thing I use (including steak) as frying goes is olive oil.
Smother the steak both sides just before placing in a frying pan.
I don't grill as it takes a lot of the taste away.
Eat the fat an all.
Whilst I was in Bougainville island, I used to have T Bone every morning for breakfast.
What was you doing on Bourgainville John ? Anything left from the WWII battle for the island ?
"If they control your speech.....they control your life" Me
What was you doing on Bourgainville John ? Anything left from the WWII battle for the island ?
I was employed by Bechtel WKE and Barclays (not the bank).
When I got there (after getting through the security) I was there for 2 weeks, and even had a room there.
My ole dad was already there.
Tony, there were approx 5000 men in each camp, and when I say there were scum of the earth there, I mean scum of the earth.
Even ex Nazi's were employed there, and they hated me because they found out I was ex Airborne.
Anyway, on Bourgainville there were more japs killed on that island than anywhere else around the coral sea, and will stand by that comment no
matter what anyone else says.
On the island they were finding relics when I was there, and they are still finding relics.
The Jungle is or it was when I was there, extremely really dense.
I remember trying to get through a couple of yards with my parang, but gave up.
Because I got through the security and was there for 2 weeks being fed, and they had chef's from all over the globe.
The food was incredible, as I said earlier, it was TBone every morning for me.
I was then employed by Bechtel on security.
It was an open cast Copper project, where you find copper you find gold.
Loads of stories, but to some would be boring.
Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
Until it has destroyed itself from within W.Durant
Here you go Tony, although the figures are not gospel, as even when I was there they were finding downed aircraft that had been missing in action; Figure includes deaths from all causes: combat, disease, starvation, and accident. The Australians counted 21,000 to 23,500 Japanese survivors on Bougainville upon the surrender of Japanese forces at the end of World War II. If Gailey's and Long's figure of 65,000 Japanese troops originally on Bougainville is accurate, then the Japanese casualty figures would be far higher. Long's figures are quoted in the narrative, totaling 16,700 combat deaths and 26,400 deaths from disease and malnutrition. Rottman provides the figure of 45,000 while Gailey and Long state that there were 65,000 total Japanese personnel in and around Bougainville. Long'sestimate is that of contemporary Australian intelligence officers,which he says was verified at the end of the war
Last edited by HappyJack; 17 December 2014, 21:46.
Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
Until it has destroyed itself from within W.Durant
Whilst I was in Bougainville island, I used to have T Bone every morning for breakfast.[/QUOTE]
John in May 1975 I and my Riot Squad were dispatched at an hours notice to the Bougainville Copper Mine, Panguna where the native workers were rioting. We packed 24 hr ration packs but when we got there and really got stuck in and settled their hash toot sweet The European worker's Concert and recreational hall became our sleeping quarters when we had time to sleep and we, myself and native constables (30) of them were told to get our meals from the adjoining canteen. Ye Gods the food we were offered. Like you I would have 'T'bone steak or even Fillet Steak any time I wanted and the Native P.Cs. were treated the same. The only stipulation I made was they ate everything they put on their plates. Em i gutpela kaikai. After a week my men were a bit fatter but had gleaming skins and as fit as malley bulls. Me, I loved it. Could have stayed there for months but the rioters got sick of my men and I dousing them in CS gas. I was sorry to leave.
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