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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.
He will also toast The Fallen.
If other members wish to make their own pilgrimage up the Fan at their own risk please follow the relevant COVID restrictions that will be in place.
As a Club we are not able to accept liability for members safety and well being over the weekend of 14/15 May. Our Clubs insurance that normally covers Fandance will not operate this year.
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..................................................................................................................................
Ah,I was talking about during our time,not to take anything away from the great Chay!John spent most of his career sailing in some form or other,and ended up in the joint services sailing centre and team,down at Marchwood I seem to remember.
I take it you made a visit to them cottages and the inn Kev?
When we first walked in the inn...........................we could hear talking and laughter and actually thought it was for real.
Sure did - - I think there was a marine museum and of course the famous car museum, that was a personal collection of some well known rich guy?
I just don't understand why they won't shut the hell up while I practice my people skills....
Ah,I was talking about during our time,not to take anything away from the great Chay!John spent most of his career sailing in some form or other,and ended up in the joint services sailing centre and team,down at Marchwood I seem to remember.
He'll know Dave Garrard from the Sqn Pat, Dicks brother. He ended up there for years after getting blown up in NI.
"We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".
He'll know Dave Garrard from the Sqn Pat, Dicks brother. He ended up there for years after getting blown up in NI.
Don quite a few Sqn blokes passed through Marchwood mate, the home of the shallow water diving courses. Believe Johnny Thompson and Pete Kershaw did a stint as instructors down there.
Jake Mac, does a lot of sailing, hard to believe cause he had trouble standing up on dry land. After he got out, him and 9 Sqn Jonah deceased, had to deliver a boat to someone in the Mediterranean. should imagine that involved a lot of drinking.
I have always set myself a very low standard, and constantly fail to achieve it.
Talking of sailing n guin off track a bit, there wuz a West Indian geezer who came over to Shiny Sheff with the Windrush mob. Soon got pissed off so decided to build a boat to sail back home down at the canal basin. He musta used steel he,d proffed from the steelworks weer he worked, and spent a couple o years building the fukker.
Day o the big launching, mates n family friends and local press theer ta see im off, and after smashing o bottle o Guinness on the hull, he slides the fukker into the water where it immediately sank ta the bottom o the canal. Still fukkin theer as far as I know!
Don quite a few Sqn blokes passed through Marchwood mate, the home of the shallow water diving courses. Believe Johnny Thompson and Pete Kershaw did a stint as instructors down there.
That's where I did my course too Bob, think the sailing part was a good bit away from the R.E.D.S.
"We're surrounded on all sides... Good... you're obviously in the right place".
Talking of sailing n guin off track a bit, there wuz a West Indian geezer who came over to Shiny Sheff with the Windrush mob. Soon got pissed off so decided to build a boat to sail back home down at the canal basin. He musta used steel he,d proffed from the steelworks weer he worked, and spent a couple o years building the fukker.
Day o the big launching, mates n family friends and local press theer ta see im off, and after smashing o bottle o Guinness on the hull, he slides the fukker into the water where it immediately sank ta the bottom o the canal. Still fukkin theer as far as I know!
Fookin' hell....You could'nt make it up. Hollywood could'nt make it up. Did they film that because if they did I wanna see it
"If they control your speech.....they control your life" Me
Part of Sheffield folklore Tone, laff me bollox off every time I think about it, n it wuz the main topic of conversation in the battlecruisers around town at the time. Wud bi about 64ish when it occurred so I,ll av ta see if I can find owt in the archives if I can stop mesen laffin!
Somebody should have told him you have to displace more weight in water than you have in the boat / ship. Thats why cast iron canoes 'n' kayaks dont work......
"If they control your speech.....they control your life" Me
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