"Main Point" (Archive 7)Current Newsletter of News, Views, Comments and Articles.
Triennial Reunion 2007: LATEST NEWS.
Present at the Airfield on Saturday were Dave Allsepp, Andy Anderton, Joe Bosher, Laurie Bowes, Ivor Bray, Peter Chappelle, John Davis, Tony Dovner, Hank Goldsmith, Bern Goodenough, Tex Grundy, Slim Hodson, Taff Husbands, Mike Lewis, Roger Maunder, Bas McLening, Tony Merry, Shotgun Mynors-Wallis, Mothballs Napthen, Dave Neal, Jeff Paine, Chris Roach, Jock Young and Cyril Birdie Laidlaw.
Tony Comes up Trumps!
I am sure all who attended the 74th Entry celebration of the Triennial would like to applaud Tony Merry for organising such a wonderful weekend for us. Thanks Tony!
Triennial Reunion 2007: Hard Days Night.
That is - the mattresses were hard! Or are we getting soft? Tony Merry together with Tony Dovner, Bern Goodenough, Bas McLening and Roger Maunder signed up for the Barrack Room experiance on the Friday night prior to the Reunion. Good grub and cheap booze though!
Kit bumpers the floor in the morning for the lads.
Story Time.
Peter Raby has just emailed me the following story for the Newsletter. Thanks Pete.
A Giraffe Story by Pete Raby 74th Entry
When I was stationed at RAF Benson working on Armstrong Whitworth Argosys the following true story happened.
A young airframe mechanic was standing on the working platform of the stand we used to call a Giraffe. The Giraffe was at it's lowest level so that all the steps, with the exception of the last three which were fixed at a steep angle, were virtually flat.
The mechanic decided to come down and ran down the steps.
Unfortunately he missed the last three and finished up in a heap on the floor.
He didn't seem to be too badly hurt but he complained that his wrist hurt.
Off he went to Sick Quarters where after examining his arm, he was told that it was
just a sprain.
As it was a Friday, he went home to Portsmouth for the weekend to
meet up with some of his old friends.
His arm however was still giving him some
pain, enough to make him go the Naval Hospital at Haslar.
A doctor examined his arm and after an x-ray, declared that he had broken a bone in his wrist.
A female nurse who was setting his wrist in plaster casually asked how he had broken the bone. He, not thinking, replied that he had fallen off a giraffe, to
which she replied
"Oh, do you work in a zoo?"
I've often wondered what she would have said if he'd been working on a Safety Raiser!!
Cheers
Pete
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