RAOC Gazette - page 121
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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though he says he would rather have stayed here and remained incompetent. He is now getting strange looks as he carries a handbag around which he purchased in a sailors shop in Ports- mouth. Nice boy Bob! With the fine weather we are enjoying in the Hebrides a unit volleyball ladder has been started. It's very enjoyable and with names like Bumbling Brian, Atomic Alex, and Oscillating Oakers what wouldn't be? As a final note congratulations to Sergeant and Mrs Dick Partridge on the birth of another addition to their family. 51 COMPANY (V) AFTER a considerable amount of work spread over some ten weeks the Sergeants Mess members held the official opening of their modernised, enlarged, and most attractive mess, Having obtained Lowland TA Association's agreement the Mess engaged a friendly architect to produce plans for turning their sow's ear (as they then saw their old Mess) into a silk purse. Mess members then began to admit to unimagined skills. Carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, plasterers, roller shutter fitters, french polishers, all cast off their uniforms, donned work- ing clothes, picked up the tools of their trade and set to. The PMC revealed that he had once been a tea boy on a building site and began to produce vast quantities of thick, black In a surprisingly short time the CSMs magic wand had transformed the Mess Accommodation—with just a little help from the other artisans—and the finishing trades took over. The Cook Sergeant proved to be a dab hand with a paint brush: lots of experience buttering toast? Then it was all done and the TA Association very kindly re-carpeted the Mess. The renovations had cost the unit just over £1,000 for materials. CRAOC (Scotland) and Mrs Connolly arrived and Colonel Mike duly declared the new Mess open. The Senior Ranks and their wives then set about entertaining their guests as only they know how, Also present were Colonel and Mrs T. D. Purdie TD— Colonel Duncan has just commenced his second term as 5\ Company's Honorary Colonel—the OC, Major MacDougall and Mrs MacDougall and the Unit Officers and their ladies. The evening proved to be a most enjoyable first night for the new mess and hopefully a harbinger of things to come. A marvellous effort all round Sergeants Mess 51 Company! It can be done even during a moratorium if the spirit is willing. thanks to Lieutenant Colonel Norman Bruce the referee and the host of stalT he provided from the ASPT, Major Bryant the commentator and the RAOC Apprentices who helped with the organisation. This year to commemorate the fiftieth meeting music was provided by the RAOC Staff Band under Captain. Rodney Parker, Director of Music. Back to the branch itself, we must say goodbye to Mrs Peggy Sanderson and Mr John Hadley who have gone to the Supply Depot Aldershot and the Headquarters EME Branch respectively. Congratulations to Dawn Hurrell our typist who has moved on promotion to supervisor to Blackdown and wel- come to Mrs Kay Graven who has replaced her. Welcome also to Janet Evans and Annette Davey our new addition to the branch, Mrs Dene Mills who returned from sick leave and Major Don Olliffe (Retd) our new Mobilisation Officer. Our District Fire Adviser Mr Bill Harold has now departed to the land of Duty Free (BAOR) and he is replaced by the new DFA Mr Stan TalboL Finally farewell and good luck to Major Tom Bates who has retired from the Corps and welcome to Lieutenant Colonel Bob Bogan the new CO of OSU Liphook. ASU WINCHESTER. Major Samuel left us to join the Supply Depot at Colchester and Major Davies has become O C Major Grant has joined us from Bicester and taken over responsibility for the Eastern area of our coverage. On 29th May the unit said goodbye to Mr Ken Lewis with a presentation of a silver salver in recognition of his twenty nine years with accommodation services (eleven as a BIA and eighteen as a CABO/CASO), We wish Ken and his wife Judith well in his retirement Mr E. McFntyre joined us from ASU Bulford as an ASA at Marchwood. STORES SECTION 17 PORT AND MARITIME WORKSHOP. Firstly, to put us on the map, we are located at Marchwood, Southampton on the western bank of the River Test near the New Forest- We are few in number and because of this here is a who's who of the unit starting with the boss, WOl Bob Watson who is a keen sportsman and as he is a local lad, is very useful for local purchase contacts, Sergeant Norman Doody (Norman the Storeman) who is the Unit car fanatic. Sergeant Ian Grimes (Chief Clerk PC and A/Scribe) Hifi and Video fanatic. Corporal John Regan (JR) Darts Representative. Corporal Steve Spinks (known to certain members of the Workshop as the Egyptian) another of our sportsmen. Lance Corporal Tom Casey (TC) who is taking provision action at the moment, due to his ever in- creasing family. Private Pete Page (TafT) who is our Welsh ambassador, spending most of his weekend^ in Newport collect- ing passports for members of the unit. We also have our own pet craftsman Dave Cook (Cooky) who has seen the light and is shortly to rebadge and become a Supply Clerk. We also have a detachment at Gunwharf, Portsmouth which is run by Sergeant Les Colvill and three civilians. South West District The CRAOC at 51 Company (V) Sergeants Mess South Easf District THTS month's events have been domina- ted by the Fiftieth Meet of Travers Clarke Athletics held once again at the Alder- shot Military Stadium. CRAOC, Colonel E. G, Shephard, Chairman of RAOC Athletics had the task of organising the event, ably assisted by Major Granville Holt the Secretary. Most of the branch were nominated to officiate; WOsl Pete Burrell, Mel Lee and Mrs Iris Bedford were recorders, WOl Mick Elsey supervised the prize giving; Major Mike Wilts (Retd) announced, Major Tom M off art (Retd) was Assistant Secretary and Major Gordon T Harmer hosted the VIP s with Major Lance Brett as General Factotum. In addition to the personnel already listed we extend our CRAOC has reluctantly returned from Majorca, looking fit and sun-tanned—that is, until he saw a paper tidal wave bearing down on him, all marked Urgent He paled visibly and clutched his desk for support, vowing never to go on leave again (or possibly never to return), Major Ivor Thomas had a spot of instant classical education in Greece and is now in- serting Homeric texts in his supply bulletins to impress the natives. Major Reg Frisby's beatific smile means that he's successfully decimating the local trout population again, and Lieutenant Colonel Bill Griffin is about to become the Terror of the Highway once more on his newly acquired lOOOcc. RAOC in the District gathered for a Corps Church Service followed by a curry lunch in the AMF(L) Sergeants Mess. A number of our wives and children also attended and it was a most pleasant event. We were sorry to say farewell to Captain Lawrence Wood who was posted to the Petroleum Centre at the end of August after a brief tour. However, as he has now ascended one more rung of the ladder we wish him and his family a very happy tour in West Moors. This month also brings a few more departures to the District. Major Peter Fellows leaves the ASU (Dorset Detachment) for sunnier climes as the Assistant to SSO Bicester. Mr (FSOI) David Wink who came as the District Fire Adviser in February |
| Book number | R0250 |