the vindicatrix camp

[Bob Hollis]

Hi Mike, I was there aug. 59 - nov. 59, the whole 10 weeks spent in hut C3. Your diagram of C section is not correct. What you have marked as C3 was the washroom, C3 was below and in line with this. The camp boundary was getting narrower as it neared the entrance to the steps and there was no hut directly facing the entrance to C3. C4 is where you have marked C5. There was no C5.
Hope you can understand this.
Regards,
Bob

[Richie Bradshaw]

Hi Captain kong. hope your operation goes well. Sorry to hear there will be no free beer this year
allways a good strong pint but as the saying goes . all good things come to an end But brian could you leave a few £££ behind the bar of the dockers club because myself & B Dailey will have to drink there s---.LOL. hope to see you at the reunion.
SCOUSE.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Ritchie, I will leave a Postal Order behind the bar there for you and Daley.
Hope to see you both
Cheers
Brian.

[Bob Montgomery]

Looking at the plani can tell you that the hut marked 5 in block C was in fact hut C3I was there July 57 and rermember we were immediatly at the top of the steps no question about it ......... of course thats not to say that they were reorginised at a l;ater date ............loved every minute of it in fact I,m only a few days away from the anniversary of arriving there 55 years ago .holy mackeral !!!!!!!

[Captain Kong]

I dont think I will be there at this years Re Union, first time missed in 19 years,
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My leg is no better, it is my left one and is used up and down on the clutch, so is very painful and swollen. So a journey of 350 miles round trip is a No No. That was caused by too many whiskies on the Queen Mary in Long Beach.
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Also the gut is still bad with the gall stones so that is a bit dodgy camping on the field.
I guess its the price of growing old. tho` it is better than the alternative.
Hope to be there next year.
Cheers
Brian.

[alf corbyn]

hi brian (kong) suggest you google motability. they can put you in touch with someone to convert your car to hand controls tempory or permanant. you can also claim disability.

[Captain Kong]

Thanks for that Alf,
I doubt very much that I would be able to claim Disability. I was born in England of English heritage dating back to the Vikings in 9th century. So my immigrant status has now expired.
If I iwas was born in Afghanistan or Pakistan of Islamic heritage then I would certainly get it.
Good idea tho`.
Cheers
Brian.

[alan bentley smith]

i was at the vindi jan 63 till march 63,i was a deckie my best mate there was tony stevenson, he lived in louth in lincolnshire'coco for supper,any one remember tony or myself happy days,from alan smith,

[Tony Morcom]

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[John Pruden]

one of my brothers was there the same time the tanker hit a bridge and exploded around 1960/61 deck dept any other info?????JP