vindicatrix-looking for anyone

I wonder if he means went to a vindi reunion in '95,i was there myself in '66

i was on boxing team from gravesend .my first ship was eileen m 1 4 56.i came from wigan is there anyoneout there who remembers me?

as usual your right it wasnt 1995 it was 1956 when i joined thanksthanks you clever bugger jim gallagher

Was at the Vindicatrix 3rd August 1955.Done my first Three Trip’s on M. V. Tabor.Moss Hutchison Company, end of September 1955.R634898. All The Best To all the Crew. Ken.

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Originally Posted by James Gallagher

i was at the vindi jan 1956 my dis ,number was R648566.it was freezing cold .and i carnt remember my hut number it was close to the washrooms i was on the boxing team against gravesend.that only happened once a year,if you recall that,its possible you were there at the same time ,my name is jimmy gallagher ,i lived in wigan i joined with boys from liverpool who called me wiggy,i sailed with bibbyline ,elder demster,lamport and holt,, manchester liners .and more.my first ship after vindi was a coaster Eileen M i am now 77 yrs old and living in south wales i lived in pwllheli and guildford also wiltshIre ,hope someone remembers me from this brief discription,cheers jimmy.

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Hi Jimmy, I was at the Vindi in 1959. Great memories well some anyway.
I actually run a branch the Severn Area Branch. We have a Facebook page and a website.
I have also made quite a few YouTube films about the Vindi and the camp as it is now. You may be interested. If you can get onto YouTube in the search bar type vindialan all lowercase. I think you will find them interesting.
Best wishes Alan Chandler

I was there in December 1945 January 1946. Never been so cold or fit
Terry Sullivan,
R340406

hi, i was at vindi august 1963 till november 63. discharge no. R796112, can't remember any of the guys there, but can recall being selected to represent the merchant service at remembrance day at the albert hall, remember being marched around the camp numerous times with an instructor with a limp, can't recall his name.The march across the albert hall is just a blur with lights and music in your face. I think the tv cameras where there,would be interested in viewing any tv footage around if anyone knows where to find it.

Hi John.
A block named Brown was the Camp sports instructor, but if he had a limp it could have bee Popeye. He was on the Altmark as a prisoner when saved by the RN off Norway during the war.
Des

I can well remember George Strange the officer, with a name like that easy for me.
But there was a local barber who came in once a week to cut hair on new boys who needed it.
Gay as any of them and the lads always had fun telling the new boys how he would like them!!!!

hi Des, Popeye rings a bell did't know he was pow regards john.