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Some emails 'warts and all' The purpose of this page is to publish some of the emails and file uploads that I receive which are not normally available to you as a whole, they are in no particular date order so have a browse through as some of the content refers to crew members that served with the sender. This page is new and I have plenty to add as I get the spare time.
Hi Ray,
Great hearing form you, do I
remember the dance of the flaming ar** holes, boy did we suffer.
So your are back in the building
game, we need some work done on our place, couple of walls in
the garden, do you fancy quoting.It would give you a reason to
come visit us in
OZ........................................................
........................................I work for a company
that builds trains,I am a crew leader in the Store, I have been
there for 4 1/2 years and its okay, I will be 58 this year and
will probably be with EDI till I retire. All joking aside, Helen
and I would love to have you for a visit, we have plenty of
room, you wouldn't need to worry about accommodation. I received
an email from Jack Frost, this is great, now that we have
contact, don't lets lose touch.
Take care, All the best.
Frank Kerr............29 April 2006 NICKNAME WAS VARIOUS DEPENDING ON WHO WAS TALKING TO ME. SOMETIMES - GEORGE - GINGE - SCRIBES. JOHN QUINN........25 March 2005 Meant to say when I signed the book that I was on duty the night she ran aground trying to leave Hong Kong harbour . I was in the forward diesel room when it happened and will never forget the angle she listed to as she mounted the rocks. "Just as well I had my brown cords on at the time". The skipper and half the crew were ashore when we got the call to sail and look for a downed airliner which had apparently gone down in the tycoon that raging at the time in the south china sea. The gunnery officer was the senior man on duty and he attempted to take us out to sea, unfortunately for him, we ran aground. He and the captain (can't remember his name now), were both severely repremanded. It was a pity for the skipper, as he was a great guy. We had a great ships company then, does anyone remember the choir we had then, singing sea shanties. It was a great excuse for a piss up. There were other bad time during that commissioning when one of the stewards mu rdered a guy when we were in Aukland. the New Zealand CID caught up with us in Albany Australia a month after we sailed and arrested him. Fun and games right enough, but great memories of my time on Danae, it's good to be in touch with you guys. James Learmonth.............19 August 2005 Served pre commish, first commish, part of second, pissed to find I'm not on crew list, was chippies striker and flight fire crew for most of above, living in usa, like to hear from somebody. Jerry Kelly (Spider).............24 July 2005 Hello mate, have revamped the Chesterfield SCC website and am making a links page - can you recipricate our link to you? also about to redo the index page to be more informative regarding what Danae was etc..am i ok to borrow a couple of photos? will put your URL un the corner of pics? Cheers, PO (SCC) Peter Hunt............17 March 2005 Lrem air aircrew 70 to 72 danae flight David Parry..........06 January 2005 YOUR DOING A GREAT JOB KEEPING THE OLD "DANAE" INTEREST AFLOAT RAY. I WAS FIRST COMMISH WITH FLO,BOOTS,& CO. kEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MATE, BOB.. BOB RUTHERFORD...........24 July 2004 REF: John Quinn. Hong Kong I have pictures of Danae in dry dock at Kowloon. I served on Danae from71- 74. Yes iam afaid i do remember slinger the chef and my RP2 ED Edmonds. JOHN HOLNESS................01 April 2006 I served on the Danae as an RO(T)from Jan 1974 to Jan 1976 during her Far East Deployment (1973) and time with SNFL (1974). I have loads of pics of the time, and can send them (along with descriptions) to your email address via an email server. Please contact me. Brian Johnson ...............01 April 2006 Just found web site and taffy Thomas(GONZO). Happy memories suddenly flood back. I am still in touch with Steve Tones (RALF). I will try and sort some photos of the comms dept and post them on the site. Brian Carlton 1976-1977 LRO(w) nickname FOZZY/GOLLY..............21 March 2006 My husband has a trophy that was left to him by his grandfather that was presented to the H M S Danae soccor team,by the Los Angeles soccor League, September 1934. Would anyone please be able to give us any infomation relating to this. JULIE MAGES................08 January 2006
Supply Officer 10/69 to 9/71 with 32 pages of phots, including Slinger Wood and Coates "Haysaving" with Strickland. An OAP a week ago but still a skilled run ashore artist! Bob Embleton.............09 December 2005 I joined the Danae in 1972 as an EM and we spent some time in the Med. about three months I remember and in true 'jack' fashion spent most of the time either working or inebriated, these are the only piccies I have of that time, what a shame. These were taken in Istanbul and shows the Danae at anchor in the Bospherus and me somewhere near a tree! Colin Topley.............21 November 2005 I served on Danae From 1981 untill 1983. As LS (S) & Bo Yeo Alan Nigel Mitchell...............10 November 2005 I joined hms danae in 1979-1982,an ab(r) and a member of 'animal house' 3L,great bunch of lads each and every one.still in touch with jimmy griffin,ralph coates,steve massey,was waslin,joe jordan,pud bryant,taff knowles,taff sincock,and dutch holland.i am putting some pics together,which will no doubt tell a story,and bring back a few laughs George Proud .................18 September 2005
Mark \'Sid\' Elphick.............01 August 2006
I would be most interested in a
reunion 3K all over again - now where is that special vat we had
stowed in the chippys workshop?
Yours
Mark....................01 August
2006
Ray
Up for this should be a
good run. Maybe two for me.
Yours
Mark Elphick
..................07
August 2006
Dicky Davies...................29 July 2006
Hi Ray
Andy Yates (Jess) here, I was on
the Danae from 80-83 Killick Stoker. An absolutly brilliant site
its brought back some good memories, have been in touch with
John Brookes and tried to contact Jimmy Hodgson, I will do my
best to put some photies on the site so that other people can
cringe! Looking forward to the reunion next year hpoefully a few
more clankies will come out of the woodwork.
Ps Where is the "whats new link"
All the best
Andy Yates ......................28
July 2006
Hi Ray thanks for the email . I have
been in contact with the Hotel and booked direct. so all you
have to do is add me to the list .
Mitch...........25 July 2006
RAYMONDO:
Topsite i enjoyed reading the names on the crew list made me
laugh a lot good memories it also made me thirsty as i remeber
drinking gallons during my stint 79-84. iF YOUR NOT QUITE SURE
WHO I AM I AM THE ONE DRESSED IN PLASTIC ON YOUR SODS PICS
All the BEST
Pete Twiss AKA Frank ................08
July 2006 I served on the fighting 47 from april 1984 to january 1986 very fond memorys and she was an excellent ship to serve on Darrell (Jock) Hobsom WEM(R) ..............29 June 2006 Thanks Ray Jimmy Hodgson Hi, I know what you mean about the grey matter.....I
joined Oct 82 (approx) & Hi there Ray....Sorry its taken me a while to get
back....have had
Hey that's a good
one Ray.
Steamy
Mr. Lester, your attempts to insult my wife in this manner is merely compounding your apparent lack of good taste and maturity which would normally be associated with the host of a public website. I suggest you think carefully before sharing any potentially libelous emails to other members of your or any other website as it may well result in future ramifications. My wife was not given her credentials as you suggest, and she very much learned by what she was taught; Did you? It is apparent you still hold on to some of the values I also enjoyed whilst serving in the RN, they were good times. Your assumption that everyone you emailed found the content humourous underlines your mis - understanding of the changing values held by many people and illustrates an intolerance rarely found in someone so well travelled.
An apology for sending an off
colour unsolicited email would have been the gentlemanly thing
to do. You may still wish to do so.
John Shoulders
formerly LWEM(R)
latterly, Detective Constable,
Metropolitan Police,now retired.
Oh, by the way, I hold no formal
higher educational qualifications, but I do know the difference
between right and wrong................25
Nov 05
ray,
joe jordan here, danae 1980
to 1984
ive got in
contact with a few lads from our time
namely jimmy
griffin, taff knowles, charlie proud, dutchy holland,
taff
bryant, ralph coates, taff sincock, waz waslin
ive got some
telephone numbers and some e-mail addresses for them
also ive found where frank kerr
is, hes in australia emigrated there , but he will be back in
this country in june 2006 for hms sirius reunion
all the best for
now joe ............12
Sept 05
Ray
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