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David Warner Posts: 4525
04/03/2010
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Sad aint it!! Less ships nowadays, even less tot!! Further to my piccy of Pompey.... Some of the other ships are Sheffield (C24), Rame Head, Volage, Rapid, Protector, Crossbow, Chailey and for Allan Guiness Cavendish! Possibly Tiger in the background. No idea of the sweeper, nor the Launch in the foreground.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
08/03/2010
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brilliant pic david, agree with len still a real navy as shows by the number of ships, there were still a number of my old favourites mothballed in both pompey and gus, loved going around them, yes i,m still having luck contacting old oppos, mainly through there relatives, looking forward to the meet up.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
21/04/2010
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cassandra bearing up to bad weather.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
12/06/2010
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just been informed of another cassandra shipmate crossing the bar, commish before mine, standard bearer and 7 shipmates attending his funeral, packed attendance was the comment, the tribute phrase from his shipmates, serving with you was a privilege, the boys, a good comment in memory of, pedlar john palmer. Last edited by robert wells
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robert wells Posts: 6764
07/07/2010
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one of the oldies, dudley mills, 1944 commission, regular at association do,s has crossed the bar, comments from those knowing him, a true gent, he,ll be missed.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
30/07/2010
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e/mail sent to lads from cassandra via sir bob gerken, lottery vote for cavalier, bob states millions spent on chatham dockyard but not much mention of cassandras shipmate cavalier, if anyone out there not yet voted on funds from lottery please vote cavalier, cheers.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
17/08/2010
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another old oppo ricky thorne has downloaded me some pics bringing back more cassandra memories, i,m glad some managed to keep hold of there albums, i,ll owe him a drink next time i see him.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
11/10/2010
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as i,ve already mentioned, the passing of a great shipmate paul chads chadwick, it,s strange how age can sometimes cause you to wonder what peoples opinion was off you in younger life, chads a few times asked this question over the last couple of years, on talking to all who knew him he was funny, witty always there to give advice to us juniors, those i am still in touch with from cassandra days have nothing but praise for him, i once said to chads , you can always tell whether a person was liked by the number of photographs they appear in, ruddy ell i told him your in nearly them all , speaks for itself, another old oppo i will miss talking to.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
12/10/2010
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have added a few more pics on gallery, thought i,d better put some stokers pics on, one especially as it has my old mate brummie allsop on, mentioned before that he,d sadly drowned in diving tank while taking divers course, maybe someone will recognise some of the other lads.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
24/11/2010
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just recieved my cassandra chronicle, sadly it told me of the crossing of the bar of pedlar palmer, pedlar was on the commish before mine but at reunions he was the rum bosun, a very cheerful chap, always a big beaming smile, i,m sure len will remember him well, he,ll be missed by all.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
12/12/2010
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cassandra had a few write up,s in her time, these are two of my favourites, here,s number one.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
12/12/2010
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and here,s number two.
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Dave Whitfield Posts: 649
14/12/2010
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Quoting: robert wells and here,s number two. Always sad to see ships heading for the scrapyard especially ones with excellent war records etc, the life span of todays RN ships are not as long as they were in the 50s and early 70s, now we are building a carrier to go into reserve as soon as she is signed over to the RN and another which is going into commission without aircraft--what next????????
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robert wells Posts: 6764
27/03/2019
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Thought i,d upload a few more from Cassandra Days, last photo is myself and Spike Cottam on our first Association meet up, the other next to it was taken in 1963 outside Spikes Mum and Dads House in Blackburn, happy days.
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robert wells Posts: 6764
28/03/2019
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Taff Denby in Second Photo was in FIELD GUN CREW twice, never liked coming Second in anything did Taff ie very competitive, became a Chief PTI if i remember Correctly, Ricky Thorne and Frank Dinsdale in 5th Photo became Petty Officers, in Cassandra Days we were just Young Uns having great times.
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