The fall of the house of ?

Is'nt a sad thing when family's fall out , just for the sake of explanation's worded wrong, a son will be parted from his farther, and the rift grow's.

"boson retires"

dear little Boson our miniture dachaund has gone to a new home on Hayling Island to a home with two other sausage dog's and is as happy as a pig in a truffle field .

the joy of waking up

When you get to my age , it is an absoulute pleasure to open your eye's each day and find that you are still alive. Make the most of your time whilst you are on this mortal coil , cos you sleep for an awful long time when you don't wake up .

 me and my grandson callum at navy days in portsmouth

meny stories have to start somewhere

During meny year's in the R.A.F. as a chef/cook. I saw some thing's that doubled my over with mirth.Like my mate Adam's in R.A.F.Cosford boy entrance training course.We went on a fire weapons course on the bren gun. Now Adams was only 4foot nothing and as he loosed off 25 rounds of ammo, the bren gun was dragging him across the rifle butt's. The drill sergent roared at him"where the f..k do you think your going Adam's, get back here with my bloody gun or ill stick it up where the sun don't shine and pull the trigger.Well it made me giggle.

love is a meny splendid thing

Still miss this chap , so loving and such a character

oh joy

One of the aircraft that saved us from distruction.

lino cutting

back in the dark distant past I left school at 15 with little or no qualification's, went to torquay school of art and craft's.I did life drawing,and Lino cutting which I was really quite good at .At the hight of my course ,my dear departed father decided that the place for me was in the R.A.F. and without leave enrolled me into the R.A.F.school of cooking and dietrie.So thank's for planning the first 17 year's of my life,R.I.P. the most controlling man I ever knew.

beautiful art

Awonderful picture drawn by my grandaughter Paige Joanna Calvert . Enjoy.

It is of Robynne calvert one of my other grandaughter's and a wonderful likeness.

Never out of uniform

I just realised that since I left school in 1954 I have never been out of uniform.First stint was 17 years in the R.A.F. Then the next 30 year's as a bus and National Express coach driver,and the last 15 years for Security company's Initial and to date Mitie security. Oh well be in civvie's one day.

making Lyme Regis look good

Here is my favorite photo of Lyme Regis toward's the Cobb and harbour, a truly lovely part of the country.

banner

I hope you like my headline banner designed and placed by Ms Paige Joanna Calvert, I am so pleased with it as it say's just about my out look on my life Ex R.A.F. an extreamly proud of it.It is great to have two of my grandson's in the service's . One in the Navy and the other in the R.A.F.Regiment.

meeting my wife

I had just come back from Australia with a stint on the atom bomb tests in maralinga,I was posted to the marine depot at Lyme regis as there in house cook. I was in a pub in the towns main street, the minute I saw her it was love at first sight. We have been married for 54 years have three grown up people and 9 grandkids.So I think there is somthing in this love at first sight malarky.

R.A.F. launches

 

Top launch is a target towing boat and the bottom launch is Pinnace. I had a connection with both these boats , the 1374 was based at Falmouth.

Introduction.

Hello, my name is David, I am an ex-Royal Air Force cook who served at the marine depo in Lyme Regis. This blog will be my small place on the internet where I can discuss past events and re-visit my experiences in the forces, and in my daily life. I hope you enjoy my discussions and memories and feel free to comment on my posts to share your own past. All the best!