Fleet Review at Spithead 1953

Follow this LINK for a Pathe film of the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead in 1953. The days when we had a Navy!

Written on December 15, 2009 | Posted in Odds & Sods | 3 comments

Robby G’s Ships

I packed my kit bag 25 times from 1957 to 1984.

Written on September 26, 2009 | Posted in Odds & Sods | 2 comments

Devonshire’s Seaslug

Video of HMS Devonshire’s first launch of her Sea Slug missiles.

Written on August 17, 2009 | Posted in Odds & Sods | No comment

The Unknown Warrior

This is story of how the Unknown Warrior was selected and  finally laid to rest at Westminster Abbey:
On the stroke of midnight on 7 November, 1920, Brigadier General  LJ.Wyatt, General Officer Commanding British Troops in France and Flanders, entered a hut near the village of St Pol, near Ypres in northern France. In front of him [...]

Written on July 27, 2009 | Posted in Odds & Sods | No comment

Who is Jack Schitt

“You don’t know Jack Schitt”

Many people are at a loss for a response when someone
says,”You don’t know Jack Schitt.”
Now you can intellectually handle the situation.
Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt.
Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, a partner of Kneedeep &.Schitt Inc.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, and [...]

Written on July 15, 2009 | Posted in Odds & Sods | No comment