MEN responded in their hundreds to my appeal for Royal Navy electricians to join their new association. Proof that such an association was needed was endorsed at Bournemouth, where we held an inaugural meeting and reunion.
Many old ship friendships were renewed, one going back 51 years! What will the next reunion, planned for Llandudno and booking fast, bring?
This is a thank you from the Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association, firstly to the newspapers who print
ed my letters, and secondly to thank the readers who have ex-RN electricians in their families who live abroad and have informed them.
If you or a member of your family served as an electrician in the Royal Navy and would like to meet up with your old mess mates, send your name and address, Service number if you can remember it, and a couple of second-class stamps to help association funds, to Brian Joy, Membership Secretary, 237a Tithe Farm Court, Alexandra Avenue, South Harrow, Middlesex HA2 9DN for details.(Please leave the self-adhesive stamps on their backing paper!)
Or email him on
navy.bj3@ntlworld.com. Most important, what was your favourite ship and where would you like to be 'taken back to'? Our website is
www.rneba.org.ukMike CroweThe full article contains 224 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
