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national service 1958
national service 1958
Photo: Bill Woodcock
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Item #: 20026
christmas island 1958

Comment by: catherine on 23rd February 2012 at 20:15

Brilliant photo i have never seen this before.
I remember you sending me a grass skirt (which was worn in many Miry Lane May Queens)had that grass skirt for years xx

Comment by: dotty on 23rd February 2012 at 20:52

when men were men !

Comment by: Tony on 25th February 2012 at 10:52

I bet I know what they were doing in Christmas Island, 1950's!!!!!

Comment by: Cyril on 25th February 2012 at 15:01

Yes dotty and when women behaved like women, not like todays drunken ladettes.

Comment by: Chris Harrison-Smith on 25th October 2022 at 09:25

I remember Bill Woodcock on Christmas Island
73 Squadron. Sgt Tarling was our sgt
Hope you Bill are not suffering too much from the fallout!!!
Regards Chris Harrison-Smith

Comment by: Bill Woodcock on 6th October 2023 at 15:03

Hi Chris Apart from you I have only heard from Denis Shaw in E and M troop who has now died I remember you and Gordon Brown Fridge mechs Also Lt Reid playing the Bagpipes and a few others I have a few photos I could E mail

Comment by: Colin Traynor on 7th October 2023 at 14:31

Lovely picture, they all look so young and healthy, not many had nice teeth like that in 1958!!!!
Must have been a great adventure with tales to tell back home having been to the other side of the planet.

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