Greetings All,
Here is a link that might be of interest to any of you who were at PRS
Willemshaven and does anyone have film of our old school? If so please send me a
copy so I can post it on our web site.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JAL0571#p/a/u/1/mVYr03SGhCE
Thanks and a Merry Christmas to you all.

David W

yes, that is always good fun .......!





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Just in case you haven't started the festivities yet you could always
start by beating the kids


Eric n Jenny v Natalie Phoebe n Happy
<http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/yaNPw1K8LP4zIKD2>

Merry Xmas



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Have a great Christmas everyone..Regards Tony..

See:

APittanceofTime1.wmv

Cliff






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See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFOamA9EHU

With no apologies for the political point being made.

Cliff





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Hi All,
Any of you who attended Singapore school might be interested in the information
below.
TTFN
David W

Singapore Schools Reunion 2010

All ex pupils who attended schools in Singapore, Malaya, Hong Kong, or anywhere
in the Far East are invited to a reunion at the Ramada Hotel, Hatfield on
Saturday 20th March 2010

Please email as soon as possible if you would like to attend:
singaporeschool.reunion@...

Reasonable room rates will be negotiated, there will be music, memorabilia, lots
of nostalgia and the hotel serves evening meals which can be booked in advance,
more details following.

More details are on the Singas website:  http://www.singas.co.uk/

Please take a look at http://www.honour-our-troops.com/

Cliff

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How many of you have remembered that today is Far East POW Day.
Cliff

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I don't need to remind you how important the honeybee is for human
existence.  Perhaps you'd like to sign this petition to get the government
to do something about at least one of the causes of their alarming reduction
in numbers.

http://apps.soilassociation.org/Bees/Register.aspx

Cliff

Pass this on to all your contacts.  See:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8128582.stm

An extremely good way of future generations remembering Her Majesty.

  The Queen!  God Bless Her.

Cliff

Hi

Has anyone read the report at http://tinyurl.com/cfhxdu

Though this was back in 2007 (years ago... Ha ha) it seems people are still
pioneering their way to the Cameron Highlands.... albeit for a few Ringgits And
not the Malay Dollar.

Anyone come upon similar reports from Tana Rata ?

I have read quite a few from the Malay Emergency ...recollections from soldiers
serving at that time which are more in my style/interest...all this new style
"roughing it ?" on a budget is fairly tame by comparison

Eric

Write to your MP to show your support for the Gurkhas.  Use the link in the
message below to identify and write to your MP.

Do it now.

PLEASE.

Cliff


Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:58 AM
Subject: Gurkha Justice Campaign update from Joanna Lumley


> Thank you so much for your support of the Gurkha Justice campaign. We are
> overwhelmed by the support the campaign is receiving.
>
> As you may know, on Friday, the Government badly let down the Gurkhas. The
> new rules they have announced will exclude the huge majority of ex-Gurkhas
> who retired before 1997 from claiming citizenship in this  country.
> They've given five bullet points that virtually cannot be met by the
> ordinary Gurkha soldier.
>
> It is so obvious that the treatment of the Gurkhas has been a great
> injustice. To treat them like this is despicable.
>
> The strong reaction by the public and press should show the Government
> that they simply cannot get away with this outrage.
>
> I'm ashamed of our adminstration. We will be challenging this decision in
> the courts and in Parliament. We will not stop now.
>
> This is not a party political campaign: it's simply one for justice. I am
> so grateful though for immediate support from MPs from all Parties,
> including amongst others Conservative leader David Cameron and Lib Dem
> Leader Nick Clegg.
>
> Nick Clegg has agreed to put a vote to Parliament this Wednesday calling
> for a fair deal for Gurkhas. This vote on its own won't change the
> Government's ruling, but would be an overwhelming signal to the Government
> that they need to think again.
>
> We need all MPs that support the Gurkha justice cause to turn up and vote
> for a proper deal for Gurkhas on Wednesday. Can I ask that you take a
> couple of minutes right now to ask your MP to do so?
>
> You can send a message to your MP directly at www.theyworkforyou.com -
> please ask them to support the Gurkha Justice motion on Wednesday.
>
> On Wednesday, there will also be a Gurkha Justice rally and protest
> against the Government's decision, starting at noon in Old Palace Yard,
> Westminster. Many MPs have already committed to support the vote and join
> me and others at the rally. I know it's awfully short notice, but if you
> can, please do come along as well to add your support.
>
> If you can pass on this message to others as well that would be fabulous -
> and if they sign up to www.gurkhajustice.org.uk we can keep in touch with
> them directly in future.
>
> Lastly, again, thank you so much for your support. It means so much to us.
> I spoke today to Lt Madan Kumar Gurung, who has been at the forefront of
> the campaign since it began. He said to me that he has no fear for the
> Gurkhas any more, as he knows the loving hearts of the British people will
> not let them down. With your support we won't.
>
> With warmest good wishes,
>
> Joanna
> www.gurkhajustice.org.uk
>
>
>
>
>
> This message has been sent to those who have signed up for the Gurkha
> Justice campaign by signing at www.gurkhajustice.org.uk or on a printed
> petition for supplying your email address. You can opt-out of further
> correspondence from the campaign at any time by email to
> optout@...

The man is a Hero. See: 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/article2397415.ece

Cliff

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Have a great St Georges Day.

Cliff




       Today, 23rd April,  England celebrates St George's day with varying
degrees of officialness. The great Englishman was born in Turkey and never
actually made it to England, but has worked for us for more than 800 years.
Cataluña also shares St George as their patron Saint and they traditionally
celebrated with lot of fireworks.

       Saint George is popularly identified with England and English ideals of
honour, bravery and gallantry, but actually he wasn't English at all. Very
little is known about the man who became St George.

       Quick known facts:

           * Born in Turkey (in Cappadocia)
           * Lived in 3rd century
           * His parents were Christian
           * Became a Roman soldier
           * Protested against Rome's persecution of Christians
           * Imprisoned and tortured, but stayed true to his faith
           * Beheaded at Lydda in Palestine

       St. George is believed to have been born in Cappadocia (now Eastern
Turkey) in the year A.D. 270. He was a Christian. At the age of seventeen, he
joined the Roman army and soon became renowned for his bravery. He served under
a pagan Emperor but never forgot his Christian faith.

       When the pagan Emperor Diocletian started persecuting Christians, St.
George pleaded with the Emperor to spare their lives. However, St. George's
pleas fell on deaf ears and it is thought that the Emperor Diocletian tried to
make St. George deny his faith in Christ, by torturing him. St George showed
incredible courage and faith and was finally beheaded near Lydda in Palestine on
23 April, 303.

       In 1222, the Council of Oxford declared April 23 to be St George's Day and
he replaced Edward the Confessor as England's patron saint in the 14th century.
In 1415, April 23 was made a national feast day.

       St George is patron saint not only of England but also of Aragon,
Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine and Portugal - amongst others -
although he is celebrated on different days.

       St George is also patron saint of scouts, soldiers, archers, cavalry and
chivalry, farmers and field workers, riders and saddlers, and he helps those
suffering from leprosy, plague and syphilis.






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Keep her walking.

Cliff



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Had this sent to me today:
http://www.ukip.org/content/video-zone/948-when-gordon-met-nigel

I just hope the majority all vote to get rid of this lot, they are well past
their sell by date.

Cliff

Have a look at this: 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5073419/Veterans-\
ID-cards-will-offer-priority-NHS-treatment.html

Cliff

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Hi

Any "old" Arborfield blokes here......Dave


http://tinyurl.com/czba65

Eric

See the attached and this link for apeals for books etc for our boys and girls
in Afghanistan.

See: http://www.royal-naval-association.co.uk/hqnewsletter.html

Cliff

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Hi Cliff

Don't agree with your last petition...... and I am an ex squaddie on a 22 year
pension?

The guys who are on pensions at the lower end  ex privates and corporals or ex
soldiers not on a full pension do not pay tax on their pension if it is their
only income anyway... so it wouldn't benefit them.....

The rest of us can afford to be taxed on our pensions if they exceed our
personal allowance....just the same as any other taxpayer....

The guys that would benefit at the end of the day would be the Majors Colonels
Brigadiers on substantial pension......

Of course everyone would like to jump on the no/tax bandwagon.

The only way to benefit those in need is to increase the rate of pension in line
with inflation so we don't fall further and further behind as we get older.....I
say let the ones "Rolling in It" still pay Tax

I believe the Services Pensions have been in "Civilian Hands" for some time so
we are going to get screwed whichever way....

As always Armed Forces are only any use when they are seen to be saving a
civvies arse (generally speaking)once you retire it's a case of thank you and
goodbye...

Of course I can say that..... I will never be paying a young soldiers
pension........my kids.. kids.. kids.. will be doing that.

Eric

PS these petitions are very good for marketing..... emails and home addresses
filled in on a voluntary basis....... I would like to think everyone gives their
name as Gordon Brown 10 Downing Street London W1 just to muck up the misuse of
stuff...who would check out all the info on a petition anyways ?.....






--- In slimschoolmalaya2@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff Phillips" <us@...> wrote:
>
> Probably the most worthwhile petition for a long time.  Said with tongue in
cheek.
>
> Sign here:  http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Military-Pension/#detail
>
> Cliff
>
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>

Probably the most worthwhile petition for a long time.  Said with tongue in
cheek.

Sign here:  http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Military-Pension/#detail

Cliff

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Log on to this.

This is our prime minister he is talking about?  Well someone voted for him
I did not.

  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d92_1238051026

Stay alive

Campaign for Cyprus Memorial
   Former Chief of the Air Staff Sir Michael Graydon has launched a campaign to
honour the many UK servicemen who lost their lives in the 1950's Cyprus
campaign. The campaign was the last conflict fought by National Service
personnel. The 371 UK Service personnel who lost their lives in Cyprus were
buried where they died and the British Cyprus Memorial Trust now hopes to raise
£200,000 to build a memori al at the old British cemetery at Kyrenia in honour
of the dead.

   All the money is to be met through public donations. The trust has already
raised nearly a quarter of its target which includes a generous contribution
from the Royal Marines.

   The conflict in what was at the time British-ruled Cyprus came about when on 1
April 1955 a bombing campaign started with attacks on government buildings at
Larnaca, Limassol and Nicosia by EOKA (National Organisation of Cypriot
Fighters), a nationalist, military resistance organisation trying to claim the
island for Greece.

   After further attacks in the autumn, in which policemen and servicemen were
killed, Field Marshal Sir John Harding arrived as Governor, declaring a state of
emergency on 27 November 1955. EOKA continued a guerilla war on the island until
December 1959 when a cease-fire was declared which paved the way for the Zürich
agreement on the future of the country.

   Cyprus achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1960 with the
exception of 2 'Sovereign Base Areas' at Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The settlement
though explicitly denied enosis - the union with Greece sought by EOKA. A
guarantee was also given by Turkey and Greece that neither would annex the
independent republic.

   Of the 371 British servicemen who died in the campaign, 28 were from the Royal
Navy and Royal Marines, 69 from the RAF, and 274 from the Army.

   Former Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, also
President of the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, served in Cyprus in the early
1960s. He said: "If we don't recognise these young men they will never be
recognised. They are the last from a time when we buried our men who died
fighting for their country, overseas."

   The target date for unveiling and dedication of the double memorial is this
year's Remembrance Day, 8 November 2009. The permanent memorial will be sited at
Kyrenia, with a memorial bo ok in a church near Wayne's Keep. The memorial will
be constructed from dark-grey granite. The inscription to each serviceman who
died on active service in Cyprus, will be inscribed and silver enamelled, using
the traditional style of lettering common to British memorials since the First
World War. The eight solid panels will list the names alphabetically under the
badge of their respective Service, Regiment or Unit.

   The British Cyprus Memorial Trust website is at:

   http://www.britishcyprusmemorial.org/
   You may have to cut and paste this link.

   Cliff





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Murdered Soldiers Treated Like Frieght.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Quote:
       The bodies of the soldiers Murdered in Northern Ireland were flown home
without ceremony. This has angered members of HM Forces: "British troops have
spoken of their anger following the disclosure that the bodies of the two
soldiers murdered by dissident republicans were shipped back to the UK as
freight."

Please sign here:
Petition to: Change the rules regarding Ramp Ceremonies for HM Forces Personnel
killed by an act of terror, while in the Service of Her Majesty the Queen. |
Number10.gov.uk

Thanks.


Cliff

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Another worthwhile petition.

Those of you who are not UK residents please pass it on to any UK residents in
your address book.

Cliff

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Sorry, looks like I missed the link off, here it is:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/WarPensioners/

Cliff

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Hi

Glad a couple of you liked the pictures.

I posted the link you sent Cliff (railway) over on the Bourne site and it went
down well with a few memebers too.

March seems to be a quiet time of the year...Done Christmas...got the
recession.... wot next ? Ah yes... Mothers Day.... Easter.....

Eric

Eric,

that was excellent.I never got to Penang but Ipoh,
Kluang, Singapore
as well as living in some kampongs ahah.

But like Cliff it brought back a lot of good memories.



Thank you for sharing.

John.

(just over 60 and a bit younger than Cliff) (smile)



--- On Tue, 10/3/09, slimschoolmalaya <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
From: slimschoolmalaya <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Slim School Malaya] Penang
To: slimschoolmalaya2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009, 6:13 AM












             Hi All.... and Cliff if you are still around!!!



Not sure how many of you went to Penang ?



I put a few photos together at   http://tinyurl. com/awa9e7



Thought maybe a few could pull up the old Zimmer Frame and get the children to
boot up  PC.....joke I aint even sixty ...yet and I think a couple of you are
younger than me......



Hope you didnt all loose your retirement pensions in the recent great depression
and now have to work till you are 80........



You can still find me riding round Vancouver on my bicycle pretending to be
fifteen again...... whoops thats at http://tinyurl. com/ah9xvf



regards to all of course...looking forward to summer now



Eric































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See: http://www.fepow-community.org.uk/ if only to listen to the music
dedicated to the lads who remain on the island.

Open the link to "Ian's visit to Thailand".

Stay alive.

Cliff