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LEISURE TIME

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Ken in the middle, on horseback












Ken Brown and Ray Nixon
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Bob buying shoes in Kasfareet Village
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Kasfareet Village
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Kasfareet Village











Short Sunderland preparing to touch down on the Great Bitter Lake at Fanara
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Sunderland safely moored up
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Jim Elcock and Ken Brown

" Alcock & Brown  ! ".....get it  ?

They both worked on the new Golf Clubhouse



The three pics that follow show a Sailing Club outing to the far shores of the Gt Bitter Lake
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Fanara Wharf showing Houseboats moored distant left














Our Lido
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Mate Nixon checking out the Hubbley Bubbley
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Ken`s small sided boat with the lawn mower engine
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The Jetty at Kasfareet Sailing Club











Ken`s boat, underway
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The Sweetwater Canal runs between Kasfareet village and 107MU perimeter fence
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Ken at the 44km maker stone
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The Sailing Club boat Bolney







Out on the Gt Bitter Lake. Picture taken from the Bolney
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The Canal Road running alongside the Gt Bitter Lake
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Overtaking on the Canal Road while a convoy sails north to Port Said
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Ship traversing the Suez Canal



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Lads from the Wood Machine shop
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Two men from the East African Pioneer Corps
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Ken Brown`s early tent










The same tent which was located close to the Officers Mess
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Roman Catholic Church
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YMCA Club







Airmens Mess withh Bantam parked outside against the parade ground
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Camp cinema
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Ken Brown`s billet 8
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KEN AT WORK

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A bunch of lads from the Woodworking Machine shop















Jim Elcock centre with two lads from the Woodworking Machine shop
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The Woodworking Machine shop showing the planer and thickener
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Bill Dalas and Ken Brown
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Ken Brown and Jim McLaughland
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Ken`s QL with East African Pioneer Corps
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Unloading woodworking rubbish QL at dump
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Ken with woodworking QL dumping at the tip other side of the runway
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Casualty of the 1952 Xmas Party
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Crosley Queen Mary
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Doug and Queen Mary






Crashed Vanguard
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Another Vanguard..see top of the page for info
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Leyland Hippo...see following note
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Jim McLaughlin in the drivers room at Station Sick Quarters ( SSQ)






Ken Brown ( second left back row) with SSQ medics at the lido
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Crash tender ambulance









Still at the lido with SSQ medics with Ken sitting in the middle chair
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KEN BUILDING THE GOLF CLUB HOUSE

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                                                 Ismailia

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French Square, Ismailia
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Park in Ismailia
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Park in Ismailia
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Ken in the same park in Ismailia



Fayid

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Memories of Trips to Port Said

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Landing dhow in Port Said
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Buildings in Port Fouad
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Statue of Ferdinand de Lessops, builder of the Suez Canal. Situated on the breakwater at Port Said at the entrance to the Canal.







The Cathedral, Port Said
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Desert view







Simon Arat store in Port Said
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The Suez Canal Company offices at Port Said







The Harbour, Port Said
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The Casino Palace Hotel in Port Said









The Suez Canal at Port Said
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The Suez Canal from Port Fouad







Ship on the Suez Canal
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Enjoying a well earned rest at the Port Fouad Rest Camp
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Ken enjoying an ice cream while on leave
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The Charlton Star that carried out leave runs to Cyprus



And one last reminder of the troubled times in the Suez Canal Zone

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Train derailed by Arabs
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The above is Frank Petter`s contribution in response to Ken Brown`s question in message # 372 on
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