LEISURE TIME
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Ken in the middle, on horseback |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
CAMP PICTURES
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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 |
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The same tent which was located close to the Officers Mess |
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Roman Catholic Church |
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YMCA Club |
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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 |
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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
Crosley Queen Mary
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Doug and Queen Mary |
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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) |
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Ken Brown ( second left back row) with SSQ medics at the lido |
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Crash tender ambulance |
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Still at the lido with SSQ medics with Ken sitting in the middle chair |
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KEN BUILDING THE GOLF CLUB HOUSE
Ismailia
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
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Fayid
Memories of Trips to Port Said
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. |
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The Cathedral, Port Said |
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Desert view |
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Simon Arat store in Port Said |
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The Suez Canal Company offices at Port Said |
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The Harbour, Port Said |
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The Casino Palace Hotel in Port Said |
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The Suez Canal at Port Said |
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The Suez Canal from Port Fouad |
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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
The Charlton Star that carried out leave runs to Cyprus
And one last reminder of the troubled times in the Suez Canal Zone
Train derailed by Arabs
The above is Frank Petter`s contribution in response to Ken Brown`s question in message # 372 on
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