A Colin Harrington Page

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The tent lines at Kasfareet
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After the storm - find that tent !







More storm damage
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Our new tent - Mark II
Complete with low brick wall
and concrete base









Interior shot of the new tent complete with proper beds, still manky storage units and (bloody hell)  a parafin heater !!!  We never had one of them.
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Kit laid out and nicely presented for
weekly inspection
Bods - named where possible
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Keith Dodd on left and another guy returning from night guard
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Stan Howard outside billet 8
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Card players. Dick Crook in foreground.
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Dick Crook writing home
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Pete Drury in Billet 8
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Frank Charlton in Billet 8
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Harry Taysom ? Billet 8
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Mike Horder  billet 8  Captain of 2 Wing football team.I called him Malc when we played  together  !!
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Stan Howard
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Card players, seated left to right , `Olly` Ollerton, Derek Parker and Dick Crook
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Frank Charlton writing home
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Jim Mckay in Billet 8
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Taffy ? sweeping sand dust off the billet wall after Khamsin


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John `Ollie` Ollerton writing home

Billets

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Looking along Billet 8 from halfway down
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View from the cinema with billets to left and Roman Catholic Church to the right.





Verandah Billet 8. Is that a mail box bottom left ?  Can anyone remember mail boxes ?
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Looking between the billets towards the YMCA





Looking up towards the cook-house. Two Standard Vanguard staff cars are parked in the middle ground.
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Five shots sandbagging on Billet 8 roof against high winds 
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Bin day as seen from Billet 8 roof. I thought our bod was going to offer a hand to lift the bin till he saw the other seven skiving in the back of the truck  !!
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Three pictures of effects of a Sandstorm
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Billets at Kasfareet. Looks like the WRAF compound distant left






In amongst the billets
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Colin`s quarters and pit






Dick Crook and others
Billet 8
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Same again. Young Scarborough still with fag in hand ?




Demob group preparing to leave for Blighty
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Serious billet cricket
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No quarter asked.....no quarter given

Bods unknown

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Mad dogs and englishmen read in the sun
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A man with no name
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etcetera
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Billet 8 conference
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And another
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Forget the guy, what was the name of the cat  ?