OLD OPPOS PAGE
This page will be a place to find any old oppos. Please submit a Piccy for publication to me at gnel@btinternet.com
Graphic intense please be patient, its worth the wait!!
Nel at Luqa airport Malta.
1978 (ish),
Oppos I remember are;
Kev Green, Soss, Jeff Leach,  Mne Azzopardi,
Taff Williams,.
Oh yes and a good Matelot who used to entertain us all in the gladiator club with his accordian. Anyone remember his name? Jeff Bartlett.where are you?
Mortar Troop Cyprus 1979
Mick Hathaway (left)
Benji Franklin (Right)
Recognise anyone here UN tour Cyprus
NI Tour
New Years Eve 1974/5
7Tp G Coy 41 Cdo - Paphos, Cyprus - UN Tour.

Jog any memories?   From what I recall the faces from front left are;
'Rip' (Dryden?), Me (with bottle as usual), Trevour, Tomo, Woody, Pete, Jimmy ( the bar owner - and provider of Nescafe, Kebabs, Dhoby etc), Mustafa (local Turk lad who got us dead mens para boots!), Angus (Chef) Stiggy, Paul & 'Guru' aka 'Smiler' (Jim Lainton?).

Those in Cyprus but not in photo included; Lt Burt, Brian Reynolds (l/cpl), Al Starling, Scouse Miles, Al Dunn, Tiny, Cpl Bill Corbett (later killed by friendly fire at Musgrave Park NI I believe), Baz, Shotgun, Geordie, Russ Self, Jack (Cpl) - Carruthers the cat and Rosa the dog.
For anyone there and interested, I found the villa in Paphos a couple of years ago. Not only are the bullet holes and that garage (then Jimmy's Bar) still there - but I even found Jimmy's old bar-b-que kebab stand and the dart board in the garage.

Ray Faulkner


The dreaded sign all Bootnecks will remember.

In memory of Joe Huddart
Remember this little bugger?
Gus Honeybun..............A childrens pal on 'Westward' TV who regulary did 'BunnyHops', one  for each year of your age.
I think I'm right in saying more Bootnecks got 'Bunny Hops' than the poor kiddies.
Proberbly got more Bootneck oppes than anyone else!!!
VIVA GUS
Mortar Tp Banyan, Cyprus.  Anyone remember?