Hi to you too. In 1975 I'd been gone from Saint Hill for a year but I was on the RPF with Mick Parkee. No one ever has a bad word to say about him and I'm glad to hear he's still with us.Hi to my many old friends from the old St Hill Estates Org - circa. 1975 to 1984.
Castle Project and CO Estates in good times and bad. Many untold stories.
Regards to all on the board . . . good to see Mick Parkee is still going.
Thanks for the prompt response. Basically I knew most of the guys serving in the SO from the period 1975/1984, those in Estates Org . . . on various RPFs . . . or those who worked on the Castle Project (new Reception, Connector and stages 4 & 5).Stories?
Well, your post is a trip down memory lane, since I helped dig the foundations for the fucking castle in 1973/4 and lived at Stonelands and the boathouse there while I was on the RPF. I expect we know a lot of people in common who were still there when you arrived after I had left apart from old Mick Parkee.Thanks for the prompt response. Basically I knew most of the guys serving in the SO from the period 1975/1984, those in Estates Org . . . on various RPFs . . . or those who worked on the Castle Project (new Reception, Connector and stages 4 & 5).
From Stables to Stonelands, Brookhouse, Bullards and the Manor. If there ever was a definition of insanity it would surely cover the events of that period which eventually led to collapse of Estates and demise of most of the crew.
I knew Mick Parkee in the early 1990s, when he was the chief cook at the Stables. He used to bitch and moan loudly about whatever was the PTP of the day with his assistant Peter something, who was similarly grouchy.Hi to you too. In 1975 I'd been gone from Saint Hill for a year but I was on the RPF with Mick Parkee. No one ever has a bad word to say about him and I'm glad to hear he's still with us.
Thanks for the welcome.Well, your post is a trip down memory lane, since I helped dig the foundations for the fucking castle in 1973/4 and lived at Stonelands and the boathouse there while I was on the RPF. I expect we know a lot of people in common who were still there when you arrived after I had left apart from old Mick Parkee.
Hi . . . thanks for the welcome.Hi there, whoever you are.
Paul
The "BoatHouse" down by the pond at Stonelands was in fact an old potatoe store, not unlike the tool shed up by the swimming pool. I was amazed that this too hadn't been converted into berthing.
Paul, I was trying to remember some of the names of staff at SH, but apart from Bob and Ivis, their names escape me now. One name I was able to remember but seem to have forgotten now was the sour-faced Swedish bird who was qual sec. Her husband worked there as well. Please remind me of her name.When I was on the SH RPF for a couple of months (1979?) that boathouse was used for RPF berthing.
Paul
Haha. When I was there, the AOSH Qual Sec was a freckle-faced woman with an Aussie or New Zealand accent. The last memory I have of her is of her screaming at me that I was wrecking the prospects of humanity to go free, because I'd decided I'd had enough of being on staff. From the look in her eyes, she really believed what she was saying. She seemed like a fanatic.Paul, I was trying to remember some of the names of staff at SH, but apart from Bob and Ivis, their names escape me now. One name I was able to remember but seem to have forgotten now was the sour-faced Swedish bird who was qual sec. Her husband worked there as well. Please remind me of her name.
Malin Gelfan, husband Peter. She left in the early 70s and became a Class XII at FSO.Paul, I was trying to remember some of the names of staff at SH, but apart from Bob and Ivis, their names escape me now. One name I was able to remember but seem to have forgotten now was the sour-faced Swedish bird who was qual sec. Her husband worked there as well. Please remind me of her name.
Oh yes, she must have been a disciple of Linda Parselle. Screaming at people was her speciality and I have been on the receiving end of it from her myself. How a lovely geezer like John Parselle ever got tangled up with that virago has always been an enduring mystery to me.Haha. When I was there, the AOSH Qual Sec was a freckle-faced woman with an Aussie or New Zealand accent. The last memory I have of her is of her screaming at me that I was wrecking the prospects of humanity to go free, because I'd decided I'd had enough of being on staff. From the look in her eyes, she really believed what she was saying. She seemed like a fanatic.
OMG, I've just had an orgasm from reading your post. Thank you, thank you, I've been up half the night trying to remember her fucking name. Ahhh ...Malin Gelfan, husband Peter. She left in the early 70s and became a Class XII at FSO.
Paul
I edited the post and added more names. You'll probably drown.OMG, I've just had an orgasm from reading your post. Thank you, thank you, I've been up half the night trying to remember her fucking name. Ahhh ...
Is this John Harry Watson:Paul, I knew all these people from your list well:
Ron Hopkins
Norman Charlton
T. Cusworth
Linda Charlton
Malin Gelfan
Carl Holling - He was the RPF Bosun when I first arrived on it in 1973
Bob Bolger
Ivis Bolger
Mick Parkee - Also on the RPF
Ann Glushakov
Bruce Glushakov
Martin Huber - Also on the RPF
Steve Wilkinson
Nev Chamberlin - Also on the RPF
Trudy Chamberlin
Lyn Collins
Peter Buttery
Here are some of the people I was on London Org staff with that I've managed to compile over the years:
Marcus Allen
Anne Atkinson
Geoff Brewer
Peter Buttery
Sue Finer
Alan & Barbara Gilbertson
Bruce & Anne Glushakow
Ron Hopkins
Paul Humphries
Joe Irving
Nicky (thousand-yard-stare) Mendoza
Malcolm McPherson
Peter Molgard
Tom Morgan
Mike Oram
John Parselle
Mike Phillips
Alan Saint
Alastair Segerdal
Kay Hopkins / nee Sheldon
Chris Speer
Pam Horwitz /nee Thorne
John Harry Watson
Stephen Wilkes