The Second
HMS Manchester Association
Chef's ready for action as ever! L to R - Charlie Charlesworth, Butch Bannerman, Dave Merrick & Daz Laurence
Supply Dept's weekly bash with the skipper, he's the one dressed sensibly in the white shorts and tucked in yellow shirt on the right!
Chief's mess having another party on the quarter deck
Gibraltar - Dave Merrick and friend - Dave on the right!
In Med - Flightdeck BBQ -
Lenny Bilton offers to lend Wayne Crowther one of his fancy T-shirts!
Jebel Ali Sports Olympiad during first engine change
Jebel Ali
Back row - Doc?, Dave Merrick
Front row - Jed Stone, Trevor Pears, Don Hiller
Ships Hockey Team - with unnamed interloper!
Eddie Over, Some WEM(R), Ian Sheridan and ? ? ? on the focsle
Mike Till Run -
Wayne Crowther, Dave Merrick & the late Ernie Earnshaw - 7 December 1989
Ian Sheridan, Eddie Over & Mark "Brum" Traynor
Diego Garcia - Jed Stone and Ian Perryman
Diego Garcia - Tug-of-War
Diego Garcia
Dave Merrick, Paddy Bowman & Mark "Brum" Traynor
And the winner of the Chippies Party funny face competition is Steve Oscroft (R) while Mini Cooper (L) & Mac McGlinchey know when they are well beaten!
Chief's Mess Tug-of-War team 1 Errol Kepple, Nick Athawes, Andy Green, Andy Gibbons & Barry Lucas (partly hidden) at anchor. Of course you have to ask yourself why the biggest man in the Mess Wiggy Bennett is just cheering us on!! Eddie Over gives himself a comforting hug in the background!
Chief's Mess Tug-of-War - team 2 Andy Gibbons is really trying in this one? Nice "up shot" of Barry Lucas though. Wiggy must be all in with that shouting!
Phots courtesy of James "Robbie" Roberts
Phots courtesy of Dave Merrick
