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2022 - Reunion
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College Tour. Learning more about the place in 2 hours than in 12 months..... 5 of 103
And another one, have you noticed a theme yet? 6 of 103
Correct. Darroch somehow manages to get himself in each shot, typical MCD. 7 of 103
Beat retreat 8 of 103
Some Mids from the Blake dorm 9 of 103
Dr Nelson & the Blake River Rep (Mid Grice) 10 of 103
All too much for JJ! 11 of 103
Mids Waugh, Carruthers and Nelson 12 of 103
Sailors 13 of 103
The college looking lovely 14 of 103
Gricey and Bill 15 of 103
Jock in a frock 16 of 103
JJ 17 of 103
Mid Powell (self) 18 of 103
Mid Coughlan 19 of 103
View from the Blake Dorm 20 of 103
It's the Milk Tray Man!! 21 of 103
Mid Green helps the older members (Dr Nelson) up the hill. 22 of 103
March On! 23 of 103
Mids Davies and Carruthers 24 of 103
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2010 Reunion phots
25th Anniversary Reunion phots: 14-16 May 2010BRNC Reunion 14-16 May 2010 1 of 100
The winning boat! 2 of 100
Still the winning boat! 3 of 100
Dodgy glasses! 4 of 100
Where are all the cadets? 5 of 100
The morning after the night before. 6 of 100
Nothing really has changed. 7 of 100
Our very own gaenocologist! 8 of 100
Young schoolies at play! 9 of 100
Our leader! 10 of 100
Lance, Keith and Tom find themselves in a bar shock!! 11 of 100
Not the winning boat! 12 of 100
Tim and Swarbs bask in the smugness of victory! 13 of 100
Group shot steps 1 14 of 100
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Friday first arrivals at the Blake dorm 17 of 100
BRNC from Blake dorm 18 of 100
Sea view from Blake dorm 19 of 100
Friday at Blake dorm 20 of 100
Kingswear from Blake dorm 21 of 100
Mark Kent Blake dorm 22 of 100
Nick Davis Blake dorm 23 of 100
Simon Powell Blake dorm 24 of 100
Pete Nelson Blake dorm 25 of 100
JJ Bowley Blake dorm 26 of 100
Tony Carruthers Blake Dorm 27 of 100
Paul Steriker Blake Dorm 28 of 100
Jon Green Blake dorm 29 of 100
Graeme Waugh Blake dorm 30 of 100
Neil Grice Blake dorm 31 of 100
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Simon Cheesley - first fag of the day 83 of 100
Dave Jones making shipshape 84 of 100
JJ Bowley 85 of 100
Clive Mitchell 86 of 100
Bill Woodley - bless 87 of 100
Blake Dorm 88 of 100
Breakfast Alf Rescos 89 of 100
BRNC from Kingswear marina 90 of 100
Beach risking all for the right shot 91 of 100
And that was the last we saw of them 92 of 100
Anyone remember what that means? 93 of 100
Clive Mitchell & JJ Bowley 94 of 100
Crack crew 95 of 100
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Fat, old and breathless. 2 of 100
25 years too late, Young and Anderson find details of the Bullying Helpline in Cunningham Division. 3 of 100
This the bottom of Sandquay Steps. The sign says "no running." What is going on? 4 of 100
G4 Reunited - Mids Ross, Hood, Anderson, Noyes and Young. Mid Anderson is holding his Midshipman of the Day Award. 5 of 100
Mids Hood and Noyes enjoy a well earned break. Dave Noyes has spent so long holding pint glasses he is now unable to move it. 6 of 100
For whom the bell tolls. Anderson models the devils cloth on the sacred steps. 7 of 100
Mid Ross tries to look cool and vaguely nautical. 8 of 100
Mid Anderson in command of the motorwhaler on the way to Dittisham. 9 of 100
Mids Young and Anderson muster on the leads. 10 of 100
The boys having a laugh!! 11 of 100
Nostalgia is not what it used to be!! 12 of 100
After 25 years Mid Anderson finally plucks up the courage to suggest to Soapy Watson he didn't deserve Charlies after PLX. 13 of 100
The losing boat - a very competent crew but a foul bottom 14 of 100
Pete Nelson 15 of 100
Tim Ward 16 of 100
Blake dorm balcony 17 of 100
Pete Nelson late Saturday am 18 of 100
Gricey, Jem, TC, Bill & Simon 19 of 100
Something nasty stuck on Darroch's finger. 20 of 100
Beach Seakins & Paul Bennett 21 of 100
Nick, Jon, Mark 22 of 100
Jem C, TC, Bill W 23 of 100
Simon demonstrating the size of his equipment and Bill looking impressed. 24 of 100
TC about to tweak Jem's nipple 25 of 100
TC, Jem & Nick looking hard - not 26 of 100
Leaving Kingswear marina 27 of 100
Kingswear 28 of 100
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Dave Jones 32 of 100
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This racing game's hard bloody work 41 of 100
Look what JJ Bowley coiled down, not bad for a WE 42 of 100
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Neil Grice Bill Woodley Jem Coughlan Jon Green 45 of 100
The boys and their bitch 46 of 100
Simon Jem Andrew Bill Jon Neil 47 of 100
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BRNC Chapel 86 of 100
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2010 Reunion phots 4
25th Anniversary Reunion phots: 14-16 May 2010 1 of 96
Ready for Rounds Sir - Midshipman Nelson reporting 2 of 96
Richard Swarbrick 3 of 96
Dittisham ferry 2 4 of 96
Sunday am awaiting Dittisham ferry 5 of 96
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Hindustan 7 of 96
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Graeme Waugh 10 of 96
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Ferry Boat Dittisham 12 of 96
Two fine young men - JJ Bowley, Simon Powell 13 of 96
More fine young men 14 of 96
No smirking on the Parade Ground! 15 of 96
Mark Kent 16 of 96
Is that a bunch of drunken ex-naval officers larking about in a childrens playground at 0100? Surely not 17 of 96
Ferry Boat Dittisham 2 18 of 96
JJ Bowley getting 'em in. 19 of 96
Jon Borat Green 20 of 96
Tony Carruthers & Simon Powell 21 of 96
Blake balcony 22 of 96
The last Blake supper - Sunday 23 of 96
Dittisham bound - Sunday 24 of 96
Blake balcony again 25 of 96
Nick Davis & Tony Carruthers 26 of 96
Speedy JJs last ascent 27 of 96
BRNC main corridor 28 of 96
Alf Fresco 29 of 96
And another thing 30 of 96
Reminiscing.....or just drunk too much? 31 of 96
Boswell and Healey...reunited 32 of 96
Royal Dart Yacht Club. Mullet, Hanson, Hubber and Swarbs 33 of 96
Seakins, Willimas and Brown 34 of 96
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The Team 36 of 96
The Choir 37 of 96
Sunday Lunch 38 of 96
Mids Noyes, Anderson and Young step out of the time machine and straight into the bar 39 of 96
Mids Young, Anderson, Noyes and Ross standing by for their Whaler Ticket Rescrub 40 of 96
FBI for a breather before more bumps and grinds at Sandquay 41 of 96
Mid Hood returns to a sailors rest - No Zdz left in there! 42 of 96
Mids Anderson and Noyes exclaim surprise re Mid Hood's cap in the passing out Phot. Who does he think he is, bloody Beaty?! 43 of 96
Mid Noyes - Happier now than he was then! 44 of 96
Mid Young - irrepressibly upbeat as ever! 45 of 96
Soapy would be proud! Cunningham G4 reunited. Mids Ross, Anderson and Young prepare as the sun slips below the yardarm 46 of 96
Senior officer doubletakes at the news that Mids Anderson and Young actually made Cdr!! 47 of 96
Mid Hood with fortifying whiskey in hand, heads for the wee small hours. 48 of 96
Mid Noyes happy that he's finally passed his Whaler Ticket. 49 of 96
If Soapy were to see this picture it could seriously damage his health. Jeans, hands, sunglasses, smirk - "Charlies UFN" 50 of 96
Guess what the girls did during the day............ 51 of 96
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... with somewhere to go!
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Nick, Mark and Jem C enjoy the sunshine 54 of 96
A rare group phot including PhotO himself, mistakenly he has in his hand a pint of beer, not his camera. 55 of 96
It's a sad fact that many of us look a whole lot better from the back these days.... 56 of 96
Midshipman Davis flirts with danger drinking while being out of the rig of the day. 57 of 96
Until others join him and are reminded it is less than an 1 hour (including the 5min rule) to muster on the quaterdeck 58 of 96
Mid Ward and Goodman clean into evening rig, in timely non Blake fashion 59 of 96
Mid Bowley bulls his shoes (minus the top of his head) never easy at the best of times 60 of 96
Mid Green appears briefly from a near by cupboard and irons his shirt 61 of 96
Mid Cheesley surveys the busy scene around him and (as in the old days) opts for another fag before turning too. 62 of 96
PhotO realises all too late that time is running out and he is yet to book his slot in the heads and bathroom rota 63 of 96
Mid Green (presumed) and Mid Nelson relax before dinner 64 of 96
Mid Grice, Woodley and Bowley. Latter is demonstrating, DWEO style, his laser rangefinders. 65 of 96
Mid Waugh, representing Scotland, fails to qualify for the quiz, loosing on away answers. 66 of 96
Mid Green looks surprised to be caught in the same place twice Mid Kent and Sterriker discuss forming the third £20 each kitty of the night. 67 of 96
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Time for the speeches and A/S/Lt Bennett reads from the lengthy list of Blake prize winners 69 of 96
Mid Cheesley graciously accepts the prize for the division with the most prizes prize. 70 of 96
..while Midshipman Noyse voices the discontent of the crowd and demands a recount. 71 of 96
Back in our day OUT's were awared swords, now it seems there is budgets only for other pirate equipment captured off Somalia. Here we see Midshipman Jack Sparrow. 72 of 96
His trusty sidekick Midshipman Jem Blackbird 73 of 96
Chief Bosuns Mate, Mid Nick Shitehawk 74 of 96
Focsle Lookout, Mid "Batseye" Grice 75 of 96
Unintelligence Officer, Mid Jonny Greenfinch 76 of 96
Time to pass the port, A/S/Lt Swarbrick snorts his first glass. 77 of 96
Mid Powell presents his lessons on a Middies Meniscus to rapt applause from those around him 78 of 96
Muster in the Bar. Mid Waugh and Grice relive the good old days. 79 of 96
Mid Grice and Carruthers reveal that they both were wearing seperate parts of the same suit... 80 of 96
Mid Grice rushes to join in yet another photo 81 of 96
...he's there again with Mid Noyse propping him up. 82 of 96
Mid Nelson and Powell demonstrate why they were never, ever, known as Maverick and Goose. 83 of 96
It's one half of the triumphant organising committee. Other half presumed elsewhere loafing.... 84 of 96
Mid TC and Mid JC. We have'nt changed a bit. 85 of 96
A/S/Lt Swarbrick seems to be picking up interferance on his bowtie, Mid Grice is offering to sort it....Mid Anderson is on commission. 86 of 96
It's just a nice phot of some half decent blokes having a great time, standfast Mid Grice. 87 of 96
A/S/Lt Woodward demonstrates his pick pocketing skills while Mid Waugh distracts onlookers. 88 of 96
Mid Slade looks a bit greyer than he did, Mid Ross ditto. 89 of 96
Mess dinner 14 90 of 96
Vincent boys re-united: Mids Mason, Slade, Evans, Tilby 91 of 96
'One for you, one for me!' 92 of 96
Dit spinning...'It was that big..!' 93 of 96
Gricey - 'I see no ships!' 94 of 96
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Extended BRNC Reunion phots
Phots of Shipmates who couldn't make 2010College phots
Upload your phots from 1985 1 of 104
Excused boots 2 of 104
Who read the news that night then? 3 of 104
Fenders!!! 4 of 104
How did we survive?? 5 of 104
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College Phot, Dec 85 7 of 104
Passing Out, Spring 86 8 of 104
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what are you smiling about, "Sir" 10 of 104
PLX 11 of 104
"Flyer" Farish on PLX 12 of 104
run ashore, Torquay, Spring 86: Wiggy, Tim, Keith 13 of 104
view from Cunningham cabin, Spring 86 14 of 104
Pete Blakeway (and Wendy B) on yachtUnicorn, Spring 86 15 of 104
rather miserable me on PLX 16 of 104
Eric James mustering for PLX 17 of 104
1st week at BRNC, Sept 85 18 of 104
In the days that we could stand still for a long time. Is that a beard I see at the front? 19 of 104
Days of innocence - St Vincent Sep 85 20 of 104
Days of Innocence - St V Div Sep 85 21 of 104
St Vincent Nav Training 22 of 104
A Nick Davis Production? 23 of 104
No flair for journalism! 24 of 104
Charlies 25 of 104
Jan '85 - we had it tough! 26 of 104
Rounds! 27 of 104
Dave Wells 28 of 104
Pete Nelson - gorgeous 29 of 104
Chuckles Kilgour gets his 3rd stripe 30 of 104
DTS - Invincible 31 of 104
Div Sub's cabin 32 of 104
Gricy I think? 33 of 104
Makes you proud don't it? 34 of 104
Leaders of men 35 of 104
Go Darroch! 36 of 104
Simon Cheesley napping 37 of 104
Does Steve Draper know what he's doing? 38 of 104
The Blake Dorm 39 of 104
Blake broken middies 40 of 104
Leading by example....Wright on! 41 of 104
Master of the 2 handed salute...Mr Burke! 42 of 104
The mighty Don! 43 of 104
Blake Group phot on steps 44 of 104
How did we find the time to do all that marching and bulling?? 45 of 104
S3B - Summer Term 1986.
From L-R, Pass, TC, Pass, Mark Slade, Pass, Duncan Hindley?, Pete Blakeway, Jem Coughlan, Passx2
Middle Row - John Ryan, Simon Tilby? Dave Wells, Pass, Gary Smith. Front Row - Pass - Class Acadmics Tutor and Rhett Hatcher. A 46 of 104
Rehearsal and Passing Out Parade. In the phot with the family are Jem C, Me, Andy Barber and someone else. John Green I suspect, lurking obscured. He went on to make a career out of that. 47 of 104
Two shots taken before the command - Left turn! Visible that I can recall include Jock Waugh, Me, Steve Draper, Simon Cheesley, Gary Smith, Mark Slade, Pete Nelson, John Green (failing to be obscured this time)Steve Holt, and Dave Boddy? 48 of 104
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Messrs Batchelor, Hencoz, Blakeway, Mills (TC), Hubber, and Welch (AJ) looking ridiculously pleased to be allowed out for the day. 50 of 104
Pre Ball drinks. 51 of 104
Hours and hours of polishing. Mind numbingly relaxing after a while 52 of 104
Did I ever get this right? 53 of 104
Smart Slim and just passed out. R to L: Me (Jamie Richardson), Steve Jones, John 'Flash' Warden, James 'Mac' McInnes, Barry Howarth 54 of 104
Every picture...... No, not post PLX, post Ball!! 55 of 104
Me and my gorgeous Lizi. People say that my son has my looks - Lizi kept hers!! Married 24 years this Dec. 56 of 104
Pass Out Ball Easter 1986 - check the decorations! 57 of 104
Pass Out Ball programme 58 of 104
Day 1 arrival! 59 of 104
Our own band to practice our marching to!! 60 of 104
Swarbs family at the Passing Out Ball - don't we all look young! 61 of 104
Cunningham NEX 62 of 104
Cunningham NEX - Who's got the map? A collection of scran bags! 63 of 104
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Hope you've enjoyed this snapshot of life in Hawke in 85. 78 of 104
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Operation HOLDOVER 1985. HMS INTREPID. 81 of 104
PLX 82 of 104
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Sandpiper or Petrel nav training 84 of 104
Steve "Sid" Harpin and Neil Lewis. Comrades. 85 of 104
Post Div dinner drinks. Why the cigar? 86 of 104
Mids Noyes, Ince, Hood. Style personified! 87 of 104
Oh dear. Divex in West Cornwall 1986. Mids Noyes and Beech, clear the beach! 88 of 104
Some daft inter Div nonsense. 89 of 104
Divex at Royal Arthur '86. Not sure if it's post run ashore or post squad run issues! 90 of 104
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Ben and Dave killing it on the beach 95 of 104
Royal Arthur, the morning after 96 of 104
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DTS phots
Upload your DTS phots 1 of 77
Angie loved the Invincible Boys!! 2 of 77
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coming into Ft Lauderdale 6 of 77
Invincible from ship's boat 7 of 77
Minerva in Plymouth (before losing her Seacat) 8 of 77
Minerva from boat 9 of 77
Helo excercises, Caribbean 10 of 77
Invincible from helo 11 of 77
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DTS - the route 13 of 77
DTS Invincible 14 of 77
Minerva - Greneda 15 of 77
Muscle Beach BRNC Style - West Indies on DTS. Mid Carruthers, Turner(?), Humphreys, Woodley and Green. Note inconspicuous Pussers Grip cluster.... 16 of 77
DTS - run ashore in Barbados. Note complete uniformity in short sleeve shirts and polyester trousers. Smart as a guardsman. Mid Mules, Coughlan, Woodley & Humphreys. 17 of 77
Antigua - Nelson's Dockyard. Pussers Grips in evidence once more concealing polyester trousers and shirts for return on board rig. Mid A. Jones, Davis, Sutherland and Findlay. 18 of 77
DTS from the air....who's jumping next? 19 of 77
Banyan! 20 of 77
Your task is....find the flagpole then paint it! 21 of 77
Been there - STILL got the T Shirt. Looking a bit ropey now though. 22 of 77
DTS MED and Baltic Apr-Aug 85. What a body of fine men. 23 of 77
DTS Baltic somewhere in Oslo. Mark Kent, Tim Howarth and Paul (Farmer?) 24 of 77
DTS Med 85. MK, Scouse Anderson, ?, Jim ? and Berty Basson 25 of 77
DTS Nice 85. As we were strolling along this gorgeous young lady was doing a fashion shoot so we joined in. Although our fashion leaves a lot to be desired. 26 of 77
Entering Nassau. I'm the 83rd white dot on the port side! 27 of 77
Billy and the meatbeaters on tour (sure there are higher quality versions out there?) 28 of 77
Billy of Billy and the meatbeaters showing early signs of a career in banking--Wonderful Tonight? 29 of 77
Mid TC--Why should Britan Tremble 30 of 77
Mids Green. Thomas and the fat one 31 of 77
Mids Green and Cheesley displaying cool shirts!!! Dedicated I believe for the most part to Fungi says PUSH 32 of 77
Jack Phot 33 of 77
A Seamansip Evolution 34 of 77
Dressed to kill... 35 of 77
SLts Batchelor and Hubber prepare to defend the United Kingdon's interests on the high seas. 36 of 77
Darroch and me chemically challenged on HMS Minerva. Horse racing on the quarterdeck had gone very well, hic, apparently 37 of 77
Jamie, Paul and Stu. Oh yes with Minnie. 38 of 77
Stu and me looking like a couple of waiters ........ well actually we were. Cocktail Party in Carrib somewhere. Seems to remember escorting an extremely drunk Bernard Whetherall (ex speaker) 39 of 77
Magnetically attracted to the worst pub in the world. Disney. Even the darts were glued to the board 40 of 77
Hmmm, a little bit larger athwart ships now unfortunately. 41 of 77
Ship holed below the waterline, all hands to bale out. 42 of 77
Atypical DTS phot, ie I'm not cleaning something! 43 of 77
What Style - and the chaps look cool too!! 44 of 77
Swarbs at the Magic Kingdom - at least I've put no weight on (not)!! 45 of 77
The RNs finest young gentlemen mingle with USNs finest young ladies - where is that hand going???!! 46 of 77
Divisions - Arethusa Division -Even the guards couldn't pull this one off on a flight deck that was melting the shoes. 47 of 77
More shoe melting by Arethusa Div. 48 of 77
Budgie smuggling anyone?! 49 of 77
Ince, Helmet Licker!, Seakins and Blakeway 50 of 77
DTS Compilation Phot 51 of 77
Mess Deck Life in 6E? 52 of 77
Procedure A into Fort Lauderdale - Hello Spring Break! 53 of 77
Not a gal in sight! 54 of 77
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Podders, Neil Lewis and Steve "Sid" Harpin 56 of 77
Cadets, fousands of 'em 57 of 77
US embassy somewhere near Rosie O'Gradys judging by the T-shirts 58 of 77
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Army V Navy Rugby phots
The best from the West car park
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2008. Dog robbers are back in fashion 2 of 28
Blake Al Fresco post-match ruby 2008 3 of 28
Gricey & TC 2008 4 of 28
JJ '08 5 of 28
2008 6 of 28
2006 - Smartly turned out as ever. 7 of 28
Standing; Mid Davis and Green.
Sleeping; Mid Slade (Vincent). 8 of 28
Standing; Mid Cheesley & Waugh
Balding; Mid Carruthers
Woken Up & Grumpy; Mid Slade 9 of 28
Auditioning for Panto; Mid Davis and Mid Bruford (Non 85 vintage). 10 of 28
Token rugby shot - navy losing. 11 of 28
Mid Cheesley, Slade & Carruthers - drinking.
Mid Grice - dozing. Similar stance taken in 1985/6. 12 of 28
Final Score 2010 13 of 28
Line Out 2010 14 of 28
Yes, we were winning at one stage of the game in 2015 15 of 28
I am sure a selfie was something else entirely in 1985 but anyway, Davis, Waugh and Carruthers embrace the trend. 16 of 28
EMA's or what passes for them nowadays. 10am at Waterloo Sports Bar. Ready for rounds! 17 of 28
And this time they arrive the right way up too..... 18 of 28
Davis and Carruthers agree its all looking positive (before kick off) 19 of 28
But then the Army score starts to mount....... 20 of 28
But just then Mid Sterriker returns from the bar! 21 of 28
Blake Beer Bus 2017. Yes, we were all there again this year. 22 of 28
Before kick off, usually about the only time the scoreboard is in our favour. 23 of 28
The usual suspects 24 of 28
Blake's answer to the Chuckle Brothers.... to you, to me... 25 of 28
Has anyone seen a bus....it's about this big with a wheel at each corner?? 26 of 28
Where else would one go for breakfast other than the Admiralty on Trafalgar Square? Cheers. 27 of 28
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General pics and funnies
Wardroom standards please 1 of 31
patent method for clearing Unicorn's prop, Torquay, Spring 86 2 of 31
Blake Planning Group 2005. Dry -run for things to come. Blake Old Boys went back to BRNC in Summer 2005. Here Mid Grice shows us he has lost none of those officer like qualities... 3 of 31
Mid Green recreates his RN darts playing days with the classic "this position, ready" stance. 4 of 31
Mid Waugh and MacDonald revisit a scene of deep psychological trauma. After 5 minutes they then re-visited sick bay. 5 of 31
Mid Waugh relives his career ending collision with the gym wall. Scottish football mourned the loss of a great talent (in his own words). 6 of 31
Mid Cheesley, Waugh and Green discussing how in their day bridge windows were for looking through and not at..... 7 of 31
These steps ring a bell! Mid MacDonald, Carruthers, Grice, Green, Bowley, Waugh, Cheesley & Powell. Not pictured Mid Davis (Brasso-ing a Cannon) A/S/Lt Woodward (Adrift). 8 of 31
20 years and standards have slipped, and slipped badly. 9 of 31
In 20 years Mid Grice demonstrates the skills that showed why he was chosen as Blake River Rep, correctly identifying A. The River and B. Some Boats. You never lose that sort of skill. 10 of 31
My wedding day, March 88. Andy Woolvern, Charlie Neve, MK, Scott Bower, Tim Howarth, Mark Wright (RM my brother in law, Ian Huxley (RFA), Rob Elliott. 11 of 31
Definitely not straight and level! 12 of 31
Clive trying to look old before his time - same cheeky grin even now! 13 of 31
Some of the kit issued still works - but doesn't fit!! 14 of 31
Not just stylish play but stylish wear - Grad Tech take on the Staff (and win!) 15 of 31
Which current senior officer was persuaded to act as a racon for his task book???!!! 16 of 31
So dapper and yet so much potential yet to be realised - HMS Blacwater fleet time - Swarbs and Wiggy join MCM 10's finest!! 17 of 31
Where did my cabin go after the Mess Dinner??!! 18 of 31
Wiggy gets into the RIB as bowman for his racon sortie! 19 of 31
The spread for our passing out ball - Naval catering at its finest! 20 of 31
Mullet, Lane, Blakeway and the late Derek Diprose on Pegasus. 21 of 31
Blake Dorm, John Mac looking for several gentleman's interest magazines loaned in 1985 to Mid Grice - I put em back in that drawer John, honest! 22 of 31
Token shot of A/S/Lt Woodward, who arrived late and probably left early neglecting to settle his messbill... 23 of 31
Mid Powell, he sat there for 3 hours and still no sign of The Antiques Roadshow on his new telly. 24 of 31
Mid Bowley trying to remember the correct stance for standing at ease. 25 of 31
In our day, I believe it was Sam Fox and Linda Lusardi, now though, times have changed. 26 of 31
Value, Choice and Convenience - 3 words I would never associate with the NAAFI! 27 of 31
Poised, ready and awaiting the command "March on the Scran Bags"! 28 of 31
A keen midshipman's autograph collection. 29 of 31
Mid Davis still fits his Middies 5's! Ah, sorry, correct caption is Mid Davis still fits Mid Cheesley's 5's....... 30 of 31
Hands in pockets, shirts not tucked in, jeans..... How on earth do we expect to be let in? Oh yeah, Mid Green is on the staff and has arranged for everyone else in the college to be out. 31 of 31































Blake Reunion T-shirts around the world
Phots of Blake Reunion T-shirts deployed and in action around the world 1 of 17
Midshipman Davis in Pompeii, Italy 2 of 17
Somehow the Blake reunion t-shirt managed to crash the La Manga Tennis Pro annual photo shoot in Spain! 3 of 17
Close up for verification! 4 of 17
JC on watch trackside in Le Mans 5 of 17
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Blake's latest recruit: Scarlett Rose Davis 16 of 17
Mighty Blake visits Iguazu Falls in Brazil/Agentina/Paraguay for recon 17 of 17
















