Where are you living?

[Manoverboard]

Ray ...

Based on that information alone I'de say you live(d) in Mawdesley, if ' yes ' then type it into your sat-nav and all should be well.

[Boris+]

Hi Alan,

Hmmm yes - memories, heh? Kitchener Hall rings a bell with me.

Em

[suespud]

We live on Tyneside. A 6 hour train journey from Southampton.

near me, by any chance

[Silver_Shiney]

Hi Alan,

Hmmm yes - memories, heh? Kitchener Hall rings a bell with me.

Em

yup, second-hand food in the officers' mess. They told me to take my breakfast leftovers back to the servery instead of putting them in the slops bin

[Not so ancient mariner]

Hi Alan,

Hmmm yes - memories, heh? Kitchener Hall rings a bell with me.

Em

yup, second-hand food in the officers' mess. They told me to take my breakfast leftovers back to the servery instead of putting them in the slops bin

You were in the officers' Mess??

[Gill W]

Shrivenham - RMCS?

Em

That's the place. Run by the Cranfield Institute of Technology when I was there in the late 80s. First time, the accommodation was so bad, our CO ordered us into the Barrington Arms for three weeks. Second time, the army insisted we stay in the barracks. Third time, they put us in an empty married quarter. Last time, I was accommodated in the White Hart(?) in Highworth.

I've got family links with that part of the world.

My dad was born in Stanford in the Vale, and our branch of the family first appeared in Stanford in the 1730's. Other branches of the family are all over the Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)/Wiltshire area. A namesake of my dad was a farmer in Highworth from about 1850 to 1890.

[Silver_Shiney]

Hi Alan,

Hmmm yes - memories, heh? Kitchener Hall rings a bell with me.

Em

yup, second-hand food in the officers' mess. They told me to take my breakfast leftovers back to the servery instead of putting them in the slops bin

You were in the officers' Mess??

Just for Sunday "dinner" and Monday "breakfast" - the soldiers' cookhouse was closed at the weekend. We relocated to the Barrington Arms Monday afternoon.

[Holiday Planner]

Yes very near Shrivenham - I worked in Lloyds Bank there for 8 years !.

I spent too long at the army base there

I have very happy memories of my childhood in Shrivenham - lived there between the ages of 10 and 15 in the early 70s. No family connections with RMCS, but my first date was to a college ball there - was it Robert's Hall?

Happy days!

[Boris+]

There were two halls - one was Kitchener and the other was Roberts.

Em

[sunsetsail2night]

Now that we know where many members live - are we any nearer to deciding where our "get togethers" will be

Brenda

[Silver_Shiney]

I don't think so, but at least Tinks is getting the drinks in

[Not so ancient mariner]

I don't think so, but at least Tinks is getting the drinks in

[The Tinker]

I don't think so, but at least Tinks is getting the drinks in

Yep via Shiney's credit card

[Boris+]

Ok, that's the drinks sorted - what about the nibbles?

Em

[david63]

Ok, that's the drinks sorted - what about the nibbles?

Em

That's good of you Em.

Better start a list so that Em knows what to order

[Silver_Shiney]

I don't think so, but at least Tinks is getting the drinks in

Yep via Shiney's credit card

You mean the one I cloned from you?

Ok, that's the drinks sorted - what about the nibbles?

Em

That's good of you Em.

Better start a list so that Em knows what to order

16oz T-bone steak for me, please. With all the trimmings, of course.

[Boris+]

That's not exactly what I call 'nibbles'!

I was thinking of buffet stuff!

Em

[Silver_Shiney]

Just to please you, dear heart, I will cut the steak into small pieces I can then nibble on. Okay? Medium to well-done, please

[Boris+]

Alan,

Let me give you a clue - I don't cook. Not being nasty or snotty, it's just better that I don't - for safety's sake. I have said so very many times that I always plan to succeed - qed I don't cook.

However, I know a man who can!

Em

[sunsetsail2night]

But ... where are we going to enjoy Tinks drinks and Em's nibbles

Any suggestions

Brenda

[Silver_Shiney]

Bearing in mind that some people who might want to come live a fair distance from wherever it is held, they'd need to book overnight accommodation. London, although it has good road and rail links, may be too expensive.

Still, thanks to Tinks and Em, all the rest of us would have to worry about is transportation and accommodation...

[sunsetsail2night]

I think we'll need two gatherings - one Up North and one Down Sarf

Brenda

[david63]

... or someone with a big house and someone else with a bus

[Silver_Shiney]

I think we'll need two gatherings - one Up North and one Down Sarf

Brenda

That would be a shame - half the people I'd love to meet live up north

[Not so ancient mariner]

I think we'll need two gatherings - one Up North and one Down Sarf

Brenda

That would be a shame - half the people I'd love to meet live up north

They don't have to be held simultaneously............!