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Lads’ camping
expedition to Mersing Nov. 1966
(L – R) George Paul, Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon, Ken Collins.
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Mersing camping trip
Nov. 1966. (L – R) Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon, Ken Collins, Charles
‘Spud’ Leavey
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Mersing camping
trip Nov. 1966. (L – R) George Paul, Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon,
Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey, Ken Collins
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Mersing camping
trip Nov. 1966. (L – R)
Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey, Ken Collins, Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon, Dave
Keech???, George Paul.
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Mersing camping
trip Nov. 1966. George
Paul making the tea.
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Mersing Nov.
1966.Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon and Ken Collins break camp.
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Mersing camping
trip Nov. 1966. ‘Spud’ Leavey’s dad’s BMW. It got six of us from
Singapore to Mersing and back.
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Mersing camping trip
Nov. 1966. ‘Spud’ Leavey checks over the car before the return drive
to Singapore
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St. John’s Upper
Sixth Geography Field Trip to Pulau Tioman – July 1967 – setting
sail from Mersing (L – R) Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey, ????, Keith Dear,
Ken Wildon
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Approaching
Tioman – the weather doesn't look too good
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Nearing Tioman –
Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey surveys the scene
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Ken Wildon watching
the coastline and eyeing up Mount Kajang.
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Selamat Datang -
Welcome to Pulau Tioman
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Our quarters on
Tioman – fishermen’s huts used for refuge in stormy weather. Keith
Gordon on balcony.
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Tioman July 1967 (L
– R) Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon, Ken Wilden, Keith Dear, George Paul,
Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey
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Keith Gordon on
balcony – Tioman 1967
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Tioman 1967 –
ablutions were pretty primitive. The toilet was a hole in the
jetty 15 feet above the river (downstream from the village).
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Ken Wildon
shaves in cold water – Tioman 1967
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General view of
Pulau Tioman 1967
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More views of Tioman
– 1967. This is the island where South Pacific was filmed.
It is now home to Vietnamese ‘boat people’.
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Looking back towards our huts – Tioman 1967
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The landing jetty – Pulau Tioman 1967
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The ill-fated expedition to climb Mount Kajang – we
didn’t even get half way!!
(L – R) Keith Dear, George Paul, Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon, Ken
Wildon, Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey.
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Back from Kajang after being lost for three days. (L
– R) Charles ‘Spud’ Leavey, George Paul, Ken Wildon, Keith Dear,
Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon and Willy Taylor (who passed away 4-10-06)
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Pulau Tioman – The
Village Shop
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Ken Wildon and
Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon post our cards home watched by a local
village boy. The post only went once a week and we arrived home
before it did!!!
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Return to St. John’s
from Tioman – Ella Leavey (Charles’ mum) in foreground. Also visible
are Keith ‘Ramrod’ Gordon, Mr Jones??? Geography teacher directing
operations, and George Paul.
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More of the return–
no-one really recognisable except Mr. Jones (bending over)
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Self (Alan Cottrell)
and Angela Postles at Nikki McClure’s 16th birthday
party – Island View Estate – July 1967.
I believe Nikki is now a G.P. in Brecon, Wales.
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My brother Philip
Playing in the deck tennis competition aboard S. S. Oronsay. Self
and Angela Postles in background
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Self (Alan Cottrell)
UK circa 1968
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