News

 Not a great deal of ‘new’ news – so I’ll post up what Connie & I have been  up too. We have come on our annual extended holidays out to the Far East  – something we have done for a number of years, get away from the bleak, grey, miserable British […]

News December 2016

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Today I met up with Bob Bruce and Rod Wilkenson for a catch up. We suggested that we try and meet on a regular basis and thought it might be a good idea to post it on the LOF website. We hope some of the northern member might be available […]

Message from Don Dunlop

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My thanks to LOF E&EO Robert (Bob) Bruce..who sent the following. Bob Blake, Don Dunlop, Rod Wilkinson, Margaret and I attended today. I passed on the messages from Campbell Dobie, Dennis Jakobaufderstroht, Bob Mayman, Jonathan Plunkett, Bob Stinchcombe and yourself. Sheila was very pleased to hear from everyone and sends […]

Funeral of Capt Andrew McNab

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News is coming in of the passing away of Capt Andrew McNab. The funeral is at 09:30 on Tuesday morning at the RC church in Livery Street in Bathgate, West Lothian. LOF E&EO Bob Bruce is hoping to attend. I have no further news and Capt McNab was not on […]

Passing Away of Capt Andrew McNab

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It is with great sadness to inform our shipmates, friends, and colleagues of the death of Ben Killeen. Ben was a Radio Officer with LOF, having sailed with Marconi and when LOF employed their R/O’s direct Ben transferred over around 1958. I have covered some history of Ben in the past, […]

Ben Killeen (R.I.P.)

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Not a lot of News from LOF friends…so Connie & I who are celebrating our 40th Wedding Anniversary later this year – have already begun the ‘celebrations’…. We left the UK at the beginning of July and started our extended holiday in Vancouver, then onto Anchorage/Alaska for a 8 days […]

Happy Holidays – Again

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