News

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

This entry was posted in News on by
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

This entry was posted in News on by
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.)

This entry was posted in News on by
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

This entry was posted in News on by
Several weeks and not a lot of news – sorry – this evening I spoke with Jeanne Tarbuck, who’s husband Rob Tarbuck passed away one year ago today. She is keeping Okay, the usual visits to hospital. She and daughter Sharja had been away for a few weeks in Teneriffe. […]

Not much news …..

This entry was posted in News on by
My apologies for not posting up earlier – been bit busy of late… Keith McCart….  My history, I was born in Morecambe, Lancs, went to live in Singapore with parents 57 to 60. Returned to live in Chessington Surrey 60 – 61 Went to live in Aden 61 – 63 […]

Keith McCart

This entry was posted in News on by