What a sad day, and farewell to a generous old gentleman and a wonderful Goon. I had the pleasure of listening to the BBC Records collection Goon Shows as supplied to RAF Gan Radio (Maldives Islands) and RAF Changi (Singapore) during the 1970's. He wrote three wonderful books of his exploits as a bombardier in WWII. I ordered his first book several weeks before it hit the book shelves in London (1972 or 73 I think). Anyway, people must have thought me nuts, as here I was sitting on the top of a double-decker bus on my way back to RAF Northwood in Middlesex. I was howling with laughter reading Spike's 'Hitler, My part in his Downfall'
Sadly, I had to leave behind my Goon tapes and Spike's books when we left for Canada 2 1/2 years ago. I also had to leave behind a large collection books on WWII Aviation history, mostly RAF/RCAF/Battle of Britain and onwards. (The only books I brought were a book signed by the surviving members of Bader's Tangmere Squadrons, who I met in Worcester Guild Hall in 1998. The other two, was a book written and signed by my father's Intelligence Officers exploits after his escape from the Germans after being captured with the 51st Highland Division at St. Valery), . And the official history of the 51st as written in 1942 (Censored of course) signed by his CO at the reunion at St. Valery(Dad died 6 months later). James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:55 AM Subject: [OT] Spike Milligan > Perhaps only Brits will get the significance of this but I just read on > the BBC web page that Spike Milligan has died. Feeling very sad, myself. > He was one of my favorites ever since I was very young. > Douglas Adams last year and Spike Milligan this year. How will we manage? > :( > > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
