Lads

[Keith Birch]

Can anybody remember the name of the medic that died. He used to work in the medical centre in 4 DIv.

Just remember his face.

[Paul Ramsay]

Yeh he died doing a BFT when he left us on transfer to the medics

Can see his face but the name will come eventually think his nickname was zooney or something..

Hows it going Kieth

only 27 here today but getting warmer...

[Keith Birch]

hi Paul

yes cant remember his name but can see his face.

33c here today. Went to Dubai Irish village then on to Cyclon a new night club about three times the size of the ali pali but more choice of take away.

hope your doing well i have to go visit all the Hiltons in the Gulf next week all 17 of them then going to egypt. god it a hard job but someone has to do it

I went on a boat trip around the new Palm Island, well both of them as they are now building two. At the moment we have constructions go on here to the sum of 500 billion Dhs.

Take it easy

[Tiny Hart]

Mick "Zoony" Staff. He was in 2 troop A Sqn at the start of the Herford tour. Transferred to RAMC and died later of a heart attack at the end of a BFT. Jacko Dickson and Mally Tobin went to his wedding. He and his wife Shirley were often to be seen in 'Charlies Bar' on Mindener Strasse on a Fri night. She and their child came back to visit friends (stayed with Roy Palmer) while we were in Bovington. She had bought a house in Camberley, Surrey with the life insurance money. A wealthy widow?, not seen or heard anything of her since Bovvy.

Zoony gained his nickname because his face was the spitting image of the monkey of that name in the childrens puppet programme " Fireball XL5".

[Mick Bell]

Tiny,
a really good lad was Zoony, I think he was another that started with 'A' Sqn. Asslt. Tp. Yes he did get his name because of Fireball XL5.
Dinger ;-)

[robert jones]

Zooney was a truley nice guy, I recall an incident at Herford when,along with a few other unfortunates,from A SQN we had been volunteered to join B&C,Iin the Op Banner tour of 77,and during training we were out on a run poor old Zooney collapsed and looked in a bad way,
I have often wondered if that had any bearing on what happened to him later in his life,as is usual for the Army,a few days later he was back on his feet, and if memory serves he completed the training and did the tour.

[Mick Bell]

Bob,
it probably was the start or a warning of things to come for Zooney, but everyone just recovered from things then and got on with it,you were more worried about being laughed at for being a wimp,than anything that could happen medically to you.
Dinger ;-)

[robert jones]

Hi Mick,
Just as well we can still keep our memories at least they cant take them away,as Tiny said about Geoff being similar age, when you look at the list of our dear departed,it tends to concentrate the mind,and as I was 49 yesterday I am in a very reflective mood today

[Paul Ramsay]

Honk Honk jones - the pig is live and well!!

Only thing you should be reflecting on is that the next birthday you will be 50!!!!!!!!

Yes mate there are a few of "the lads" who have not and will not be celebraing birthdays again.

Ginge Taylor - Geordie Parks - Graham Eaves - Snowy Evans to name a few that are not already mentioned here.

El sombre Rambo

[patbrown]

it was a sad day when i heard the news of the passing of Mick (zoony) Staff. Joined JLR wiyh him in 74 . We were in the same brick in Derry 77. One of the kindest and funniest guys around... RIP my friend...

[Dave Harmon]

This thread has been around for a while and I am sorry that the penny has only just dropped. Zoony was one of Doc Forrester's oppos up at the Garrison MC in Herford. I had to have several blood samples taken in 1979 ( for an enzyme over-production complaint before anybody starts! :mrgreen: ), yes Pat - he was indeed a lovely, humerous and in my experience thoroughly professional man.