Miscellany

From our Naval Correspondent

 (Editor I suspect Bill Cotton lost his Naval History books when he moved house recently, or that he considers In Touch is becoming a channel for too much “old men’s” stories, so he suggests the following ditty to liven things up -by shocking us?)

Jack Tar took his girl to the seaside 
 One Sunday morn in July  
 They hadn’t seen much of each other, so   
Sunbathing they thought they would try.   
With seaweed only as costumes             
They lay on the sands all the day.                 
 Now they see much more of each other, for          
the tide’s washed the seaweed away!

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“In Far away Places.....”

There are Legion Branches in many parts of the world and some are occasionally mentioned in Legion Magazine. Did you know that there is one in Cork, in the Irish Republic? Berlin has a branch, one of 18 in Germany. In Spain, sun-loving ex-service ex-pats. are catered for in a number of places, including Tenerife in the Canaries. There is a branch and club in Valetta in Malta and San Francisco branch, one of three in the States, played host to a visiting Royal Naval ship a few months ago. Nearer home, Jersey Branch celebrated its 75th anniversary last year and set a target of increasing the number of members from 875 to 1000 !

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