THE UNITED KINGDOH

OUTPOST

No. 10EDITORIAL

CCNNENT

April 1988

Our recent poetical editorials have prcxnpted a comm nt from a'Woofer" and it is our pleasure to use her contribution as thisedition's editorial. Our contributor is WFR 201326G AliciaHorsfall.

To all the other connotations of that lovely word "Outpost" may

alrmst be added the rather unflattering one that our magazine isfast becoming the last outpost of male chauvinism ! So how about a

note fran a Woofer for a change ?

Having invented that outturst as an introductory paragraph I have toadmit that I am but a weak reed in any feminist carrp, believirq as Ido, that we women have begun to overstate our case. Chairpersonindeed ! as silly as "chalkboard", but that's a different story.So here goes with what I really set out to say.

I feel a bit of a fraud writing for a ~azine for 'regulars', butthere existed/exists in the Reserve Force people who share a greatnumber of your memories, your pride and loyalties and yet who were

sufficiently outside the Police as a career to be able to view itwith a certain amount of light heartedness.

The two poems, 'The Regimental Association of the BSAP' and 'Song ofthe Hat, Soft, Blue' evoked so much nostalgia we must all surely beenormously grateful to Peter Wilson for the thoughts andreminiscences he set in trail. On receipt of both these 'Outposts'I have sat quietly for a few golden hours recalling loved scenes andpecple, times of horror and stress and ccmradeship, times oftea-break laughter and Police jokes, some of them very naughtyifx3eed ~

When I left Zimbabwe I had been a Woofer for 28 years, even having

the distinction of receiving a disability pension (signed away

of course). I handed in my uniform with sadness and

irwardly hcpping mad as a Stores Depot member took my trench coatand said to her colleague "This will be just the thing for that softtcp on my iron!re board". But I still have my buttons and badges-old ones with a crown on them and later crownless ones. And Istill cherish my 'Hat, soft, blue'. Like Duncan Mitchell's mine

has an unrepaired bullet hole in it — the result of an A.D. , luckily

my head was not inside it at the time, and I was fined only $2 forlocal church funds as perpetrator of the A.D. 'Ihey treated us

Woofers gently. The 'Hat, soft, blue' has accrNpanied me to Greece

and Switzerland and kept out the fierce Queensland sun when Irecently visited my emigre (ex pA'IU) sons there. It new joins me

when I go out with an Art Group (also soft, blue !) of ladies of my

can age executirg water colours of the gentle English landscape.

In my group they have the tact not to question my tattered hat/

s~sirq, I i~inc, that I can afford ro other - and they areabout right ! So I shelter under it and dream my dreams of earlytraining sessions when we spread sheets in funny Parel Code patternson the gymkhana field with Ground to Air messages, then chasing the

packages the ai rc raf t would drcp in response, and spending the

magnificent ten bob pay at the end of the day at the Club, or when

they hid 27 pieces of illegal, irrelevant material (some of them

condans) in a Land Rover and left us to recover them all or else !And the days when we turned green trying to get drips into each

other — or the pretence of stupidity when we were made to strip FN's

and put them together in an impossible number of minutes.

Later training sessions were not at all funny because they came tomean business. For seven long years I trained and was part of a

team which manned the Control Room at Inyanga. I learned to be

thankful for those boring' map-readirg sessions and found myself

frantically repeating ITMA, ITMA as I struggled to change a pilot'sreadirg f ran Magnetic to True and give him a reference to the

nearest landing strip whilst he flew perilously around.

Sketchily trained we may have been by stern BSAP standards, but once

at tested, we were mi raculously honoured with total trust. Iwouldn't mind a dollar for all the criminal record searches I have

cleared, or the dockets completed when our members were thin on the

ground or away on more pressing business in the field. Do they

still write the 'E' names in the C.R. with a red pen?

No need to elaborate on what we heard and saw and did ard suffered,except to say that carpassion and deep caring, instant anddisciplined reqxeses were the things one knew one could dependupon; these and the fact that sooner or later everything was spicedwith that inimitable brand of bubble-pricking humour which is souniquely the preserve of the BSAP.

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We were always puzzled as to the identity of one ~r on the rollof this branch, Riddel 1, C. 1756. We knew not whether he hadserved as a regula~ or reservist, tut it was not until post wasreturned marked 'gone away' that overt action was taken to locatehim. Success attended our Secretary's efforts and he located 1756ex Det 1st. Class Sgt Charles Riddell in Marar Grange Nursing Home.Knarestorough. Sandy Johnston 4327 kindly visited Charles, hefound a bent, sharp featured frail man, re 95 years of age, who hadresponded to an advertisement in 'The Scotsman' which read "Wanted—fifteen adventurous young men who can ride, shoot and swim, to jointhe British South Africa Police in Rhodesia — the year 1913. Toquote Sardy — "I shook his hand and introduced myself to him as afellow ex member of the B S A Police, his face lit up, his gripfirmed as soon as he realised that we shared ca@ran ground beirut exmembers of one of the finest Police Forces in the world. " He had avar ied career in the Force, Depot in those days was indeed agruel ling experience, the riding inst ructors in particular being'tosh hard men" ensuring that recruits could indeed ride a horse.He served in Bulawayo, Chibi, Fort Victoria, Gwelo and Umtali andfinally in the C.I.D. in Gwelo and Salisbury. He recalled mountedpatrols in the Distrct, , loss of horses due to horse sickness andtsetse fly. He also recounted trips to the Karoo area forrermunts, where first the horses had to be partly broken beforeshipment north to Depot. He r~red setting up carp whilst onpatrol in the shade of Zirrbabwe Ruins' massive walls (he est havemet up with a Cpl. Wallace who eventually becane curator of theRuins and other old timers like ex Sub-Insp Hewlett who were in thatarea around that time — Ed). He received several Cannissioner'sCcxrrnendations — one was for saving a child from a blazing buildingduring the course of which he himself received severe turns, theothers were in connect icn wi th successful invest igat ions intoserious crines including three murders. Major Brundell was chiefof the C.I.D. in his day.

Atout 1931 )x. received a f ractured skull dur irg a fracasendeavour i rq to ar rest an a 1 leged supp 1 ier of drugs and

lie@or to scxne Af ricans and Coloured Perscns. Treatrrent in the

U.K. was essential, which ireluded the placing of a steel plate in

his sku 1 l. Consequent ly he received his medical di scha rge

eventual ly returned to the U.K His wife, Mary, who died

years ago, and he were married in Bulawayo. 'Ibeir mm was killedduring World War II, their daughter lives in Leeds and visits him

regularly.Sandy feels that his visit was indeed worthwhile and plans to go

again as it was obvious that Caries was indeed pleased to meet up

with an ex meeker of the Force of which he ian indeed all of us)

are justly proud. Thank you Sandy.

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BRAA I V LE I S

On SUNDAY 24'0I. APRIL 198S the re wi 11 be a braa i vie i s at the

Hazlemere Hotel, Hazlemere cmrnereing at 12.00 roon. The cost per

he& is E6.50 and those wishing to attend are asked to advise Dave

Chxrpion, Hazlemere Hotel, Lower Street, Hazlemere, Surrey, GU27 2PD

by 10th. April, forwarding with such notification a cheque for the

relevant number of persons attendirr) in your party please. The

totel is situated opposite the railway station (let the train take

the strain — no breathalysers on the train !), this beld on the

main Port~h/waterloo line. Hazlemere is about 2 miles from the

main A3 toad.

MEMBERS WHO LIVE WITHIN REASCNABLE DISI'/VIVE QF HAZLEMERE ARE ASKED

K) MAKE EVERY EFFCBT TO ATTEND ~.A sian lar function held last year was nost enjoyable. ACT NOWP~ AS TIME IS RUNNI% &CR1'

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Indecision is slow poison. It begets do-nothingness and can beccaa habit. Better to fail because you made the wrong decision than

because you made no decision at all.

AN%lAL GENERAL MEETIMt Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the United

K ingdcm BrarLh of the Brit is h South Af r ica Po1 ice Regi nenta 1

Assoc iat icn wi 11 be held at the Victory Ser vices Club, seyrxmr

Street, Lordon on Frida 20th. 1988 at 6.p.m. sharp to transactthe business set out in the agenda belrw:-

1. Read and conf irm the minutes of the Annual General Meeting heldon 15th. Nay 1987.

2. Matters arising theref rom.

3. Chairman's Report.

4. Financial Report and presentation of Balance Sheet,

5. Election of Ccrrmittee Members.

6. Any other business.

Nike Lech, Secretary.

Please note:-

Acccrrrrodation — a limited amcunt of accarrrodaticn is available atthe Club, those wishing acccmxdation rrust make their applicaticnsDIRECT to the Club as early as possible.

After the meeting the usual snacks will be available ard of coursethe bar will be open. PLEASE make every effort to attend.

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Tolerance is a virtue for which the British are well known. Inmany circunstances this is an adorable quality, ard one of which

they can be )ustly proud. ~ it can te misguided.Ne need more pecple to stand up ard protest when something ~swhich they think is wrong. Ne need rrare people who are prepared toraise an ob)ection to loutish, offensive or inccnsiderate behaviouron the part of others in public places. Ne need more people who

are willing to become self-styled teachers of those who have noother way of learning what is right, and what is wrong; what isacceptable and what is unacc~able. ' - St~n Pimenoff in TheGuard ian.

pleas make a note of the followirg charges of address, teleptane

numbers etc. —

6375 Jules Pel issier, Eburcnenlei - 3, 8 - 2120 Schoten, Belgium'

Tel B.)gian (03) 6586043.5398 Tim Potter, 2 Fair Oak, ~r, Shropshire, TF10 7LR, Tel

(0952) 812663.5755 Stuart H Forwards, 'Little Acres', Brin@ton Road, Baughurst

Basirqstoke, Hants. , RG26 5JJ.9447 J A Sanderscn, c/o 8 Feltrn C)re, Severn Meadcws, Shr~ryiShrcpshire, SYl 2TX.8897 Car 1 Van Woerden, p 0 Box 537, Cevedale, 2158, Johannesburg'

Tvl and work Security Systems, P O Box 31429, Braarrfontein, 2017

R.S.A. , Tel 011-674-11861.6960 S K Ripley, 'Cob(butts', Sa)tmarsh I~, Dcwnash, Nr. Hai lsham,

East Sussex, BN27 2W, Tel 0323 840475.7211 peter Biddulph, South Lodge Farm, 380 wateringbury Road, East

Mallirg, Kent, ME16 OJJ.4478 Tcny Butler, 'Crop Hcnse', 3 Hopki ln Lme, Souttwell, Notts. &

NG25 OAU.

5787 Bill O' Connell, 'Highlands', Ballakillcwie, Colby, Isle of Man.

(No charge in teleptane numbers).4623 Mike Rof fey, 'The F 1at ', Bockme r House, Hednenham, Mar imp

Bu=ks, SL7 2HL.

4851 Murray Harrison, Court de Francisco, Apartado 80, San Antcnio

Abad, Ibiza Baleares, Spain.5907 Peter Wilson, 'Pagan', The Bostal. Castleta~, Upper Beeding,

West Sussex, BN4 31'a. Tel (0903) 814582.8170 S L Brooker, The Old Po t Office, Whittington, Nr. Worcester,

WR5 2RL.

2853 Col. Harold Jacl'mn, c/o Mrs. J.M. I llingworth, 58 Culmington

Road, West Ealing, Lordon, W13 9tH, tel 01-567-5911.4837 Jack Brown, 40 Wheat sheaf Road, Alconbury Westcn, Canbr i@e,PE17 5LF, tel 0480 891230,5906 Martin Wells, 16 Basing Close, Thames Ditton, Surrey KT7 (NY,

tel 01-398-9464.3749 Stan Ed ard , 43 Lark Hill, Mo lton, New% rket, Suffolk CB8

8', Tel (0638) 750836.David R Newt', 4 Worley Road, St. Albans, Herts. , AL3 5NS.

7440 Jef f Manning, 26 S i 1ver da 1 e Gr ange, Guise ley, Leeds, West

Yorks. , LS20 8PX.H K Hedges, 8 Mcnks Court, North Read, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15

9BD.

"SEHVI N SECRETLY'

For the first tirre in the three years the U.K. Outpost has been in

teing, the opportunity to cement on a book written by an ex rrember

of the Force has occurred. I refer of course to "Serving Secretly'

wr i t ten by th. late Ken Fluter and ' laughed" short ly after his

death last S~terrber. The took, like many of its kind, written in

the general form of nemirs by pecple who have served in Police

and/or Intel 1igence Services, has received a mixed receptica, the

nature of such reception tei~ dictated or influenced by such facts

as the political persuasicn, being a close observer or participant

in sorre degree in the main events recorded, of the reviewer.

Recent tirres have seen such books as Peter Knight's 'Spycatcher',

John Stalker's ' Stalker' and irdeed others of a similar type.

Much controversy has existed and still exists as to the propriety of

such persons putting pen to paper on thse sensitive issues. Peter

Knight's took has involved costly and protracted legal proceedings

which have proved a first class sales promotion exercise !

Each and everycee of us, whether we are prepared to admit it or not,

view each day's events and 'interpret' them with our own particular

bias. I freely admit that I view local, naticrel and international

events which have a political a~ect through the eyes of my ~political phil~y - and what is more I truly believe any person

who analyses such events does likewise.

Net axpels these perks to wr ite these books 7 I s~camercial reasons figure largely in the exercise. The desire 'to

put the record straight' or 'to tell the otter side of the story' I

telieve is ~ary although ~llirq for os. reason or another—

perhaps 'The I told you so' syndrome, a ccoscience from a sense of

personal failure to have influenced events in the manner the writer

would have wished, thus raising the questica 'why didn't you resign

rather than'continue servirq in an organisaticn with which you were

at variance'.

On balance and ' in the cold light of dawn', it appears that it were

better that none of these tooks had been written.

In the Natal Outpost, neith Rauson has deiced his p. ts&nal cti'. ssof 'Servi~ Secretly' ard

reveriesKen Flower 's r ight to pa»

je3genent in the manner he did on the matter of U.D.I. and other

issues connected therewith. He concurs with other reviews that had

cpined that the book was an attempt to glorify Fl~r'.

A long tirre ago an Inspector said to rre that when you had listened

to two witnesn. s' ~count of a road traffic accident you had cause

to doubt recorded history !

Is it coincidence that it is 15th. March 1988 that I writecawents ? The Ides of March — Shake~re's Julius Caesar rust

spring to mind and Mark Anthony's words in particular - 'the evilthat men do lives after them, the good is oft interred within theirbones". Shall we say - So let it b w&th Firmer ?

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PLFASE NKE 'IHAT AS FKM 'IHE DATE YCU RECEIVE 'IHIS EDITICN OF 'IHE

U.K. CUZKST the A~+' of Mike I.each, the U.K. Branch Secretary,will be :—

5, Winksley Grove, , HARKGATE, North Yorks, HG3 2SZ.

Tel — 0423 65167.

B.S.A. POLICE CEtPESARY

A small sub-ccmnittee has ben formed by the U.K. Branch to explorevenues, prep rome, xerrarabi lia etc in this ch ion. Overseas

Branches will be advised of progress by our Secretary. For general

inforlaat ion the present plannirq is that the main event, the

reception, which it is hoped our Honorary Catatissicner will attend

is planned provisionally for Friday, 3rd. November 1989.

We, the willing, led by the unknowi~xI, are doing the irrpossible forthe ungratef ul.We have done m rich, for so long, with so little that we are now

cpalified to do anythin3 with nothing.

NATAL CVITOSI'

We mkncwl~e receipt of the Natal Outpost No. 25 of March 1988 and

f ran it we learn that the nonthly drinks night is now the LAST

THURSDAY of each month at the Collegians Club, cnr. NMR Avenue and W

Gilbert Road, Durban. Visitors or interding visitors to Durban

please note, you will be warmly welccnxd !On 5th. February last a Ladies' Night was held and proved to be agreat success, well over 100 memters turned rxIt and a successfulraffle, for which all prizes were donated by members, was held, theresult of which we are told was sufficient to pay for the evening.The AGM of the brareh is scheduled for 28th. April and sadly Keith

who has long been a tower of st rengt h wi thi n theorganisat ion has intimated that he wi 11 not be starding forre-elect icn to the Branch Cremittee. Keith is now working and

residing in Pinetcwn ard apparently has nct let the grass grew urderhis feet as Natal now has another drinks night in Pinetown, the dayard venue of which are the FIRST WEDNESDAY of each nonth at LaheePark Club, 25 Arderson Road, Pinetown, rraking three all told asPieteonaritzburg also have such a gathering. IncidentallyPietermar itzburg held a successful dinner with some 80 members

atterding. Th ir nmnthly drinks night is on the 'IHIRD FRIDAY ofeach month cawencing at 5pn, the venue is Liens Club, Mayors Walk,Pietermaritzburg. Ger ry Robinson organised a cricket match atUmhlali Cr'icket Club, BSAP versus Umhlali C.C. We do not know theresult, but as a braai was organied for after the match we are sureall enjoyed the occasicn.The Natal Mailbag includes letters fran Rob Bottriell, 3996, who

with his wife %s spent the past four years caravaning aroundSouthern Africa, Bill Crabtree who reported on his overseas trip andHu3h Grant-Riach who sent news of members. Rob Bottriell usesDurban as his main base where his family and many fr iends arelocated. Chuck, 3995, his brother is there as also is his brotherHarry who was a war time memter. Another brother Don, now in theU.K. was also a B)lice war tirre member, making four ex ccppers inore fcnnily'! Rather like 'Old Bill 1, 2, 3 6 4. His two remainingbrothers were in the Army and the Air Force - need we ask who wonthe war !.' Sorry Rcb and Chuck. Bill Crabtree and his wife spent8 months touring mainly in Greece and the U.K. with a spell on Creteparticularly at Galatas, the scene of some bloody battles duringworld War II. A number of New Zealard dead are remembered in amemorial there. 'Ihey also visited scenes of other pitched battlesat Meleme ard Souda Bay, at the former site there is a Germancenetery ard at the latter a British ~ery.

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Bill hcpes eventually to return to Crete to trace the route d~ the

qorqe to Sfakia where Allied trocps managed to make their w ". o

escape to craft to qo to Egypt.Bill of course attended the U.K. dinner and visited many K hisforrrer associates in the Force. Ba:k in Natal, Bill is in closecontact with percy Cleaver, Ken Leaver, Ted Oppenheim and Brian

Hayes. He reports that Arthur (AK) Lennard will be moving from the

Cape to Umhloti. He has also met up with Roland Grimes and Harry

Faqan. Sebum like you had an enjoyable eight months Bill.Hrr)h Grant-Riach advises that Colin John is runnirq successfully a

'classy' sweet shop in Nambour, Queensland; Dick Ray, residing in

the Cheltenham area, travels extensively and frequents Nigeria ard

the MirMle East in the course of his cccupaticn; Roger Barnard ~in the Bedford Constatulary, bavin been permitted to take hisSerqeant's exam after two years in that Force has now been allowed

to take his Inspector's exam as he was a Superinterdent in the BSAP,

ard finally John Collier who emigrated to Australia in 1984 was

recently involved in a rex.or accident resultinq in his becmirr)

totally incapacitated. We are saddened to learn this.We note that Natal have published in their Outpost a list ofsubscription defaulters, we hope it produces results.

We also acknowledge receipt of Newslet ters Nos. 19 6 20.former was written last Noventer, late in the anth as thoughts were

turning towards the Festive Season, a time when axne slight evidence

of rain was nenifestirg itself to ease scee of the hottest weather

ever recorded. Hugh Phi llips again excels himself in describingthis situation, his irelination to pray for rain this (now that)Christmas ratter than to recall the 'salad days' when with beer in

hand we watched the sun dip and a warm, tropical night drop upon us,

w)mn the pleasure of a good day's work made the presence of family

and friends an anple reward for erdeavours, and perhaps to echo the

words of that great Scots poet, Robbie Burns in 'Auld lang syne'.

Hugh conveys news from our brareh and amrents on the Rugby Team

ptatograph reproduced in our last edit icn. Sorry the qualitywasn't too good, but Hugh, when the cost of production of our

Outpost, exclusive of distribution costs is probably only 10 pence

per ccpy per issue, you can' t expect 'Th Tat ler' qual i ty of

reproduction. We might add that it is due to years of service in

the Force which inculcated the serious art of 'scrounging etc' that

keeps the price down to that level ! Furttenrore the less it coststo produce the rrare we can hcpe to scocp into our BSAP Trust.

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We also received fran several sources criticism of the small print

in certain sections — we were endeavouring to save time by

photo-ccpying f ran other publications. We' ll try to keep to

reasonable size pr int in future. Hugh cmwents about our last

edition having three tightly typed pages containing news of ex

members - well that's an essential part of our raison d' etre !

Eve Chapman Wp 69 reminds us that a jeweller in Manica Road. used to

make up diamante brooches in the style of the collar badges. She

suggests that a further source of supply might be found as it would

be a suitable alternative gift to the 'inevitable' beer tankard.

The jeweller was a gentleman who traded under the name of Mell, what

has happerded to him (if anything at all) we do not know in the

U.K. , but it is known that several of these brooches are ~ by

former members' wives in the U.K. It is a thought well worth

persuing. Eve also likes the idea of the BSAP Trust which has

elicited the carrrent that Central Branch are endeavouring to work

out a scheme which wi 11 realise rmre funds than are presently

available.

Bulawayo Branch held their annual dinner last September at which the

Guest of Honour was Colonel H.G. Seward 2324, ncw sane 88 years

young and still possessed of a reamrkable clarity of memory. Those

attending also included 3363 Bob Berger, 3497 W J Castle Ward, 3714

Paddy Kay, 3839 Tony Raynor, 3851 Harold Vickery, 'Banker' Davidson,

11855 F G M Chiweshe, 4673 H~h Wheeler, 4247 Ken MacDonald, 5270

David Goodhead, 5122 Peter Hillier, 5659 H J Hopkins, 5691 Ken

G~r, F/R5863 F Warner, 6387 L B Morgan, 7435 I Jones, 7920 B

Findlay, f/R 204840 Jenny Findlay, 6068 G Geddes, 8766 G Kent,

8510/10348 D Adams, 8790 J Martin, 8795 D Skea, 9109 G Bennison,

10524 L R Colin, 387652 L Bond, M Edwards ( ex Signals), J Folwer (ex

A Reserve) and 86014 A Von Reison.The source of this news, Ken MmDonald concludes with a mention ofBulawayo's Monday sessicns, of 4435 Jerry Godfrey now working in the

city's Southern Sun Hotel and of Laurie Turner and Jock Sherlm.

Hugh reports on a day trip to Masvingo (Fort Victoria of yester

year) in company of Willy Hamilton which resulted in a 'light and

mainly liquid' lunch at the Club with Laurie Gearirxj and Dave Riley.The branch there has records of David Blake 7852, Simon Bouchet

PR13946, Bruce Burns PR17038, Don Coventry PR3739 (Does Don stillturn out for the local rugby team 2), Yvon Blandin de Chalain

PR11847, Jim Downham, Stephen Erasnus 9252, Bill Gilfillan 3522,

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George Hartley pR 8798, Robert i(arvey pB5425, Graham Haynes 9794,

Arthur ))olds PB4175, Lodewyk Jmckx-z 8234, Frank Lapham PR3Sydney Lassman PR14589, Dem"tr icus Mal lis pB6269, Gordon Olds PB4o 1

(another member of the local rugby team of yester year' ), Jarres

Parker 8091, Wi 1 lcm Pepler PB15016, Gerald Purkis 5778, Nevi lieRichards PB3852, Harold Shay PB5911, Cornelis Swart PB9026, Rhodes

van Niekerk PR13890, Phillip von Lilienfeld PR11799 and Alexander

Wood PR??.Finally the news at that tire ~~~ that Lake Kyle was only 14% full,the area was miserably parched, but despite this, an air of optimism

prevailed, a fair anent of building work was under way and several

projects and wm roads were planned or were well advanced

I'urning now to central Newsletter No. 20 of March 1988 we learn that

every year fran 1894 the Mashonaland Cambrian Scciety has celebrated

St. David's day, 1st. March, until this year when their dinner dance

had to be cancelled due to lack of support. A few days earlier in

the bar of the New Club a gathering of a few ex-policemen was held,

whose 1 ink ms that they were ex BSAp ard had ser ved in For tVictoria Province in the '60's. As Hugh amrents — ' two small

gatherirr3s of pecple, each with a emma link: me a s~s, the

othe r a non-event. I t wou ld seem tha t the memor i es of people,

loved ard kncwn, are far stronger than those of a ccuntry far

away. perhaps a linkage lim in the words of Longfellow - 'And the

song, f rcm beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a

friend . It is perhaps a sign of the tines that patriotism for the

lard of one's birth does not necessarily remain forever. Perhaps

many confuse 'nationalism' with 'patrictism' or vice versa !

In Central's mailbag there is a letter f ran John Salt, 3626, who

appeared in the PSAP 1939 B~(w' '. ~~ ptnto we reproduced in Issue

No. 8. John joi~ the HSAP in 1937 arxl ~s ~Wx3 to the B.A.R.

in 1940, and in con~&ence finistM up serving until the mid 60's

in the Rhodesian Army. Many will remember him as the first O.C. of

the 1st. Bn. Rhodesia Light Infantry. Subsecpently John worked

down jn Chiredzi before returning to Harari. Another correspondent

is Ron Dick, 4042 now living in Mount pleasant wtm spent the festiveseason dean south. We quote - 'whilst enjoying a beer with padre

Grant (son Peter Grant, CID/SB), a hirsute fellow appeared, saluted

ard said "Good afternoon, Dispol — Winston Hart. Fran that stoneda rendezvous at the Lord Nelson in Simnstcam on the last day of the

year'. To this came Ron's mn-in-Iaw Graham Bcden, Winston ofcourse, also John Manning, Chick van Moerkerken, Ron Reid Daly,

Bobby Gibbons and a coracle of other 'ArTy types'.

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Later on Ron was in touch with Harry Mascn and Jirany Watkins and

went out to Plett' to see his one time Law 6 Police Instructor (now

a young 75), Jock Hunter, then onto Canperdown ard son Peter (who

did his three), Ger ry Robinson, Jim Col 1ins, Dennis Marshall,'Badge' Smith and Geoff Watson. Ron concludes by saying that Reg

Coulton ard his wife Joan live near him in Meant Pleasant ard pinshim in sending his good wishes to all his old frimds where ever

they might be.News is gi ven in the membership sect ion of 4154 Ralph Clement

Thompson& 4371 John March, 111124 Steven Mark Po1 1it t ard 7147Doug las Penny Cobban.

The Annual General Meeting of the Central Branch will be held at theCattalic Centre, Fourth Street, Harare on Friday, 20th. May 1988—note the coincidence of dates - the U.K. Branch meeting also beingheld that same day. May we in the U.K. Branch take thisopportunity of wishing the Central Branch well and express the hope

there will be a bumper turn out, an excellent meeting and a nostconvivial sessicn thereafter. We, in Lordon, will lift our glassesat an apprcpriate mxrent !Hugh's final ccament we truly echo - 'The irrportant thing is to keepour contacts going; keep in touch with each other and perhaps toremember ard re-read those words of Longfellcw that I quoted rightba k at the beginning. '

NEWS FRCH REGICN SIX

Alan Stroud who kirdly volunteered as the Co-ordinator/Organiser forRegicn 6 in the U.K. organised an 'Open House' meeting at his home

at Bletchley on Surday, 28th. February 1988 which about a score ofpeople acaprising members and their families attended. Apologieswere received fran another six memters who were unable to attend.David Scarff has managed to ac(pire, free of charge, the use of TheClub at The Point, Milton Keynes for quarterly meetings, ard theconcensus of opinion was that of the tines offered the best was thatof a Surday afternoon cawencing at 12 noon during which bar ardrestaurant facilities will be available. It was decided that thefirst such ~sice would be held on SUNDAY MAY 291H. 1988 at 12ggy1. inks are due especially to Alan for arranging thismeeting, to his wife Monica ard her friend Barbara Fleet wFaorganised an excellent lunch and to Rce Blackmore for his skill in~hirx3 up thereafter. WILL MEH3ERS RESIDING WI'IHIN A REAWAKEDISTANCE OF MIL'M& ~ PLEASE MAKE AN ~ TO ATTEND 29-5-88.

I4e welccme the following new ~rs of our Branch and hope

will derive pleasure from their membership. In return we ask them

to support as far as they can the varicus functicns of the Branch.

4922 John Charles Reeves, 80 Parkstone Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 2'. .5728 Derek Lavscm, 23, Canbria Road, Mansfield, Notts. , NG19 7M-

Tel 0623 811752.5856 Peter John Bradley, 463 Upper Newtownards Road, Knock Belf~

81'4 3LJ - Tel 0466 651229.6264 Rcbert ( Paddy) Flynn, I4hitefield, Annestown, Co. Naterford,

Eire - Tel Eire 051 96272.

6510 Peter Twidle, 36A Hindes Road, Harry, Middlesex, HAI IDI - Tel

01 861 2759.6603 Kerry Jones CroaMeil, 90 welby Lane, Melton Mowbray, Leics. ,

LE13 OUD —Tel 0664 67684.

7476 David John Seeley, 63 Hopgarden Road, Tonbridge, Kent. — Tel

0732 356011.10367 Char les Vi es lave Pe r~pec zko Chu r chi I I, 18 Maywater C Icee,

Sarderstead, Surrey, CR2 0&yS. - Tel 01 651 4584.

pR 17820 Stanley Mor r is-With, 40 Geneva Court, Geneva Close,

Exeter, Devon, EX2 4Mb - Tel 0392 50798.

PR 25292 PhiliP John Dearlover 14 Sackville Roads Southend on Sear

Essex, SS2 CQ. Tel 0702 610075,

pR 28615 Chr istoph r Ardrew Saxby, 37 Testbourne Road, ~ton,SouthanPton, Hants. , KA 3FE. — Tel 0703 861686.

PR 383629 Peter Cr a ig Ga r but t, 68 South Road, Chesham Bois,

Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5LX. —Tel 02403 5616.

4213 E B M Hale, 19 State Gardens, London, SH14 7PD, — Tel

01-876-2260.5662 Barry Roy H~n, P 0 Box 85, Konedobu, papua New Guinea. — Tel

P N G 281060.8317 Robert Clarke, 37 Marine Crescent, Nordsley, Stourbr idge, DY8

4XP. —Tel 0384 76503.

I4P 393 Anne 'Nhit~s 16 Gordon Avenues Levenshuimet ~ster MC19

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r, ssrrrirtssr ptsags make every effort to attend the Annual oermrai

meeting on 20th rely, d.etails of which are given esiewhere in ti.is

edition. ALSO please endeavour to attend the functicns nentioned

in this editice, this applies particularly to tlmae who are resident

within 'striking' distance of the various locaticns.

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UN!TED KItGIXH MAILBAG

Alan Day 4041, six)gests members might like to meet for a noggin ortwo at 'The Tickled Trout' which is situated at Junction 31 on the

M6. Anyone interested is asked to contact the Regicnal

Co-ordinator, Sardy Johnston on Leeds 756255. Thanks Alan for the

information and thanks also for your covenant in excess of your subs.

4808 Don Russell ard Nalda, his wife, fornerly WP 7 Griffen, writefran not so sunny Portugal during the present year, where they cwn

ard operate the Rcchamar Bar in praia da Rocha rear the Algarve.

Life is rat that glamourous as they have to work for seven and a

half nonths without a break but then manage (aily just did I hear

satecne say 7) to get away for a four and a half ncnths holiday, in

1986/87 this was tour i') Northern portugal, Southern Spain ard

Gibraltar, whilst 1987/88 will be Roodepoort, Transvaal with theirdaughter, Gai 1. Visitors this year to the Rochimar Bar inclmk

4183 Trevor Steady (haven't seen or heard of him for many years,tut recall him in the late 1940's at Umvunu and then heard of him inCyprus I think after he had 'done his three' ! ~Id be glad tolearn of his present whereabouts — Ed. ), 7460 Ron Good, 6498 Roger

Dodwell, Monty Friendship fran Harare and Nalda's brother, Vaughan,

his number was about 3918, he served in Salisbury Sectiai in 1946urder the late Scotty Southgate. Ex ~rs are always welcane atthe Rochamar Bar, the first rourd is on the house we are reliablyinformed, ard the season is fran 23rd. March to 5th. November, 6pn

to 2am daily. I really fancy the closirg session, it beirK) cn Guy

Fawkes Night ! By the way Don 6 Nalda, we hope if all goes wellyou will shut down a little earlier in 1989 when we hope to stagethe ~ Centenary of the Force, the provisicnal date is Friday,3rd. Novemter but more of that in due course.

Roy Yorath PR 12685 has settled in Bournenxmth where he is keepingvehicles on the road. Gill 'is still havirx) to keep Roy in teer by'labouring' as a teacher'.

Dou3 Grierson, Chairman of the Western Cape Branch, wrote to adviseus that Les Vernon and Ron Gardner had died, He also reported thatTinour Hall is looking rather splendid arrnd currently sporting threelarge crests fran outside old police stations, ore with a King' sCrown and one with a Zinbabwe Bird !! They also have a set ofB.S.A. P. ' s' in t hei r large brass size that once adorned it is

be 1ieved Mazoe.

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6757 K J (Lou) Lewis was over in Zimbabwe on an extended holiday and

cawents on having enjoyed the 'get togethers' at the Catholic ".in Ha rare and also meet i' up with o ld fr iends including Dick

Glanville with the Delta Corporation, Robin Harvey with Apex, Brian

Lundgren with Lonrho, Tony Haycock wi th C.F. Tulley, Harry

Nais-smith with Cone Textiles, Brian Pym at Rennie Grinnakis, John

Woodward at Safeguard Secuirty and Geof Quick who operates his can

motor parts irrport Msiness.

5109 Maur ice Aked in sending a handsome donat icn to cur 'Trust

~logims for being unable to attend the 19SS dinner - must be a

record for early apology. Thanks Maurice anyway for both, hope you

manage to make the centenary. At the time he wrote, late last

year, it was already minus 25 degrees centigrade ! A case for

triple strerqth thermal lory johns we would think !

With their subs 3136 Bobtv de Quehen and 7922 'Jock' Zurawski ask

that their gocd wist+. be con~~ed to their colleagues.

pR931 Dave We&+ r writing from Chatham wonders if any of his

contenporaries are around. He too serfs his regards to all and

says that he enjoys The Outpost. Thanks Dave.

4743 J E Horgan writing on New Year' s Day, a good way to start off

the year, advises that he had recently returned from R.S.A. where he

sociali~ with Jim Collins, Smudge Smith and Dickie Dyer at the

Pietermaritzburg — we bet the 19th. hole was well awash !! He also

encpires after Jenny Janeke of whcm he last heard at Beitbri@e in

1955. Has anyone any knowledge, if so please let the Secretary

know.

5075 Dick Ray has recently heard from 4071 Dcug Wright now living at

47 ~rvation Drive, Rye, Victoria 3941, Australia/ where

appears to be settling into retirement with relish. Dick has been

on his travels and has renewed acquaintances with Racul Gilbert and

Malum Brown in Bahrain.

3671 Ernie Odendaal advises that as a result of joining this branch

he has met up with Nonty and Meg Isikson who lives not too far away

from him. Would this be described as a 'Highland Gathering' or a

'Gatherirg of the clans (or tribes)' ?

3004 Neil Arden, writira to thank us for the repiaceTent of his two

previous edit icn" of the Outpost ( which had not reached him),

cmments - 'On 9th. March it was 60 years si~ 19 or 20 of us set

forth on the Carnarven Castle for Rhodesia. He still has photos of

the group taken on board ship. We wi 11 be happy to try to

reprcd~ sorre of them in future issues if he cares to let us have

them on loan.

4160 Alee Barthorpe writing from R.S.A. alvises that he will be in

the V.K. f ran 2nd. September 1988, passing through en route toAustralia visiting relatives. He will try to attend our dinner on

30th. September and looks forward to meeting up with a lot of his

colleagues for a chat and a pint. Don't forget Alee, the monthly

get together at the Rugby Club in London — you should make one of

them !9447 John Sanderson sent a colourful postcard from the Sultanate ofCmn just to make sure 'his pin had not fallen out of our map'. He

sends his good wisI~s and hopes the Association goes from strength

to strength. 'links John, we will do our best.

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Since 1&st we issued an Outpost, t. hree members ofN:

the Branch have pas. ed away, 5860 John Cyprian Payneon 12th. November 1987, 4088 Percy f oskett nn 8thF'ebruary 1988 and 4H92 33enty 33oward Vaughan Johnsonon 12th. March 19HH. ;)ohn died peaceful ly at hishome in Brandon P ~rva af t~ t ~ lengthy perior3 of

deteriorating health. Peter Shott tepre. ento&3 theAssociation at his funeral service in the localParish Church. Percy died suddenly, Harry Gaitskelland Tom Bannist. er repesented the As. ociation at hisfuneral service. 33enry hai3 been in poor healthfor the past. two years since suf fering a stroke.Bis funet al .ervice took place at the vi 1 logechurch of Crondall, hi. brot. her, Hichard, one timerector at Buffalo flange, assi;ted at these vice,and the Associ ation was represented by Tim Heimer,Mike leach and Guy Storry.To their families we t. ender our sincere ..;ympathies,we mourn the passing of our comrades.

In addition we record with regret the deal. hs of thefollowing members. Again we mourn their passingand grieve with their loved one.",

5428 Bill t3eckett in 33ulawayo on 16-11-87Les Vernon in Cape lown on 4-11H73308 Cyri1 dames Oi les at Mhangura on 4-12-877644 Buddy Ni lson in the Transkei on 10-12-87Bob Kennedy (Police Pioneer, ) in 33ar ue on 4-1-88NP Margaret (Chunky) Chisholm in Zimbabwe sf tersuffering severe injuries in a traffic accident.Peter Muller (Transvaal Branch Treasurer)NP31 Anna Scholium (nee le 'Sueur) in New Zealand.

"Our numbers dwindle now and fade"

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A reminder — have you paid youl sobs yet — have you

considered paying them by way of a deed of covenant ?Please contact the Secretary for details.

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~SI — we acknowledge receipt of the Christmas 1987

edition of this ~azine. Therein is contained a report on their

1987 dinner which was at tended by sorte 71 rrembers and the i r

guests. By way of a break f ran trad iticn it was held on a

Saturday, 12th. September, to be precise, due to the fact that the

venue, The Here XVII, was not available on a Friday. HoWever itcoincided with George Emes' 82nd. birthda, which no doubt was well

and truly celebrated in traditional BSAP style ! The guest speaker

was John Katz, a member of Toastmasters, who gave an interesting and

entertaining talk on some aspects of civil law particularly covering

the 'lighter' side of divorce and wills.'IHE ALGOA CUIPOSI' — we also acknowledge the receipt of the Christrras

edition of this nagazine. They too reported on their annual dinner

held on 11th. September 1987 which was attended by sone 54 remembers

and their guests. Guest of Honour was Neil Jardine who needs no

introduction to many members. He regaled his audience with many

anecdotes of the Rhodesian panorama.

At the end of October last a week-end of pleasure was organised at

Pletenberg Bay which was well attended. Conviviality was the order

of the day, or should we say night. The carment is that it was a

pity the younger generation did not turn up to support this event.

Ccme on chaps and "c~sses", don' t forget the future of the

Asscciation lies in your hands.

'IHE TRANSVAAL CURST —we acknowledge receipt of the latest edition

of this magazine in which notice of their annual general meeting was

given. That occurred on 11th. March 1988. In the Editorial,axaent is made about disappointing attendances in recent tim s at

monthly meetings and other organised events. The question "Are we

doing something wrong ?" is posed. Their Editor notes from reading

other branches' magazines and newsletters they do not alone face

this dilettma. He queries the location etc of the venue, the

suitability of the designated night, the spectre of the drinking 6

driving penalties and the costs charged for the functions. He asks

that embers attend the A.G.M. and make their views known. He

ccmmends our efforts in the U.K. to create a charitable trust and

emphasises the necessity of support at functicns etc to tuild up

funds for such purposes. We quote his final two sentences - "You

gave your best to the finest Police Force in the World so why hold

back new. The comradeship you experienced then will never be

bettered. " We echo his words.

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CENTRAL

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k1ARARE

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BULAWAYO

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MASVINGO (f't. Vic)Laurie Gearing(Hon Sec)3 Bangle StreetMasvingo 2imbabwe

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H Ment'Utopia'12 Vumba AvenueMUTARE 2imt&obwe

WESTERN CAPE

Doug Crierson(Chairman)20 Heyrick AvenuePlumstead Cope 7800

EASIERN CAPE

1heo von der Mott(Hon Sec)Box 27648 GreenocresPort Elizabeth 6057

TRANSVAAL

lon Cuthbertson(Hon Sec)Box 28)7 RandburgTransvaal 2125 RSA

BORDER

Rob Anderson(Hon Sec)Box 7564 East5200 RSA

NATAL

Mtke Hoss(Hon Sec)

London Box 10)26 MarineParade Natal 4056RSA

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