Rab's dynasty

Aaron Aardvark · Rab's dynasty

Congratulations to Rab. He has become a GRANDAD. A little wee girlie who he tells me is called Royal.

Rab's DNA lives on.

Co-admin

Congratulations Rab.
The best thing about Grand kids is you can now watch them throwing a tantrum, watch your kids getting angry with them and then calmly say "You were just like that!".
You can also give them back to mum or dad when they start whinging!

RAB

AW! SHUCKS...Thanks lads

Aaron..Just as well my DNA isn't on file or Andy Wymer, Paul Castledine and Hornblower might be throwing an accordion round my house(or is it a cordon) to clear up some "undetected"

Mark...Spot on mate..and just to be on the safe side I've put 70 miles between my family and me..Even an aardvark would have difficulty sniffing me out..

Oh and the name's not Royal...that's silly!! Her name's Deal Pembroke Condor Cochrane...

RAB

Hornblower

:smt046 (I think!!)

And what's wrong with Britannia?

Congrats mucker.

RAB

We did consider that mate, but her Mum's married name is "YOTTIE"

FFoglamp

Congratulations Grandad.
from a fellow ex-Fosni man (just after your time methinks)

RAB

Gee Ffoglamp..that's so nice of you.. I've now dicovered that all four posters(no not ferkin beds) in this room have reached the dizzy heights of FOSNI at one time or another. Your Avator always reminds me that I too survived Terry Freestone..I PVR'd before the swine arrived at FOSNI. Ken Sharp was my last DOM and I honestly have NEVER, in the Mob, Plod or civvy street, come across a better boss. he was a dream and a scream..Let me know what your era was, I may have ammo..

bootybandy

You've just brought back another memory, mentioning Ken Sharpe. I remember playing in the Band over in Belfast aboard HMS Caroline when he was conducting the band. A baton in one hand and a bottle of Champagne in the other. A fine gentleman and good musician. I think that Taff Ryan was a little confused on that trip also......Booty :O)

FFoglamp

bootybandy

Without a doubt Mark. Ron was the finest Musician/Boss that I have had the pleasure of being in the same band with, especially with Geoff Hill as the Bandmaster. Those years in FOSNI were truly the best. People used to say that you were sent to Scotland in lieu of Chatham, but in the Ron Kempton/Geoff Hill era people couldn't have been further away from the truth. There were no Prima Donna instrumentalists only steady and enthusiastic musicians that wanted to play good music as best they could for a boss that they trusted and admired. McDermott, Tate, Granger, Aylemore, Hobbs, Morrison, Smale, Birkett, Faulkner, to name just a few of the people that made up this very special band. great times and super memories....Booty :O)

RAB

Yes Mark, I heard about him mate. Super guy. Bootybandy touched on a NI story about Ken Sharpe onboard HMS Caroline, where Ken was conducting with a bottle of Champers in one hand. What he didn't mention was that we ALL had bottles of Moet in our hands as well..

Now, THAT'S what I called an understanding boss. And not a bad gig either..

bootybandy

Ahhhh. So you were still in the band the same time that I was then Rab. It just goes to show that new and young members joining a Band are not really taken notice of until a while after. This is endemic with all the bands and something which we have all been at fault with at one time or another. How could you doubt me....Booty :O)

RAB

bootybandy

No problems Rab, but it would be Taff, Twink or Brian, and I was definately there from January to April 1974. My actual first gig was a re-commissioning ceremony Beat Retreat of a Submarine at the Caledonian Club, but the Distillery run was just a plain "Social" thing where we quickly had a look round the distillery and than straight to their drinking suite. I remember it quite vividly as I threw up on the bus on the way home!!!!! Anyway it's great to be in such company as yourself and other notorious characters of the RMB. Good luck mate. Hope to hear some more of your famous/infamous dits soon...All the best....Booty :O)

Chart1218

Rab, I may have missed Ken Sharp, but the best boss has to be Ron Kempton (FOSNI - after TF for a few years). This was a DOM who was actually a true musician as well ( a rare feat). I'm sure a few can back me up on this one...................[/quote]

I can't agree more. Ron Kempton was by far the finest musician that I ever had the pleasure of working with. He also orgnised some grea lock-ins at the pub in Limekilns, can't remember the name of the establishment but had some good times there with the likes of yourself, Hobbs, Smale, Payne and Geoff Hill, who was one of the funniest guys I think I ever met when he was fully tanked up. Great memories of a great draft.

sticky blue

I totaly and utterly agree - I can remember some wet and wild times at the Carlisle Great Show and on subsistance for a week. I can't remember the correct name of the boozer we used but if memory serves we had our own name for it frog and something??

bootybandy

In Limekilns it was The Ship Inn and in Carlisle it was The Crown & Mitre......

RAB

bootybandy

I can only remember two Cpl Bulgers, Geordie Rowell and George Phillips. Was it any of those two Rab?

RAB

Chart1218

Sorry, I haven't a clue who you are mate :

Tuba and useless 'cellist (hated he damned thing), joined FOSNI 1980 and departed for the ranks of Fife Constabulary in 1982. Fondly remember waking to the sound of TG opening a tinny every morning at Moscow Barracks. And the run ashore in Carlisle...............legendary. Remember the big brown music machine from the states??

bootybandy

Chart1218 = Formerly known as Colin Hartley.........

FFoglamp

To reply to the last few posts here,

Tommo, The Crown and Mitre opposite the stage in the square, we nicknamed "The Frog and Afterbirth". I always had my birthday run there for 4 years running. One year the drink of the day was bloody marys so everybody drunk them. Then later we painted the town red.

On another occasion, a load of us had tequilas with salt and lemon.
The bar staff soon got fed up with endlessly serving us, as we had to start again as they reached the till, they just left the bottle, a couple of salt cellars, 2 lemons and a knife, and let us get on with it. Can't remember what happened after that.

Colin, I remember the Big Brown Music Machine at Carlisle Castle. We came on afterwards, about a third of the size and matched them for volume. I still have the tape (another recording from my archives), and you can hear Jock Stewart on bass trombone echoing off the castle walls on National Emblem.

Carlisle Great Fair was the best week of the year for me (1978-1981) (ish)