Archive for The Royal Marines Band Service On-line Community Bringing the serving and ex serving communities together          The Royal Marines Band Service On-line Community Forum Index -> The Royal Yacht Bandroom Dom Demolder Reprobates in the rec space Here's some pretty faces from sometime long ago in the rec space. Everybody looks sober in this one so it must have been early. This is one of the only known pics of Buster Brown holding a can of coke and Huw Morris not holding a beer! Cheers Aaron Aardvark is that Ken W-Emms and Simon Grintner???? My aardmemory is fading. Dom Demolder Aaron Aardvark wrote: is that Ken W-Emms and Simon Grintner???? My aardmemory is fading. You got them marked. Bet their memories were worse than your after this session. bootybandy There's also John "Shiner" Wright on the bottom right. MrJpig Is that steve 'THUG' Weir with the cheesy grin next to the guy whos next to the cheesy cocktail sticky thingys???....NICE TATS!!! Dom Demolder MrJpig wrote: Is that steve 'THUG' Weir with the cheesy grin next to the guy whos next to the cheesy cocktail sticky thingys???....NICE TATS!!! How harsh! Co-admin Now then MrJpig wrote: steve 'THUG' Weir not many of us know him as that do we? I think it was me who gave him that moniker. I was there when it was thought up. I saw Steve at Mountbattens and called him Thug, it got a smile from him Aaron Aardvark Dom Demolder wrote: [How harsh! How Rare!! Hornblower Aaron Aardvark wrote: Dom Demolder wrote: [How harsh! How Rare!! How incisive! Hornblower I also called him Thug at all times, along with Hammy. There's quite a funny dit about him supposed to be an alibi for one of our more 'profligate' members of the (Northolt) fleet band. He, the wandering one, was supposed to be at a canoeing event with Thug - trouble is he didn't tell Thug that! Thug sees erant bandys' wife who asked of him, "Where's Paul?" Verbal equivalent of "shrug" comes from Thug who then goes on to say he knew nothing of the canoeing he was supposed to have been partaking of. Clever questioning by Mrs Paul, when hubby gets home - along the lines of... "How was the canoeing?" "Great" "Who drove?" "Me" "How's Steve?" "Fine." (Paul knew enough to know that short answers are best here!) "Anyone else go?" "No" (Don't complicate things) "Did you win?" "Wasn't a competition" (She's not normally this interested - bells starting to ring) "That's not what I heard." "Oh," (trying to sound blase) "What did you hear then?" "Nothing really, just that Steve won that's all" "Who told you that?" "Can't remember, but they said there was quite a few of you went - why did you say that only you and Steve went?" (Thinks quickly on feet) "Oh, I thought you meant in MY car, there were loads of the lads there." "Who else was there then?" Well, you can imagine how it went can't you? Poor Paul... jock god i had forgotten i used to be slim sticky blue I still am slim in my mind - it's the rest of my body has the problem bootybandy Aaron Aardvark wrote: is that Ken W-Emms The only man I knew who used a Wok to press his shirt. Good posture that man......Not ! MrJpig jock wrote: god i had forgotten i used to be slim JEEZ is that YOU at the back Jock.....looks like Tim Nice But Dim....Bloody nice Bloke...RATHER!! FFoglamp I might just talk to the THUG and see if he wants to join in, cos I know where he is. Aaron Aardvark avast yea landlubber.......haul im in. FFoglamp YARR !!!!! bootybandy Re: Reprobates in the rec space Dom Demolder wrote: Here's some pretty faces from sometime long ago in the rec space. Everybody looks sober in this one so it must have been early. This is one of the only known pics of Buster Brown holding a can of coke and Huw Morris not holding a beer! Cheers Is that Rich Bolland over Huw's shoulder. The one holding the plate of cocktail bits.? MrJpig FFoglamp wrote: I might just talk to the THUG and see if he wants to join in, cos I know where he is. Ask him if he can still run as fast. On one BFT at Deal we only had 1 PTI to do the timings. We completed the first part, turned, saw the swimming baths as a dot on the horizon and the PTI said "I`ll be back well before you lot....see you at the end" Later in the drill shed when calling back the times for him to write down, the PTI came to Steve who had beaten the PTI home and said "Do you always run that fast??? Steve replied "NAH...I WAS FU**ING ABOUT TODAY " :smt046 eastney hooker The chum behind Huw is, i believe, Andy Manley. One of the finest flute and sax players and drinkers the rmbs ever had. bootybandy Cheers Hooker. I played golf with Andy at the Sharps top table day back in November. Lovely man.... General Melchett Jock - Good grief man! what a racing snake...... Anyone know what's happened to Simon "Yotty" Grinter? Dom Demolder General Melchett wrote: Jock - Good grief man! what a racing snake...... Anyone know what's happened to Simon "Yotty" Grinter? The last time I saw Grints he was working in Plymouth bootybandy I thought he was a partner with Mitch Cuss in a Restaurant in the Barbican. Co-admin Didn't that all go tits up? bootybandy wrote: I thought he was a partner with Mitch Cuss in a Restaurant in the Barbican. I seem to remember somone saying it all went pear shaped a few years back. bootybandy Not sure of that? My wife was passing his restaurant about six years ago when she was working in Plymouth and Grints rushed out and started chatting to her. FFoglamp No, Botty. It went tits up bootybandy So, from that, am I to believe the business didn't do well? In other words, it failed, it proved not to be a success, it didn't meet the combined expectations of two ex RMB's? In other words.............. FFoglamp ............it ceased to be. It passed on. The restaurant is no more. It expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late business. Bereft of meals, it rests in peace. This is an ex- business. bootybandy So...Tit's up then.... FFoglamp :smt046 II - The Sequel !!!!! Crackers I've e-mailed the boy Weir....told him to make himself known......if he does appear he should be encouraged to spin the dit about his violin bow at his Royal Yacht Orchestral debut!!...(just as a warmer upper)..... RAB bootybandy wrote: There's also John "Shiner" Wright on the bottom right. Oh.. What a surprise Bri.. ..When did Shiner become a Jolly..???? bootybandy RAB(Jock)THOMSON wrote: bootybandy wrote: There's also John "Shiner" Wright on the bottom right. Oh.. What a surprise Bri.. ..When did Shiner become a Jolly..???? He's always been Jolly Rab. Especially when drinking "Apples Chum" RAB bootybandy wrote: . Especially when drinking "ApplesChum" :smt046 . It's a very "acquired" talent Bri..I was lucky enough to be given a Career-Ending first draft to Chatham Band...Qualified within the first month.... Oops.. sorry ... mentioned Chatham Band on the same page as the "Yotties".... Pardon Me... bootybandy RAB(Jock)THOMSON wrote: bootybandy wrote: . Especially when drinking "ApplesChum" :smt046 . It's a very "acquired" talent Bri..I was lucky enough to be given a Career-Ending first draft to Chatham Band...Qualified within the first month.... Oops.. sorry ... mentioned Chatham Band on the same page as the "Yotties".... Pardon Me... Yes, go and wash your mouth out with Red Wine.. bootybandy Did you know the PDM was a bit of a Greaser (Greezer in Scotland)?? Hornblower What the hell are you packing there Botty? Looks like one of those dinky little derringers to me... bootybandy Perv...whatever it was it was firing blanks.... Hornblower So YOU say!!!!! (Firing blanks - I love it. Can you all see what he did there?) Hornblower Terry Wogan manages a .44 Magnum RAB Hornblower wrote: Terry Wogan manages a .44 Magnum WOW..!!!!. Dark or White Chocolate..???? Hornblower Dark Rab - with nuts!!!!!        The Royal Marines Band Service On-line Community Forum Index -> The Royal Yacht Bandroom Page 1 of 1