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I’ll never go abroad 1960 – 1965

I’ll never go abroad 1960 – 1965

Introduction Do you ever regret making a comment years ago, which proved how stupid and wrong you where when you look back over your life? I was about thirteen at the time and ‘studying’ French. On the completion of the final examination the class results positioned yours truly second to bottom in a class of …

HMS Conway

HMS Conway

Towards the end of my time at school the headmaster asked if anyone wanted to try for a scholarship to ‘HMS Conway’. www.hmsconway.org This would require a weekend away at HMS Conway’s shore based establishment, in North Wales, for interviews and an examinations. My parents agreed, and some weeks later I travelled by train to …