Summer Times, November 2004 - Old Scarborians

32With him are J Appleby, L Halstead, andJ Leppington.19.10.40 Peter Albeury sent a cheque for£2.2.0d to the Library. He is near Bournemouthhandling Seaplanes.23.10.40 Dennis Hervey Jones DSC isReported Missing, believed killed.24.10.40 William Kirk RN (1923‐6) isreported Missing.28.10.40 AN Wright is leaving Signals foran Infantry OCTU. He has been acceptedfor the Field Security Police in which arealready Mr Cornish and Mr Lovett.29.10.40 Mr Hovington, critical and goodhumouredly cynical, finds the fleas ofPontefract and the snoring of his Barnsleypit‐lads somewhat trying. His impressionof the Army so far is “a narrowunintelligent world where the onlythings that matter are the belly and thefeet.”30.10.40 Noel Colley is on his first leavesince January. He has been stationed thewhole time in the Orkneys near ScapaFlow with Signals. He says the life isextremely boring and uneventful.12.11.40 Geoffrey Nalton is going to aSergeant’s Course at Catterick.13.11.40 Dick Hollowood RAF has finishedhis Wireless Course. He is at presentat Aberdeen.18.11.40 Hubert Bland is a Corporal inthe RAF at present stationed at Swansea.He tells me that his younger brother JW,who failed his RAF exam, was caught inthe Coventry raid. He was in the basementof Sainsbury’s stores, where he isan apprentice. The shop was damagedand unusable but JW has stayed on andis working with the Communal feeding.22.11.40 Peter Alderson has beenawarded the DFM.25.11.40 George N Schofield is an LAC.His mother’s house at Purley wasbombed. She is living for a time at 1aRothbury Street.1.12.40 Sgt Michael Russell RAFVR wasmarried last week to Miss GwendolineRose Povey at Markham Parish Church,Norfolk.1.12.40 John Yindrick is on the Greekfront in Albania acting as Special Correspondentfor the British United Press.2.12.40 WR King was Second Officer onthe Elders and Fyffe’s vessel torpedoedand sunk in the Atlantic on November3rd.2.12.40 TG Wilson, Merchant Navy isReported Missing.9.12.40 Mr Lovett is on leave in the ScarboroughDistrict. He is not impressed bythe Army at all. He is leaving Bury forWinchester next week where he expectsto join Mr Cornish.9.12.40 RAC Lewty in the RAF has beenin Action at Dunkirk and on the SouthEast Coast.MEMORIES OFWENSLEYDALEBy Barrie Pawson(1950-51)Having seen a reference to Wensleydalein the recent Summer Times I am prompted46.Prize Crossword No. 6 to send youthese photos which may be of interest toour readers. Most of the photos weretaken at Camp at Semmerwater in