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MEMORABILIA: Johnnies bed ticket, rear-side rules, Royal Naval House, Sydney 1951 - Courtesy Graeme Andrews.
4492. Repeating below a comment made just a couple of images back below one our HMAS QUEENSBOUGH photos. It's from 'Sailorsam,' a Contributor to the Photostream who sent us the images from the Dennis Uren Collection. In this latest comment he recalls Sydney's Royal Navy House ... .
'...Lovely photo. It reminds me of the days when there was a Royal Naval House in Grovesnor Street, Sydney, where you could doss for a night and get pissed for a dollar or two. And, following 'liberty men fall-in' you could walk up Macleay Street to Red Anchour to pick up the new 'tiddly' suit and maybe visit the bar at the Hilton across the road and then get lost in the Kings Cross R&R venues. We loved the sheilas and they loved us. After that, in the foggy light of dawn, wander back to GI and have a 'pie & peas' outside the gate before staggering onboard for duty watch. Its a long time ago, but that picture sure makes it like yesterday. Yet, funny thing, it's the friends and faces that go with it you don't forget. God bless them all...' .
As it happens, we just happen to have this piece of memorabilia kindly sent by Graeme Andrews, RAN 1955-1968,RANR 1980. It's the back of a Royal Navy House bed ticket. No noise on the stairs men, and may all rest in peace - Graeme and the Kookaburra.
P.S. We had a pic of an early Harry's Cafe de Wheels back at pic NO. 2168. It's here;
MEMORABILIA: Johnnies bed ticket, rear-side rules, Royal Naval House, Sydney 1951 - Courtesy Graeme Andrews.
4492. Repeating below a comment made just a couple of images back below one our HMAS QUEENSBOUGH photos. It's from 'Sailorsam,' a Contributor to the Photostream who sent us the images from the Dennis Uren Collection. In this latest comment he recalls Sydney's Royal Navy House ... .
'...Lovely photo. It reminds me of the days when there was a Royal Naval House in Grovesnor Street, Sydney, where you could doss for a night and get pissed for a dollar or two. And, following 'liberty men fall-in' you could walk up Macleay Street to Red Anchour to pick up the new 'tiddly' suit and maybe visit the bar at the Hilton across the road and then get lost in the Kings Cross R&R venues. We loved the sheilas and they loved us. After that, in the foggy light of dawn, wander back to GI and have a 'pie & peas' outside the gate before staggering onboard for duty watch. Its a long time ago, but that picture sure makes it like yesterday. Yet, funny thing, it's the friends and faces that go with it you don't forget. God bless them all...' .
As it happens, we just happen to have this piece of memorabilia kindly sent by Graeme Andrews, RAN 1955-1968,RANR 1980. It's the back of a Royal Navy House bed ticket. No noise on the stairs men, and may all rest in peace - Graeme and the Kookaburra.
P.S. We had a pic of an early Harry's Cafe de Wheels back at pic NO. 2168. It's here;