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GROUP 31/2/3 REUNION
Friday November 22nd 2002
The Enterprise Pub, Brompton, London

Various old photos of intervening years.
The C&W flag (top) from the company yacht Almeta signed by everyone when C&W handed over the station to OTC Australia, The Brass plaque (above world map below flag) from the Exiles Bar commemorating its opening, A copy of "A Career Abroad" (Blue book) and the 5 unit tape for the "Christmas cards" sent to each other on teleprinters. Various other licences, invitations, news cuttings, posting letters etc

Nick Bird and Jerry Beyer with Cocos C&W flag
on Cable and Wireless handing over station to OTC Australia. In the middle is a photo of the missing person from the original photo in 1959, Derek Beney
(the original group is shown in photo Last F1 staff with signed Almeta C&W flag ).

In 1959/60 C&W handed over Cocos station to OTC Australia.
The last F1 staffs were flown out to Singapore and are shown here.
Jerry Beyer, Nick Bird and Derek Beney.

John Richards, Nick Bird, Jerry Beyer with photo of Derek Beney
who unfortunately was not able to make it up from Cornwall.
(All were Cocos F1 staff.)

Thanks to NICK BIRD