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I spend a fair time out of the country these days, due to a couple of heart attacks I tend to enjoy each and every day I get, somehow things that used to be important and had to be done right now, don't seem to be that important anymore. Life is far too short. God bless you all long may you enjoy life with your love ones.

Brian K Peever

I read your letter about the "Shiny Sheff" with such enjoyment. It brought back all the memories that I treasure so much of the time spent on the West Indies station. Not only round the islands, but up and down both sides of the States as far as Canada both sides, then down South America as far as Chile. What a time to be in the "mob", during the fifties! The best time. No wars going on after Korea fizzled out, and best of all, no tourist trade. All the islands were still natural, and around the States we were a novelty. People were so keen to see the ship, and to invite members of the crew home with them. Good times.

By the way. Those two cornet players you refered to were myself and Tom Procter. We used to play that part in harmony like two little turtle doves with our heads together.

Anyway, Frank. Thanks for the memory, and I hope you are keeping well and that life is treating you kindly.

Joh

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Name: Mike Scurfield
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Sunny Deal (Can't escape)
Time: 1999-03-10 13:50:25
Comments: Dickie and Bill, Just heard about your web site and surfed in. Brilliant! I've seen a few old faces and had a bit of a giggle... Long may you continue. Regards to anyone who remembers me. Mike (Scurs) Scurfield...RMB 4280 Cornet and Fiddle.

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Name: Jason Mildren
Website: Band of the Island of Jersey
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Jersey, Channel Islands
Time: 1999-03-02 20:41:18
Comments: I play in the Band of The Island of Jersey, (a marching Brass Band with Corps of Drums). I am the Principle Solo Drummer and Percussionist. Thanks for the training that I recieved in 1995 at the barracks in Poole, Dorset. If anyone would like more information about The Band of the Island of Jersey, hit the link above. Keep up the good work.

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Name: Peter Richardson
Website: John Leggott College
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Scunthorpe
Time: 1999-02-26 08:54:17
Comments: My father was a Royal Marine and joined up with Richard Waterer. That was so many years ago.

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Name: Brian Starr (Twink)
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1999-02-23 14:55:34
Comments: Excellent web site boys. Regards to all that know me. To all that don't, I don't drink and I don't like Dance Bands. (hic)
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Name: Heather
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Ontario, Canada.
Time: 1999-02-22 20:06:11
Comments: Searching for anyone who knew and/or served with Keith "Ted" Drake (Deal) RMB - Trombone - Late 50's early 60's - when based at HMS Drake. Possibly aboard HMS Tiger or Lion?

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Name: Bryan Huberman
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1999-02-20 17:02:03
Comments: hello,does anyone know the whereabouts of Mark Stephenson(Stevo) who joined as a bugler in 1981 and left after serving in Scotland band? (Please note the E mail address is a friends, so please be respectful!)

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Name: Hassan Rasheed
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Maldive Islands
Time: 1999-02-19 12:30:39
Comments: I'm a Bass Drummer of one of the large Military Bands of this Island, So I got surprised seen your wonderful site. Actually I like your site very much.

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Name: Kathryn Archer
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: City University, London
Time: 1999-02-17 15:27:02
Comments: I have always liked the band corps of the marines, partly because of my love of music. They are amazing and very talented people, people that should be recognised more often.

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Name: Mark Barney
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Lowesoft, Suffolk
Time: 1999-02-13 19:08:18
Comments: Supporter of the Royal Marines Band and play in a Sea Cadet Band. Are there any concerts or performances coming to the Lowestoft/Great Yarmouth area in the near future?

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Name: Nick Jones
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Birmingham area
Time: 1999-02-12 11:24:08
Comments: Have just discovered the site, it's great! It would be good to hear from anyone who remembers me.

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Name: Roger W. Weed
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Time: 1999-02-10 23:30:32
Comments: My former pipe major, William S. Cathro, was a Royal Marine in WWII. You have a great site!

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Name: Ian & Mike
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: ENGLAND
Time: 1999-02-07 08:27:32
Comments: May we say this web site is is fan-daby-dosey

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Name: Dr Wayne l. Whelan
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Time: 1999-02-06 18:04:58
Comments: Collect RM Band CD's.

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Name: Richard Gaines GySgt USMC Ret.
Website: Gunny G's Marine Postal WebSite
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Rochester, NY
Time: 1999-02-06 09:43:18
Comments: Another fine Marine website! Thank you for the link. I have you linked on both my Gunny G's...., and my MailCall USMC pages. Semper Fidelis, ~Dick Gaines

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Name: Edward Nurick
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Born in Germany live in England
Time: 1999-02-01 14:05:11
Comments: I think this a great site! Edward Nurick

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Name: Sgt Dave Adams
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: 7th Battalion Band - RNZIR
Time: 1999-01-29 15:34:39
Comments: Good site, we will have our site ready within a month. We enjoyed a visit from the band to New Zealand some 5 years ago and had the pleasure of their company at our Garrison Club at Petone, Near Wellington. Cheers! Sgt Dave Adams & Pte Bob Crockett

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Name: IRFON
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Ammanford, Wales
Time: 1999-01-28 18:29:31
Comments: Great site here. Best wishes to all who may remember me.

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Name: Julie Herbert
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Maxie Beare's daughter No.1
Time: 1999-01-28 06:39:01
Comments: Fancy mum and dad being on the net!!!! In all of their glory.....that's where I get my good looks from.

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Name: Andrew Simms
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Adelaide, Australia
Time: 1999-01-26 17:04:36
Comments: I am the son of former band member, Joe Simms, now in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Name: Ismael Ibrahim, Sikka
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Maldive Islands
Time: 1999-01-19 13:49:14
Comments: Hi, I like your site very much. I am a Drummer, though I like music of the Royal Marines Band.

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Name: Alan Ham [Hammy]
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Pompey
Time: 1999-01-15 18:31:32
Comments: Just like to say what a wonderful page you run. Roger Jones recommended you to me and I'm very glad he did. I'm currently working in schools in the Southampton area having left the RMB in 92. Miss the coffee-boat banter, as school teachers don't seem to be on the same wavelength as Bandies. Just for info, I've formed a Fishing club in the Pompey area and Dick Granger, John Yates, Sid Tanner, Dee Douglas and myself all go out in a boat once a month. We don't catch a lot but we do spin a few ditties. If anyone wants to contact any of the above please do so through me. Also if any ex RMB wants to go fishing just drop me a line........No pun intended! See you in the countermarch. Hammy.

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Name: Jim Hendrickson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Brampton, Ontario
Time: 1999-01-10 11:17:56
Comments: As a former Bugler, I was very interested to find the site. I did not know about "Sound Off". Keep up the good work. Hello to Rolly White (Ontario). Cheers.

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Name: Chris Nunn
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Still serving Lt Col RM in Belgium
Time: 1999-01-06 15:15:23
Comments: A friend of Paddy Dunn who supports the idea of the new series of CDs

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Name: Mark
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Macclesfield Cheshire UK
Time: 1999-01-05 17:42:33
Comments: Please add me to the where are they now list as an ex bandsman Mark "Gilly" Gilbertson MGilbertson@reedsrains.co.uk PO36773T Macclesfield Cheshire Tenor Sax / Violin served between Sept 1977 and Sept 1987 - CinC Fleet & CTCRM Many thanks

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Name: Rich Austin
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Norwich
Time: 1998-12-30 07:48:14
Comments: Excellent pages - I was in the band (clarinet and viola) from 1981 to 1992 at Pompey and Deal. I'm now working for the South East England Tourist Board, which is a little different - not much coach travel involved in this job! Regards to anyone who remembers me.

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Name: Brian Easton
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: RMA Tyneside
Time: 1998-12-27 07:11:22
Comments: This is a great page with lots of interesting data. Is there something similar for the rest of the Corps? It's great for you guys to keep in touch and remember our departed brothers. On a sad note, I recently was coming back from the continent, when I decided to visit the depot at Deal, so sad to see that once thriving community of Royal Marine life deserted and in decline. Even sadder was the state of the commemorative plaque to our bandies killed by the IRA, it was covered in bird crap! Can anyone locally go in and clean it up periodically?

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Name: Kerrie Parkinson (Castledine)
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 1998-12-26 21:43:11
Comments: Hi. I was searching for Castledine's on the web and came across your page. Kerrie

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Name: Steve Misson
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Deal
Time: 1998-12-12 11:08:29
Comments: Hello to all my Ex-RMB friends and ex-colleagues. I would just like to remind everyone that Cinque Port Music at Bank House, Queen St, Deal, Kent CT14 6ET ((0)1304 3621810 publishes lots of RM music for military and brass band. I also sell CD's cassettes and videos by mail order - we stock all currently available. Sorry I haven't got a modem yet - one day! Happy Christmas to all.

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Name: Robert R Sanders
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Good old CHATHAM
Time: 1998-12-10 19:42:25
Comments: Dickie. I thought it was about time that I took a look at the guest-book and felt that I must say what I think about the page and how much you have achieved in the past year. You have managed to re-unite old ships, friends and massed-bands friends throughout the world. A magnificent achievement. The web page is perfection.(Well... Nearly) Keep it up Dickie. Catch you on the chat line sometime. Sandy.

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Name: Nathan Clarke
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Rochester
Time: 1998-12-10 09:36:13
Comments: Hi

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Name: Adrian Selby
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Carlisle
Time: 1998-12-07 09:00:54
Comments: I would like to join the Marines

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Name: Des Law
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Okehampton ,Devon
Time: 1998-12-06 12:44:54
Comments: Good to see who is about.

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Name: Ken and Debbie Hallatt
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Mayport, Florida, USA
Time: 1998-12-04 07:42:12
Comments: My wife and I had a chance to see the Royal Marine Rock Band from Scotland the other night. Absolutely impressive. We also had the distinct pleasure of having them over for dinner. A very class bunch of blokes.

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Name: Robin J. Rowe
Website: Sound Off
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Christow, Exeter, UK
Time: 1998-11-29 10:34:52
Comments: Gotcha! Thanks for your Email. Congratulations on a well designed site; I'm taking lessons! Your URL will be on my 'Kindred Websters' page. Robin.

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Name: Mike Price
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Shepperton
Time: 1998-11-29 10:15:52
Comments: Keep us informed of the goings on.

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Name: Taff Ingram
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From:
Time: 1998-11-28 16:40:51
Comments: Hello to all

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Name: John Ware
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Plymouth, England
Time: 1998-11-28 16:07:45
Comments: Just found you on coming on to the Internet. Am now moved to Callington in Cornwall. How are you all?

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Name: Richard "Dick" Clarke
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Time: 1998-11-21 11:12:05
Comments: Hi Dickie - a few years since the days on HMS Eagle. You and Bill are doing a great job. Contact number: Laburnum Cottage, 31 Highweek Village, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 1QA Tel & Fax: 01626 203677. Please feel free to give my address to past friends.

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Name: John
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: RM Band Plymouth
Time: 1998-11-20 15:14:45
Comments: Great page lads.Good to see so many people online.

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Name: Vivian Dunn
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Poole, Dorset
Time: 1998-11-19 17:51:09
Comments: Dickie/Richard, Just to let you know that, by total accident, I have just stumbled across the impressive web site that you have created for the Royal Marine Band Service. Congratulations, it's absolutely excellent. However, I was particularly delighted to see that you have dedicated it to the memory of my uncle, Sir Vivian Dunn. I think he would be very touched by this if he were still alive today. Vivian was my father's elder brother. I'm afraid I didn't inherit the same musical brilliance they both had but, when at school, I used to play the clarinet in our CCF band and when I became the band's drum major in 1969, Uncle Vivian invited me to come to Deal for some instruction from D/Major Bowden. It was a fabulous privilege and experience which I can still remember vividly to this day. I was delighted to meet D/Major Bowden again, after all these years, at my uncle's memorial service at St Martins in the Fields in 1995 (perhaps you were there too?). Anyway, although I keep a close eye on what's happening in the RM Band Service as well as the military band world in general, I didn't succumb to a career in the services (although I spent many years in the TA - Royal Signals) preferring instead to follow an engineering and management career in BT. Having worked all over the country I now work in London, although we live in Poole, Dorset. Anyway, good luck with your web sites and thank you for keeping my uncle's name alive/ Best Wishes. Vivian Dunn (I am called "Vivian II" in the family!)

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Name: P.G.Young
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Catalonia in Spain
Time: 1998-11-15 16:01:13
Comments: What a splendid job you guys are doing. I was told about you at the recent bugler's reunion. I joined in May 1944,just in time to watch the invasion fleet sail away to Normandy. I was doing bugle practice on the seafront at Eastney at the time. It is not much cop being a bugler though, if you can't remember the calls. I was sent back to barracks in disgrace from H.M.S.Queen Elizabeth when I blew "Grog call" instead of "Liberty men and caused a mutiny. A musical failure I am afraid. But then all was not lost, for much later in life I sang with the Treverva Mail Voice Choir and you don't do that without hitting the right notes. Tending roses in Spain now. It's been a good life!

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Name: John Jukes
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Hamilton, Ontario
Time: 1998-11-14 17:59:22
Comments: I am an ex-member of the MNBDO1. I would like some information about current association members of the above group. Thank you.

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Name: Brian Hobbs
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Cornwall
Time: 1998-11-11 15:21:09
Comments: Hi all. Made many contacts through visiting Dickies site. Still waiting for contacts from Taff Ruffle (last band in Malta), Ronnie Murray (28 St. Georges Road gang - original version) and many others. Regards to all who are still standing and thoughts of all those whose baton has been put away

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Name: Dan Archer
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Kettering, Northants.
Time: 1998-11-10 19:11:32
Comments: GOOD TO SEE OLD FAECES! STILL ABOUT.

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Name: Bob Valentine
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Llanbedrog
Time: 1998-11-07 19:30:09
Comments: Hi Rich. Chris Greenwood is here and I am (yet again) updating the computer system.I know I have been always behind the times somewhat, but Chris assures me this is the up to the minute stuff, bells, whistles and all! Trouble is i don't suppose I will ever get to real grips with it. Hope you are all well and that your studies are going o.k. try and speak with you soon. Best regards, Bob.

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Name: Stanley W Hocking
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Urmston, Manchester
Time: 1998-11-02 15:31:17
Comments: At last I have found you. All the very best to all in the buglers branch.

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Name: Scott Ballard
Website: None
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: England
Time: 1998-10-28 09:04:55
Comments: I am very interested as am a member of national British champion marching band Red and Greys youth marching band.

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Name: Chris Whitehead
Website: None
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Munich (Germany)
Time: 1998-10-27 05:17:54
Comments: Great page - I searched for "Royal Marines" as I wanted to see if there's any way I can find some old friends from 59 Squad, Junior Marines (joined at Deal in Jan '71) or 41 Cdo (Malta Nov '71 - Nov '73). As far as I can see it's just for the Band so far. Is anyone aware of any plans to change that? Cheers Chris Whitehead

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Name: Christopher Moss
Website: I do not have a homepage as yet.
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Nassau, Bahamas
Time: 1998-10-25 19:38:18
Comments: I am a member of the Royal Bahamas Police Force Band. I am seeking suggestions for new movements that can enhance the performance of our band. This is my personal concern as I am seeking to assist the band in soaring to new heights. Therefore, I would appreciate any help you can give me in this regard at your earliest convenience. You may write me via e-mail, the address is cbeneby@batelnet.bs Also, I need to know how I can view live performances (past or present) by your band via the internet. Thanks for your help.

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Name: Mark
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1998-10-25 18:08:35
Comments: Hello to all ex-serving and still serving Buglers & Bandies. Great site and good to hear from so many people.

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Name: Dave Le Sueur
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Jersey
Time: 1998-10-23 11:26:16
Comments: Well done Dickie and Bill. You've created a great site. It was good to see the names of so many old mates. Keep up the good work. Best wishes to you both, and to all those who may remember me.

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Name: Neil Ogley
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From:
Time: 1998-10-14 00:42:52
Comments: Great page

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Name: Phil 'Stiffy' Adams
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: VBI, Colling Stalag Luft III
Time: 1998-10-03 12:47:58
Comments: Just Popped in to have a cup of coffee with Mark and Helen Biddleco MBE. Just for a change I will be leaving their place sober. Great site and Nelly's cartoons are goooood!

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Name: Theo Hontelé
Website: Deltaband
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Holland
Time: 1998-10-02 15:21:59
Comments: Great site for a great band !!!! In Holland nearly every band has its own homepage so it is exciting to look at sites abroad. You can visit us at http://people.zeelandnet.nl/khog1/delta.htm -> see you there. P.S. in Vlissingen lives one of your biggest fans. His name is Peter de Kok !!!

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Name: Lt Col Barry E. Sullins
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Amarillo, Texas.
Time: 1998-10-01 12:25:05
Comments: As I have come to understand it gentlemen, the hymm of the Royal Marines is, "A Life on the Ocean Waves." Am I correct? This is a wonderful site. Thank you for your time. Lt Col Barry E. Sullins.

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Name: Alan
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Deal
Time: 1998-09-29 06:30:30
Comments: Hi to everyone on the net. Been in contact with Chalky Castledine. How are you op's? Love to hear from anyone from the RMB.

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Name: Ruben Botello
Website: USMC Musicians
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Eureka, California (USA)
Time: 1998-09-27 02:50:31
Comments: Just a hello from a USMC Musician. I played in the Parris Island Marine Band (1966-68), and in the First Marine Division Band in Vietnam (1968-69).This is a very nice website. Ours is at:http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/7392/index.htmlSemper Fidelis,Ruben Botello (Tuba/Euphonium)

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Name: Kim Jackson
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Deal
Time: 1998-09-19 14:17:51
Comments: I am the daughter of Malcolm and would just like to say thankyou to Dicky for putting the message on this site and for informing people of the sad news of my Dad's death. It is very comforting to know that my dad touched so many people all over the world, and that he will not be quickly forgotten - Thankyou, Kim and family

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Name: Pete Curtis
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Fareham
Time: 1998-09-19 05:48:41
Comments: Great page Rich. Sad to hear about Malcolm Jackson though. I want Simon Tripp (Dartmouth Band) to E-mail me ASAP. Also, it would be good to hear from any other mates out there. Cheers!

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Name: Marc 'Oz' Horsbrough
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Leeds
Time: 1998-09-16 16:28:41
Comments: Great to see so many familiar names. I didn't know Mick Buxton knew what a computer was, let alone how to use one! (nice to see you on-line Mick). It makes a pleasant change to see a decent web-page for once. Has anyone heard from old 'lardy' himself, Jock Marshalsey? If so could you drop me a line. Any Buglers or 2/86 out there I'd love to hear from you. Keep up the good work lads.

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Name: Bruce Nixon
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: New Zealand
Time: 1998-09-14 23:53:31
Comments: Great site...Found it through Bernard "Maxie" Beare whom we are filming a TV documentary on. He's now living here in NZ. Bernard was on board HM Yacht Britannia for 17yrs as a bandsman.

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Name: Paul
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Brisbane, Australia
Time: 1998-09-12 09:07:04
Comments: Just got to say that it has been a pleasure being able to be involved with the band in the same festival - The International Tattoo. Also got to say that they out shone every one else again!! Well, just want to say thanks for the band members to be so excellent and of course for coming.

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Name: David Axford
Website: Axford's Abode
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Haslemere, Surrey, UK
Time: 1998-09-12 05:24:12
Comments: Hi Richard. Enjoyed browsing through your site, very professionally executed (as you would expect from a Royal ;-) I enjoyed the cartoon of the Royal in the cell with the two matelots outside this confirms my suspicions that your living quarters now, was the old Detention Quarters. Keep up the good work. Take care, David.

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Name: John Satchwell
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Sydney, Australia.
Time: 1998-09-03 02:08:04
Comments: Hi there! Nice to make communication this way. Anyone interested feel free to contact. I'm ex Marine CORPS BUGLE MAJOR, and president of RMA in NSW. If coming to Sydney feel free to contact re any of your inquiries, accom, etc. Regards. JS

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Name: Dave Gollop
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From:
Time: 1998-09-02 12:07:26
Comments: Good to see you're looking well Billy Hughes

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Name: Paddy Dunn
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: London
Time: 1998-08-28 12:53:40
Comments: see my e-mail of 24 Aug 98

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Name: Aaron Aardvark
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: The Zoo.
Time: 1998-08-27 15:33:59
Comments: Sorry to drop in again but I'm in a bit of a tizz. Has anyone seen my friend Jellyfish? I had him here not long ago but he started getting all miserable because he wants a spine. He ran off to find one and I haven't seen him since. I'm really worried. He hasn't been himself. If anyone sees him could they contact the webmaster please. Thanks guys.

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Name: Johan Tengroth
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Borås, Sweden
Time: 1998-08-24 08:08:24
Comments: Dear Sirs, Thank you for a very informative and well done Homepage. Royal Marines Band Service is a great service. Yours sincerely, Johan Tengroth

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Name: Rob Richards
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Bridgtown Concert Showband
Time: 1998-08-23 07:25:19
Comments: I would like to find out more about band links. I currently hold the position of Public Relations Officer for a very young, up and coming band. The Bridgtown Concert Showband has now been together for 5 years, and boasts 65 playing members with an average age of 14 years.

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Name: Dean Mullin
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: New Zealand
Time: 1998-08-18 06:15:04
Comments: Hey! Having been away from England and the Band for three years, it's gonna be great to catch up with any of the guys who served with me. So whether you're still in the mob or not, and know me, drop me a line. Does anybody know what happened to Chris Bundy or Nige Blackburn? Regards, Dean.

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Name: Mike San Agustin McCrea
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Northern Ireland originally, now Belgium
Time: 1998-08-12 11:44:15
Comments: Keep up the good work, saw you on the TV earlier this year- I was watching the Trombones in particular ( I used to play in the Cadet section of the Irish Rangers many years ago!)

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Name: John (Ginge) Harman
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: London U.K.
Time: 1998-08-01 20:55:33
Comments: Absolutely Brilliant! At last I can keep in touch with some real people. Get in touch lads and look forward to the re-unions. Well done Dickie. Regards Ginge.

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Name: C. Raymond Plotts
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Maryland USA, formerly Penna.
Time: 1998-07-31 13:37:37
Comments: Have been a fan of Royal Marine Bands for years and used to have recordings of the band, unfortunately I had a house fire several years ago and lost them all, I have been searching for recordings ever since and cannot locate anything through local recording shops. Can anyone help me as to where I can locate any of these items, or the proper titles of them. It is a great, great band.

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Name: Simon Morgan
Website:
Referred by: Yahoo!
From: Southampton
Time: 1998-07-29 17:29:53
Comments: Just to let you know that we have come "on line". Do E mail me.

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Name: Mike Button
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Hull, England
Time: 1998-07-21 17:13:36
Comments: What a wonderful fraternity of people and an incredibly interesting web page. Thank you for all of the very hard work and commitment. Mike Button.

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Name: C. Mark Smith
Website: C. Mark Smith
Referred by: Net Search
From: Birmingham, Alabama USA
Time: 1998-07-18 08:46:31
Comments: I am a great fan of the RMBS. Have most of the readily available recordings made over the past 10 - 15 years. Currently enjoying the 1998 Mountbatten Festival cd. I don't know if he looks at this site, but I want to thank David Cole for all of the great music he has provided us during his career!

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Name: GySgt John C. Norton
Website: USMC Band
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Washington, DC USA
Time: 1998-07-17 16:27:30
Comments: Greetings from the "President's Own" United States Marine Band! We joined you (the band from Deal, anyway) in London at the Royal Albert Hall in 1992 during the Mountbatten Festival. I only wish we could come again, maybe to Wales this time, for a concert at St. David's Hall (Cymro-Americanwr dw i, chimod!). Cheers to you all. John Norton in Washington,DC.

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Name: Richard (Dick) Stapleton
Website:
Referred by: From a Friend
From: Goring Heath, Reading, Berkshire
Time: 1998-07-16 10:03:15
Comments: Since I left the mob, I've been in computers. Now I'm auditing them for a living. I've done a quick one on this site and it's definitely the most interesting I've visited. I'd love to know where all the other 60 lads who joined in troop 2/74 are now? I suppose one of us should try and round up as many as possible for the 1999 re-union. Old friends please email me..talk to you later..

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Name: Frank Slim
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Connersville, IN
Time: 1998-07-06 00:16:26
Comments: PO/X 5492 Joined as Boy Bugler May 1944, retired as QMS(S) 1968. Great page, if anyone recognises my name, please give me a shout!

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Name: Dave Davenport
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Barnstaple, Devon, UK
Time: 1998-07-03 17:21:39
Comments: Found your page by accident. I was the last RSM at RMSM Deal and helped move the band onto Pompey. I am at Cdo Logs now and go outside Jan 99. Greetings to all Bandies and Buglers that know me and especially to the "Shipwrecks Club" and all who sail in her! Per Mare Per Terram.

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Name: Ralph Dettwiler
Website: Bloodstripes
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Michigan
Time: 1998-07-02 13:28:24
Comments: Just surfing in to check out your page and invite you to my pages too.

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Name: Richard Gaines GySgt USMC Ret.
Website: Gunny G's Marine Postal WebSite!
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Rochester, NY
Time: 1998-07-02 12:16:22
Comments: And still another fine Marine website!!! Great work--my congratulations to you. Dick Gaines (former 0161 Postal, 1952-72)

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Name: Debra Maude
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Sydney, Australia
Time: 1998-06-28 20:33:06
Comments: Greetings from the Royal Australian Navy Band in Sydney. Please visit our site at http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/1594

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Name: Russ "Eric" Sykes
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Leeds UK
Time: 1998-06-24 10:31:00
Comments: Great page, nice to see so many familiar names. Felix Foglamp lives! Russ "Eric" Sykes on 0113 2286155 Hope to hear from someone soon.

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Name: Sutton Farrer
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Accrington, Lancs.
Time: 1998-06-15 14:52:50
Comments: Would like to hear from anybody stationed at Royal Marines School of Music, (especially anyone from Eagle House) during 1954 - 1958

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Name: Jase Walker
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Dartmouth,Devon.
Time: 1998-06-11 13:59:04
Comments: Great bit of kit this World wide web!!! Great to see so many people in your guestbook.

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Name: Dan Duncum
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: RM BAND DARTMOUTH
Time: 1998-06-04 19:18:53
Comments: Great page good to see so many names!

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Name: Dave Hurl
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Fareham Hampshire
Time: 1998-05-30 16:32:46
Comments: Hello to everyone who knew me, and is still around. Regards Dave Hurl

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Name: Paul Gear
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Deal UK
Time: 1998-05-26 14:14:37
Comments: Great to see so many old names from the past! Would be glad to hear from anyone who knew me in the short 10 years 1980 - 1990. Will pass on the news of the site to Pete the Lob !!

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Name: Dave Miller
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Edgware.Middx originally/now Nashville.Tenn
Time: 1998-05-23 01:01:01
Comments: I noticed that this is for Bandsmen, is there a search site for regular RM's ( non band ) so that I can search for old pals from my days at Deal and Lympstone? Thanks Dave

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Name: Paul (Lumpy) Nolan
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From:
Time: 1998-05-19 18:08:38
Comments: Nice to see so many Bandies on the net. What a great way to get in touch with old muckers. Anyone who knows me won't be surprised to hear that I still love the old CHECK & GLIDE. Smart as a guard and twice as hard ! Lumpy 48DD / 44 / 44 / 17st....

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Name: Jess L. Gerardi, Ph.D.
Website:
Referred by: From LinkExchange
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Time: 1998-05-16 23:26:21
Comments: I heard the Massed Bands of the Royal Marines live in London at the Royal Tournament way back in 1971. It was one of the most impressive moments of my life!

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Name: Mick Buxton
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1998-05-11 14:44:20
Comments: Excellent page!! Any Ex-Pompey ratings or Ex-Fleeties out there that know me, drop me a line, including Aaron the Aardvark (nice to know you're still around old boy)! Cheers, it's Monday night-£1 a pint down the Wine Vaults. Must be off. See you!

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Name: Aaron Aardvark
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: A very hot place
Time: 1998-05-10 09:01:01
Comments: Hello! I used to be the Fleet band unofficial mascot until I had to take early retirement when Fleet disbanded. A big hello to all the Outback 88 boys, plus well done to all the boys in the Gulf from Radio Aardvark. You know who you are! I was thrilled to find this website when I sneaked into the zoo keepers office one night and I will keep an eye on you all from now on. (Snort Snort)

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Name: Paul (CHALKY) Castledine
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Fife, Scotland.
Time: 1998-05-09 15:50:13
Comments: Good to see so many white folk on the net! I'm still around and would be delighted to hear from anybody who remembers me. Chalky.

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Name: Philip Bennett
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Rochdale, Manchester
Time: 1998-05-09 10:28:36
Comments: I was just surfing though the net trying to find any information on how I can join the Marines as a musician in the future. I am a first year Music student at Huddersfield university playing the Sax and the Piano. I am very interested in a career in the Royal Marines as a musician, so if anyone can help, please feel free to e-mail me on A9750369@hudds.ac.uk Thanks, Phil.

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Name: Brian Short
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From:
Time: 1998-05-09 06:00:46
Comments: I recently did a talk for the local pub landlords, and noticed one wearing a 'royals' tie. He is Pat Barker, ex cornet. Mate of Gunner Yates. I said I would put his name on the guest list as he is not on the web. Anyone wanting to pass on regards can do it through me at my email address. Bshort@globalnet.co.uk

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Name: Walter Moore, Col USMC (Ret)
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Oceanside Ca. Home of the 1stMarDiv, FMF
Time: 1998-05-05 23:58:05
Comments: I was pleasantly surprised to stumble onto your Web page. The Royal Marine band sets the tone & style for all. I have seen you perform in various places in the world. Truly a pleasure. As you know, LtCol Douglas Drysdale & RM commando 41 covered it self with glory in Korea. RM 41 & the 1st Mar Div took on the Chinese (CCF) in that epic fight (Chosin resevoir) In late Nov & Dec 1950. I'll never forget them! God bless & Semper Fidelis.

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Name: Paul 'Riggo' Richardson
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: UK
Time: 1998-05-02 18:55:33
Comments: Having just filled Riggo with port, he was fascinated by the internet and liked the RMB site, so here is his missive to the world and all ex Royals !

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Name: Sarah Herbert
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Auckland, NZ
Time: 1998-05-02 02:00:36
Comments: I was talking to you this morning, Dickie, and I love the internet. It was so cool talking to you halfway across the world! Must do it again sometime! Love your page. Sarah.....maxie's grand-daughter.

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Name: B. J. Hyett
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Shrewsbury
Time: 1998-04-30 10:21:32
Comments: I'm hoping to join the band soon, would you consider giving any helpfull information about life as a bandsman, training hints, advice, or anything at all really on your homepage? [Webmaster] Please visit http://www.bluebandmag.demon.co.uk/ and they should be able to help you. 4/30/98

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Name: Paul Meacham
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Staffs
Time: 1998-04-26 04:37:07
Comments: Great page!

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Name: Christine and Alan Allbon & Julia
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Auckland (Godzone)
Time: 1998-04-24 22:38:05
Comments: Just visiting Kath and Bern and we were shown your web page, most interesting but our two and a half year old daughter prefered the "baaa" and "chooks" best. Regards, Christine, Alan and Julia.

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Name: Pat Robinson Po/x 5535 Ex Bugler
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Time: 1998-04-22 20:43:53
Comments: Any other sticky blues out there?

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Name: Flora Band, Rijnsburg (Holland)
Website: De meest Engelse onder de Nederlandse verenigingen
Referred by: Net Search
From: The Netherlands
Time: 1998-04-22 07:10:56
Comments: Good afternoon, I am Johan de Koning from the "Flora Band" from Holland. We are a marching and show band, and we are playing marches from England. They are great. I'm playing the trombone, and there are some perfect "trombone solo's". Full power and very nice to play. Greetings, Johan de Koning Flora Band

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Name: Daniela Jarrett Eide
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Australia
Time: 1998-04-20 15:25:34
Comments: Saw the URL on the letterhead of your letter to mum. Just thought I'd pop in and say hello. Hope you and your family are well. I hear the news from your end through mum. Take care. Daniela.

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Name: Andy Waugh
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Plymouth
Time: 1998-04-19 14:34:59
Comments: Great to see so many names from the past and present,anyone who knows me please feel free to get in contact. Best regards Andy (Big nose!?)

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Name: Derek Roberts
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Exeter, Devon
Time: 1998-04-18 16:34:04
Comments: Well here I am at last after many months of being got at by local ex bandies to get onto the net. I served in the RMB from Sept 1962 to Sept 1978 playing (or holding) clarinet/violin/sax. I have made contact with some on the net so if there is anyone out there who feels the need (?) they can contact me. I am Secretary of Exmouth Town Concert Band which can be found on the internet and also has a few ex RMBs in its number.

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Name: Si Tripp
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Dartmouth, Devon. UK
Time: 1998-04-15 15:25:00
Comments: Great way to stay in touch with past and present members of the RMBS. Keep it up!

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Name: Ken Blackman
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Queensland Australia
Time: 1998-04-13 08:27:21
Comments: I always wanted to be a ' Royal' from when I was drilled by them in my Sea Cadet band back in 1953. So how did I end up as a retired LCDR (marine engineer) in Australia. I have been thrilled to find the RM web site and look forward to new things in the future, particularly some music! I served in BULWARK 59 - 61 first commission as a commando carrier with 42. That was some trip for anyone in the ships band that might remember it. Keep up the good work, will keep looking. Regards

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Name: Wendy Mitchem-Lines
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Basingstoke, Hants
Time: 1998-04-12 09:57:33
Comments: Can anyone tell me how I can get hold of information relating to careers as a musician within the Marines (and if possible other forces also). I have spent many hours searching and have not found what I'm looking for. Please help. Wendy

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Name: Mike `Zoonie' Howarth
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Peterborough UK
Time: 1998-04-10 11:08:44
Comments: Best regards to Dickie Valentine and,of course, anyone who knew me.

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Name: Carl McMath
Website:
Referred by: From Geocities
From: South Carolina US of A
Time: 1998-04-09 15:33:59
Comments: In 1981 I visited Deal as a guest of Colonel Mason and his wife Alice. A tour of the School ensued which my daughter and I enjoyed greatly. Since then I have become an even greater fan of the Royal Marines Band Service. Keep up the good work. C McMath

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Name: Gary C. Dumbrill
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Canada
Time: 1998-04-04 19:42:25
Comments: Nice page! From a former Bootneck

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Name: Dave Prentice
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Dartmouth
Time: 1998-04-04 07:35:42
Comments: Nice to see so many bandies on-line!

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Name: Ray (Lofty) Edwards
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Bowie MD USA
Time: 1998-04-02 12:46:58
Comments: Been surfing for some time looking to find some old buddies. This is great. Anyone coming to the Washington DC area give me a call (301) 262-5056

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Name: Jon 'Taff' Dempster
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Dusseldorf
Time: 1998-04-02 10:55:45
Comments: Great site! Anyone who knows me and still wants to get in touch please do so.

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Name: Alick Harwood
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Seasalter, Kent
Time: 1998-04-02 09:55:22
Comments: Came across the page through the Blue Band links. I'm impressed with the page and will probably spend a few non-working moments looking around. Best wishes all.

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Name: Sid Davis
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: UK
Time: 1998-03-28 10:42:47
Comments: Visiting Deal and staying with Bob Graham catching up with all the news. Best wishes to all those who might remember me .

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Name: Chris Bendrey
Website:
Referred by: Advertisement/Brochure
From: Bristol, England
Time: 1998-03-26 08:16:52
Comments: I would like to join the Royal Marines or the Parachute Regiment. Which would you suggest? [Editor's note] Well, being an ex Royal Marine I'd be biased somewhat!

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Name: John and Grace Sparks
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Whangaparoa
Time: 1998-03-21 22:26:28
Comments: Nice to read your page, have known Bernard and Kath for some time. Will connect soon to internet.

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Name: Katherine
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Godzown
Time: 1998-03-18 06:22:25
Comments: just in case you get a peak at the guest book while your away there has been not a peep out of any of the contacts since you left i reckon they have switched off till your return hope you pam and charlotte are enjoying your selves

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Name: Jason Mildren
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In
From: Jersey
Time: 1998-03-17 15:58:36
Comments: Hello There! I applied to join the band service in January 1996 to become a bugler. Unfortunately I was not accepted because I have eczema. So I am currently the principle percussionist and a soloist in the Drum Corps of The Band of The Island of Jersey. In February '94 I was lucky enough to go to the Royal Marines Barracks in Poole, Dorset. For a whole week. The other members of the Drum Corps and I were there to be trained by two actual Buglers. Thanks very much guys! Also in December '95, The Jersey Band were invited to play in The Birmingham International Tattoo. The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth were the main band and it was an experience to play alongside the best musicians in the world. Good luck to all the recruits who got in when I didn't, especially my good friend Nicholas Skelhorn. Keep up the good work!

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Name: Musn. Breen
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Plymouth Band
Time: 1998-03-07 09:31:11
Comments: I'm still in and loving it. Cheers, Royal Smart as a Guard and twice as hard

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Name: Simon Morgan
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Southampton
Time: 1998-02-28 12:23:01
Comments: Hope to see you at the All Stars concert in Margate in March.

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Name: PASTIE CORNISH & AJ PINER
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1998-02-28 11:30:15
Comments: Any 2/85 out there give us a shout.

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Name: Marcel and Patrick Voshol
Website:
Referred by: From Link Exchange
From: Schiedam, Netherlands
Time: 1998-02-27 12:02:02
Comments: Good day to you all. We are respectively a soprano cornet player and drummer of a band called the Rijnmondband (RMB) from Schiedam, Netherlands. Your homepage is added to the list of links from our homepage. We are great fans of Royal Marines Bands and we even played together with the Band of the School of Music during the tattoo of Birmingham in 1992. It was a really great experience to see and hear one of the Royal Marines Bands "live". I understand that this year a massed Band of the Royal Marines will partake in the Breda National Tattoo here in Holland. For sure we will be there to see the Royal Marines. We wish you all the best for the future and hopefully we'll meet again someday. Musical greetings from Schiedam.

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Name: John Fusco
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: United States Merchant Marine Academy
Time: 1998-02-22 23:17:24
Comments: Hi! I'm from the United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band. Our Director Capt Kenneth Force, USMS has a long standing relationship with many people in the band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines including a Drum Major (Crofts?) Our entire band is based on you. We hold a Beat Retreat and constantly play "A Life on the Ocean Wave" Does the Band have a web page itself? One for current members, with picures and soundclips maybe? Anyway. GREAT PAGE, CONGRATS, and thanks for the "life" soundbyte!

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Name: Red Millis GySgt USMC
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: MCAS Cherry Pt NC
Time: 1998-02-22 10:50:18
Comments: Sharp site, Semper fidelis!

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Name: Michael Hasney
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: UK & Middle East
Time: 1998-02-20 09:49:01
Comments: Greetings from a warmer clime, I am an ex Blue Jacket band member, starting as a bugler (1954) and finishing as solo cornet at RNAS Lossiemouth , where unfortunately my playing days ceased when the light blue jobs took over there in 1972 and I remained. On leaving the Andrew 12 years ago, I came out to the Middle East, initially in Oman and latterly in the UAE. I have been invited to serve on the committee of the newly formed St George society here, We plan to have a Formal dinner ball on 23 April. I would like to play Roast Beef of Old England and similar pieces whilst the guests go into the ballroom to take their places for dinner. I have looked and asked in a number of record shops here but have been unsuccessful. Widening my search area I looked for and found your page. Can you help me in this quest please either by giving me the Title, Reference etc. of a tape or disc or by sending me a copy of suitable music. If the latter I shall ensure that there is honourable mention of the fact on the programme. Mike Hasney FCAEA (Rtd)

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Name: Dee Douglas
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Pompey!
Time: 1998-02-18 17:20:52
Comments: Just found the site! Hello to everyone out there who knows me. Nephew of Brian Douglas (both ex-percussionist's). If anyone out there wants to contact me my Telephone number is 01705-365646. CHEERS!!

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Name: John Skinner
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: England
Time: 1998-02-15 17:53:07
Comments: Found you looking for RMB concerts in UK whilst I am on leave.(Still looking :)) If you do not have a RMB contact in Bermuda, you can use me. Currently Military Liason Officer for Bermuda Police Service and will try and find any ex RMB on the island. Had the pleasure of being entertained and entertaining RMB over the past years and looking forward to next visit, though with the absence of HMY this may be much more infrequent. Regards John Skinner

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Name: Clive Nieser
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Worthing - England
Time: 1998-02-10 04:17:46
Comments: I think you are the best armed force in the world after the SAS. I am a Marine cadet.

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Name: Bill Walker
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: British Columbia, Canada
Time: 1998-02-06 20:19:48
Comments: Delighted to find this page and hope to locate my "old oppo" Bill Blakemore (cornet). I wish there were more MEANINGFUL pages like yours. Cheers BW

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Name: Clive Watts
Website: Maritime Links
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Oban, Scotland
Time: 1998-02-02 09:44:44
Comments: Happy Days :-)

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Name: John E.Domingue
Website: N/A
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Scott, Louisiana USA
Time: 1998-02-01 14:41:15
Comments: You Guys have always Mesmerized us over here in the colonies. I like your style of drumming, you'r uniforms are immaculate, and your intonation, balance, articulation are just about flawless. I have senn you two or three times overe here in the states;have a few of your CD,s and always keep my eyes open for a North American Tour FANTASTIC! EXCELLENT MUSICIANSHIP! FIRST RATE CEREMONY! Wish I could perform with you but fear I am too old now. How can I get some recent CD,S? 1996-97. John E. Domingue Retired public school Band Director....30 years!

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Name: Marcel Voshol
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Schiedam, Netherlands
Time: 1998-01-29 15:05:32
Comments: Hello there, I'm a soprano cornet player in a band called Rijnmondband from Schiedam, Netherlands. Your style and uniform is a great inspiration for us. We based our uniform on yours because it's a beautiful one. We even bought the helmets at the same company as yours. I hope I can visit you some day in Portsmouth or somewhere else. Greetings from a fan!!

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Name: Matt King
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Dudley, West Midlands.
Time: 1998-01-15 09:49:20
Comments: I left the Band Service in September of 1995 having completed only seven years of service. I quit the mob in order to move to London and study and play professionally in civvy street. Life in the world of civilian music is very busy and so I have sadly neglected to keep in touch with the lads, so its really great to be able to send regards to all the former and presently serving "bandys". I hope that life is treating you all okay and you are all getting what you deserve!!! All the best for 1998. God Bless the Band service.

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Name: Geoff Hart
Website: Hart of Faversham
Referred by: Net Search
From: North Cheam, Surrey.
Time: 1998-01-13 19:22:28
Comments: Hi. Was in the Staff Band on Percussion with Ken Schooley and Alan Webb from 1972 to 1979, then joined FoP Plymouth at HMS Raleigh before departing. Went to Oman and enlisted into the Sultan of Omans Land Forces Band along with Eric (Eek) Parker (Sax). On leaving that, I put on another uniform and joined the Central Band of the RAF in 1982. Am now in the Regiment Band of the RAF, teach for Croydon Music Teaching Agency and gig with a trio in clubs around West London area at the weekends. Also am a dep Percussionist for the London production of Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Have already e-mailed a couple of partners in crime from this site. Please write, it`ll be great to keep in touch. All the best.

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Name: Robert Woodward
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Wales. (Now Somerset)
Time: 1998-01-02 16:36:18
Comments: Joined Marines January 1973 at Deal. Played water polo with a few bandies that died during Deal bombing. If anybody knows of any sites that could assist me in locating 'old friends' from training then I would be extremely grateful for your help. Taught a few bandies to ride as I spent 12 years working as a groom and visited Deal in 1985 (I think )with the hope of re-educating a parade horse to march in front of a R.M.Band. It was unsuccsesful. The Army shot the horse three months later. I don't hold grudges. Please help I'd love any help. Cheers lads.

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Name: Miriam & Peter
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Ex UK
Time: 1998-01-01 23:42:29
Comments: to maxie@voyager.co.nz bernard playing around! 2/01/98 trust this finds you!

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Name: John 'Charlie' Cookson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Lutterworth, England
Time: 1997-12-29 13:24:13
Comments: Current member RAF Music Services Association. Ex RAF musician (of sorts). Found the site by mistake but good to see music getting on the web. Sad that there aren't quite so many real bands these days, but that's defence cuts for you! Would love to hear from ex-service musics anywhere in the world. If you want to know more about RAF MusAssoc, get in touch.

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Name: Taff Roberts
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Time: 1997-12-26 22:55:36
Comments: I enjoyed your Web Page. Was able to contact friends in Australia I thought were still in UK. Keep up the good work. Will surf more regularly now. Taff Roberts. (Clarinet/Viola)

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Name: Tim Watson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Chelmsford, Essex, England
Time: 1997-12-26 15:11:45
Comments: Hello I`m in the band! I play the saxophone! (Badly) If you're out there and want to send me a message then contact my friends at their e mail address. TIM

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Name: Barry Smith
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Cape Town
Time: 1997-12-23 03:06:31
Comments: Hi Dickie Really enjoyed your page - now we have to meet! Regards Barry

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Name: Trev Rowlinson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Bracknell
Time: 1997-12-18 12:38:58
Comments: Glad to see the site is getting more hits now and is growing in content and stature. Really pleased to be able to contact friends whose recent whereabouts were unknown. Keep up the good work. Will be glad to receive mail from (and reply to) anyone who remembers me. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

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Name: Mic Beer
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Eastry, Kent, UK
Time: 1997-12-14 07:08:27
Comments: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mic. 46 Orchard Road, Eastry, Kent. CT13 0Qf

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Name: Fred
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: San Francisco, California, USA
Time: 1997-12-13 13:38:20
Comments: I've been an admirer of the music of Her Majesty's Royal Marine band for many years. A local radio station often played your music. Now I'm in search of recordings. How available are they in the US? Do you know of any particular retail outlets or is it possible to acquire recordings through mail order? Please advise, and keep up the good work.

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Name: Derek Lindars
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Ramsgate, Kent, England
Time: 1997-12-13 04:14:28
Comments: Excellent site - I contacted Clive Sproston by e-mail and he gave me the link to the page. Ive already mailed one friend in Aus and there's a couple of others that I intend to drop a line to. Thanks

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Name: Angelo Pillo
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: New York state.
Time: 1997-12-10 17:18:00
Comments: I am a retired band director. 30 years in public schools in NY state. Tuba player. Visited England in spring of 1985 with my high school band. Loved the country and the people.

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Name: Andy Forbes
Website: Work Website
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: HMS Ganges Association
Time: 1997-12-10 01:24:00
Comments: Nice to see a website dedicated to real musicians. If any "stretcher bearers" out there remember me from the Falklands and the SS Uganda drop me a line. I was a "Doc" down there with NP1830. Still remember the concerts in "Seaview Ward" and I never got the chance to thank you all for the hard work you did during that period. It was appreciated. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.

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Name: Buster (Cory) Brown
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: RM Band Plymouth
Time: 1997-12-09 15:23:00
Comments: Great page!! See you at the reunion

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Name: Brian Short
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From:
Time: 1997-12-08 16:23:00
Comments: Hi there! As an ex bandy I was thrilled to find this site up and running. Got to it by word of mouth from Dee Lindars & Clive Sproston. Will be a regular visitor! Regards, Brian Short.

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Name: Craig Blundell
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Hampshire
Time: 1997-12-05 16:06:00
Comments: Great page guys!!

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Name: Clive Watts
Website: HMS Ganges Association
Referred by: From LinkExchange
From: Oban, Argyll, Scotland
Time: 1997-12-03 08:34:00
Comments: Welcome aboard Royals.

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Name: Michael Smith -Thompson (Tommo)
Website:
Referred by: From Geocities
From: Australia
Time: 1997-12-02 15:44:00
Comments: RM26593 Ex Bugler, now Musician with the RAAF Band Melbourne. Happy to be Australian Contact. Will have a web page soon.

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Name: Phil Clavin
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: New Jersey, USA
Time: 1997-12-01 19:43:00
Comments: MY FATHER HAD TAKEN ME TO SEE THE SHOWS IN NYC AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. I COLLECT ALL OF THE BRITISH MILITARY BAND TAPES, THERE G R E A T !!!!!!!!! WHEN AND WHERE WILL YOU BE IN TOWN !!!!!!! THANK YOU, PHIL

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Name: Stuart Bilverstone
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: R.M.Plymouth
Time: 1997-11-30 04:53:00
Comments: Great to find a few old aquaintances.The Bandservice needs a site like this to keep us all in contact. Well done to the both of you and thanks.

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Name: Brett Simpson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: R.M. Band Plymouth
Time: 1997-11-20 22:01:00
Comments: Great to see bandy's sticking together.

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Name: Hank Eley
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: U.S.A.
Time: 1997-11-14 17:11:00
Comments: Great site. I am a ret. U.S.Marine, just say hi to all Marines,"once a Marine,always a Marine"

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Name: William Kinnear
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Canada
Time: 1997-11-13 15:40:00
Comments: Great page Must tell all the ex-marines over here in Ontario.

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Name: Alan Reed
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Slough. UK.
Time: 1997-11-12 14:12:00
Comments: Anyone who knows me, get in contact on the net.

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Name: John Ellitson
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Felixstowe Suffolk UK
Time: 1997-11-12 07:34:00
Comments: Just to say that I work with an ex Royal Marine bandsman who is not on the internet, but wishes to be remembered to all whom he served with. His name is Sam Elkington, clarinet/viola player.

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Name: Ed Groves
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: Kitchener. Ontario, Canada
Time: 1997-11-07 18:40:00
Comments: I just spent 7 days in the Portsmouth area and had the pleasure of attending a band rehearsal on the 4th of November, something I will never forget. I took a video of the practice. As far as I'm concerned, there are no better bands in the world than The Royal Marine Service bands. Again thank you for letting me sit in and a special thanks to Colour Sgt. Evans [Whale island] for arranging it for me.

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Name: Becky Hart
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Brantford, Ontario
Time: 1997-11-04 04:04:00
Comments: How much would lessons cost for Flute. This is for Bill hughes?

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Name: kim uren
Website:
Referred by: Net Search
From: torbay Auckland
Time: 1997-11-01 01:22:00
Comments: I have known the Beare's a long time, and it's good to be a part of the RMB family, Kim Uren

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Name: Pam Smith
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Oldham, Lancs
Time: 1997-10-31 00:23:00
Comments: Nice to see more musicians making it onto the net. Keep up the good work, this site has the potential to be a cracking good read very soon!

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Name: "Spike" Ingham Ex RMB 3785
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Birmingham
Time: 1997-10-30 22:33:00
Comments: What a pleasure to find this page. I'm looking forward to surfing the site and hopefully finding some old friends. If there are any members of HMS Victorious band (1967-8) out there I would dearly like to hear from them. Thanks "Spike"

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Name: Dave Clackett
Website: Hands On MIDI Software
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Waterlooville
Time: 1997-10-29 21:13:00
Comments: HI Dicky Just popped in to have a looky (got your last message). It all comes flooding back! I'll drop a bigger line to you direct..

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Name: John Payne
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Rosyth, Scotland
Time: 1997-10-18 14:27:00
Comments: Looking forward to contacting long lost friends.

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Name: Claire Brooks
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Musselburgh ,Scotland
Time: 1997-10-18 13:53:00
Comments: Hi everyone,My name is Claire and I came to you on work experience in Febuary. At this present time i am filling in my application to come and join you. How are you all? I remember Corporal Wright as he plays flute.I really enjoyed my work experience it was brilliant. I think it would be great to join up for life.I need to get fit though so i will start now.I saw you all play in the tatto and you were all brill.I am in 5th year now doing 4 highers they are hard woek but worth it in the end. One of my highers is music. Anyway better go hopr to see you all some lots of love Claire Louise Brooks

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Name: Mark Biddlecombe
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Southampton, UK.
Time: 1997-10-18 10:27:00
Comments: I'm glad this site is now becoming so successful, bigger and better every day. Am now chatting to a number of you, as for the rest of you..... all emails will be answered, so stay in touch. Well done Dickie.

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Name: Simon"BOBBY" Boorah
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1997-10-17 22:59:00
Comments: "Congratulations on a most informative and up to date Web Page for Ex Members of the RM Band Service."

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Name: JF Bushell
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Dunfermline
Time: 1997-10-17 15:58:00
Comments: What a great idea!!

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Name: Larry E. Whitcomb
Website: The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band
Referred by: Net Search
From: Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, USA
Time: 1997-10-16 15:00:00
Comments: If you have any recordings, could you send us some? We will reciprocate. Thanks

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Name: Trevor (Bruno) Brown
Website: Bruno Music Services
Referred by: Net Search
From: Deal, Kent, UK
Time: 1997-10-14 11:44:00
Comments: To Dickie (and the gang) On the web at last! Look forward to hearing from somebody soon . . . ! Cheerio for now Bruno

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Name: Steve Harper
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Portsmouth, Hants. U.K.
Time: 1997-10-13 20:02:00
Comments: Well done on starting this site, I hope it is very successful.

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Name: Claus Luc
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Belgium
Time: 1997-10-13 19:34:00
Comments: As D.M. of a civill pipe band Red Hackle Pipeband I like to have contacts whit other Drum-majors

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Name: Neil Ogley
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Portsmouth,UK
Time: 1997-10-13 19:33:00
Comments: This is a great chance for all ex serving members to keep in touch. Mega!

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Name: DAN ARCHER
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: DUCKRUN COTTAGE, PYTCHLEY NORTHANTS NN141EN
Time: 1997-10-12 05:06:00
Comments: Hi everyone good to see so many old(?) names on the web drop me a line sometime, unless you are IYM that is!!!

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Name: Fabrice Dizy
Website: IMMS France
Referred by: From LinkExchange
From: France
Time: 1997-10-10 21:59:00
Comments: I am the webmaster of the International Military Music Society French branch website and I have established a link to your site. You can consult the IMMS French Branch at the following address : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/immsfr/ Congratulations on your website. Yours sincerely.

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Name: Ray LLOYD
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Exeter. UK
Time: 1997-10-10 19:20:00
Comments: I left the band service in 1978, having served at RMSM, Lympstone, & Plymouth. I played cornet & viola, anyone who knows me is asked to get in touch. Best wishes, Ray

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Name: Russ Brewster
Website: Alpha Connection Agency
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Portsmouth
Time: 1997-10-10 17:33:00
Comments: I left the Corps in 1990 and now run an entertainment agency and band mangement company with my old shipmate Steve Cook who left in the same year. We would like to hear from any ex Royals who served between 1976 and 1990.

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Name: Mitch Cuss
Website: Green Lanterns Restaurant
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Plymouth UK
Time: 1997-10-08 22:56:00
Comments: Joined in Sept 83 left Sept 93

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Name: John Edward Liddle
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Canada
Time: 1997-10-05 02:35:00
Comments: A splendid job and what a beautiful and informative page. I have followed the Royal Marines Band for many years and am glad to see they NOW have a site of their own where ex-members can get together.Well done!

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Name: Ron Blemings
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Camborne, Cornwall
Time: 1997-09-29 20:35:00
Comments: Not RMB but a drummer that changed over to the Ranks. I Wonder if there are any more Buglers around here? Very nice indeed to read these pages, it certainly brings back a lot of memories. I will certainly be looking in again.

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Name: Robert Drapeau
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: Rhode Island-USA
Time: 1997-09-28 23:50:00
Comments: Am a collector of march music and have several videos, cds, and vinyl albums of the Royal Marine Bands.

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Name: ALISON ALDRED
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: OAKINGTON BARRACKS!
Time: 1997-09-24 11:59:00
Comments: IT IS A SHAME I CANNOT SEE A WEB SITE FOR THE QUEENS DIVISION BAND - I EVEN HAVE MEMBERS OF THAT BAND AS NEIGHBOURS. WIFE OF A 1 ROYAL ANGLIAN SOLDIER.

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Name: William J Hughes
Website:
Referred by: From LinkExchange
From: Just left Saratoga Springs
Time: 1997-09-23 01:22:00
Comments: Great looking page .... Lots and lots of GOOD notes!! Gtes my hearty applause.

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Name: Michael Sproston
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Wrexham, North Wales
Time: 1997-09-17 23:29:00
Comments: Hello to all! All mail answered eventually. I would like to hear from any ex-colleagues and friends now in Canada.

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Name: John Goold
Website:
Referred by: Just Surfed On In!
From: U.K.
Time: 1997-09-15 14:48:00
Comments: Glad to here that you are keeping well, drop you an email when I find more time.
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Name: Bill Hughes
Website: Bill Hughes
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Canada
Time: 1997-09-15 13:46:00
Comments: Absolutely FANTASTIC page!!! Good show Richard. About time there was an avenue for ex-R.M.B. to get in contact with one another. Whizzo Old Chap!!! By the way, there is a strange URL showing underneath "Sign the Guestbook".