Gene

Just in case (very sensibly) you can't be bothered to wade through my previous postings, this is how I looked back in late 1945.

The snap was taken on a mine sweeper in Trieste Harbour

Ron

Gene Welcome aboard ! I've previously posted lots of boring stuff on this forum so all I'll say at this point is that I served in the British Forces from 1942 to 1947, was married in 1949 and, G-d willing will celebrate a Diamond Wedding Anniversary later this year. A couple of Before & After ph...

Buona Pasqua to all on this forum !
&
Best Wishes for a peaceful year ahead

Ron

Hi John !

What about a couple of pics so that we can see who you are ?

Perhaps one in uniform and one with she who must be obeyed ?

Regards

Ron

Larry I recently posted the item below onto a WW2 Forum that I suscribe to that was talking about the wonderful Willys Jeep. When you mentioned your forthcoming meeting with some ex Jugoslav veterans I thought it might be worth repeating here. I've written before about my brief love affair with the ...

Larry It looks as though you've got a bit of catching up to do mate :) Might I suggest you have a look at "A British soldier remembers Trieste in 1946 and this will save me having to re-write all those boring bits ! https://www.atrieste.eu/Forum3/viewtopic.php?t=1254 I also attach a few pics th...

Larry But does your name figure on the list of members of the Betfor Association? And does that of Peter G from Lincoln? Sorry, but I was never involved with BETFOR as I was already involved in many other forums & Blogs and (I think) neither was Peter. Now that you seem to have found your way ba...

Hi Larry Are you the self same "Larry of Southgate" of whom I was informed when I first alighted on this site ? If you are Sir, I am delighted to make your aquaintance and as someone else who never learned Latin (having left school at the age of 13) we can together still attempt to educate...

Ivana

Thanks for that

Ciao e Auguri !

Ron

Ron, for your understanding, I've made a rough translation of the italian words by "Grandma Ivana"

Thanks a lot, but where is it ?

Ron

Arnie has raised an interesting point. I make postings on numerous blogs & forums and it's very much a question of "here I can do this" & "here I can't do that". On one particular forum I can edit any of my posts but NOT the title of the thread. What does sometimes amuses...

Urban When you only write English and seldom speak it, the "a/an" rule can seem arbitrary and perhaps somewhat random. But in a spoken sentence, associations such as "an hero", "an utensil" or "a airplane" immediately sound strange, and you won't even be tempt...

Adler An useful schedule about the American and British English spelling differences is here Mi scusa ! I'm sure you meant " A useful schedule" For the benefit of others, as the word USEFUL is pronounced as though it begins with a Y then the rule about using the word "an" before ...

The internet is truly a wondrous affair and one of its major joys is when one stumbles across an item to do with research long since forgotten. On the BBC WW2 website, I’d written a fair piece about my experiences in Austria at the closing stages of the war and the small part that my Regiment, the 4...

Hi Ron, there are rumors that Globoclnik reached America and lived very rich. Can be truth? Cheers Claudio Hi Claudio I thought we had established that Globoclnik was very dead ? See if you can find anything about these "rumours" and report back here on this thread. I'm sure Macondo would...

Gentlemen

I've been waiting for Peter to make his usual beneficial comment but, until he does, I thought you might like to see this thread on an "Answers" forum.
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 336AAtGWog

Regards

Ron

Ricky

Answer No.1

Our first barracks in Trieste were at Opicina and you can read all about it here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 6130.shtml

Ron

Dear Friends 2008 has just flown by and it is once again the time to send seasonal greetings to all on this splendid site. Bone Feste a tutti, e Auguri per un sereno Natale ! And just in case Maria Refolo is looking in I extend this greeting also to her and her family in Australia. I hope to drop in...

Adler

Did you see this answer?:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 834AALXFus

Ron

Serlilian

I would hazard a guess that was was meant was "North East Area Manager"

Ciao

Ron