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Andy Anderson   Democracy   From the mouths of babes ...
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FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES ...
The 2 young granddaughters of the Norfolk Editor were due to stay overnight. Visiting them the day before, Olivia, aged 6, asked if she could use my computer on-line to access a site. Agreeing, I asked if she needed to bring a CD. "No Grandpa, it’s at ‘www.xyz.co.uk’ "
Imogen, 3, interjects: "No, at the end it’s ‘dot.com.’ "
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ANDY ANDERSON - 2 R NORFOLK 1946 TO 1948
Alfred 'Andy' Anderson, 2nd Bn 1946-48, telephoned after discovering the B&C site. Enlisting in 1946, Andy was at the ITC in Britannia Barracks then at Nelson Barracks. Moved to the holding Bn at Hyderabad and Meanee Barracks, Colchester, in Aut 46, he became somewhat bored. When the call came for volunteers for India he eagerly put up his hand and in Jan 47 embarked on the MV Britannic, sister ship to MV Georgic, with a small draft to Bombay, to join the 2nd Bn. Then it was on to Rawalpindi by train on slatted seats in a very basic train. It was there he recalls meeting Capt Ian ‘Pip’ Page.
With the forthcoming Independence of India in Aug 1947, the Bn travelled from Rawalpindi to Bombay and boarded the MV Georgic. Before they sailed, the Bn were called to parade dock-side to listen to a pep talk from Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. (Years later, Andy saw, in Richard Hough's biography of Lord Louis Mountbatten, a photograph of the latter as orator to the troops at Bombay. Andy is in the photo with the Late Col Alex Turnbull.) Arriving at Liverpool they went to an RAOC depot where they were used as ‘Grease Monkeys’. The 2nd Bn was run down to a ‘token cadre’ and Andy later travelled in the back of a 3-tonner from Bardney, Lincolnshire, with the 2nd Bn Colours. It was very, very cold and Andy could not stand when he arrived at Britannia Bks. Having worked, pre-enlistment, for Lawrence Scott in Norwich, Andy was employed in the Orderly Room. After demob Andy served with the Met Police then with Norwich City Police, retiring after 25 yrs.
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DEMOCRACY
Heard at the Suffolk ACF Sep 05 'Head Shed' conference: ‘Democracy is fine but too much is a nuisance!’
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