42nd Regiment Rear Party Fallingbostel
20th February 1976

All families
Newsletter No 9

What’s On

1) coffee morning Monday - Saturdays
2) Film show Sgts mess 22nd Feb @ 1500hrs
3) Families Lunch Sgts mess Sun 29th Feb. get your tickets from the UFO as soon as
possible (tickets will not be sold at the door)
4) Shopping trip to Luneburg Heide Sat 6th March
5) Regiment returns from ex Op Banner 8 - 10th March

A.Murphy
Major (QM) RA
UFO

1 FORTHCOMING EVENTS - VISITS ENTERTAINMENT

a)
Film shows Sgts mess
There will be a film show in the Sgts mess starting at 1500hrs on 22nd Feb

Film - Carry on abroad

Cost - adults - DM2 children - DM 1 pay at door

Please put your names down on the list in the families room, a showing will only take place if we have enough names.

Transport arrangements - a free coach will call at MQ areas as follows

Interbau - 1425hrs Plann - 1430hrs
Oberteich - 1440hrs Heidmark - 1450hrs
Duplex - 1455hrs

b)
There will be a Families lunch in the Sgts mess at 1315hrs on Sun 29th Feb

Menu - steak - normal - vegetables - sweet - coffee
Cost - Adults and children over 8 years of age - DM3
Children under 8 years of age - DM 1:50

Transport is free and will call at MQ areas as follows

Interbau - 1235hrs Plann - 1240hrs
Oberteich - 1250hrs Heidmark - 1255hrs
Duplex - 1300hrs

Get your tickets from mthe families officer as soon as possible.

2 Lost & Found

Held in UFO,s office
Two pairs of child,s brown leather gloves
One parcel of goods purchased from the NAFFI

3 Your families centre

Please keep it clean and tidy. Use the ashtrays and receptacles provided. We should all be grateful.

4 Estate wardens

All families are again reminded that the estates wardens in your various MQ areas are there to help you on all the things concerning your married quarters. Make a point of finding out who they are and where you can contact them and pleased please see them.
THEY ARE ONLY TOO WILLING TO HELP YOU

5 MAIL

Wef 8th march 76, the mail NCO will stop delivering mail to QM,s. mail can be collected from the post office in the families centre up to and including 12th march.

6 NI VIDEO SHOWINGS

The following husbands are on video, showings will take place in the families centre on Mon 23 and Tue 24th Feb @ 0930hrs till 1200hrs.

BDR ADAMS 49 - BDR BARTHLOMEW 94 - GNR MELIA HQ
LBDR HARRIS 49 - SSGT BUTTON 94 - LBDR BONSUL BRAKER HQ
SSGT BEARD 49 - BDR BAYLOR 94 - BDR CLEARY 18
GNR SHEPPARD 49 - SSGT BRINDLE WKSP - BDR GLANFIELD 18
SGT CHARLTON 18 - SSGT WARREN WKSP - BDR WATERMAN 18
BDR CUNLIFFE 18 - LCPL LOWES WKSP - SGT BLACKBURN 18
GNR CROMPTON 18 - PTE COWAN COOK - BDR HAILES 94
WO11 SIMPSON 94 - CAPT TRUFFET 18 - BDR MOORE 94
SGT MYATT 94 - WO11 MALLINDER 18 - GNR CURRY 94
SGT TORODE 94 - SGT NEIGHBOUR 49 - GNR FLETCHER 94
GNR RAFFERTY 94 - WO11 STYLES HQ - GNR STANTON 49
SGT DAVIES 94 - SGT TOFIELD HQ - LBDR EDWARDS 49
CAPT DEAKIN 94 - WO11 HANNAWAY HQ - CPL NEWSOME COOK

7) EX OP BANNER

All information concerning the return of your husbands from Ex Op banner will be published when known, any queries to the chief clerk.

8) THE RICHARD ASTBURY SHOW - 25th Feb

Mrs Livesey and Mrs Sheppard are going to Cologne to represent the families of 42 Regiment RA to make direct link with Northern Ireland for the Richard Astbury show on 25th Feb.
If you have any messages for your husbands get in touch with Mrs Livesey and Mrs Sheppard. You can phone Mrs Livesey on Fallingbostel ext 321 during working hours. She will also be at the cinema show on sun 22nd Feb in the Sgts mess.
You will hear your messages on the normal Asters show on 25th Feb.

9) RECEPTION ALL PARTIES - RETURNING FROM EX OP BANNER

a)
Details for reception of the regiment returning from Op Banner will be published shortly.
b)
Remember do not take your cars to Gutersloch to meet your husbands, you will only cause general confusion.

10) CONTACT ADDRESSES

We have to know where you are so make sure you let the families officer have your leave dates and addresses.
If you are visiting friends and leaving the house for 24hrs or more “let us know” and let us know “when you are back in station”

Keep going ladies not long now !!!!

11) FROM THE FAMILIES OFFICER

This is about the last families newsletter to be published during this Op banner tour. I feel I cannot leave without saying that it was a very interesting four months. I think I got to know most of you fairly well and I would like to thank those wives and members of the rear party who gave up so much of their time taking part in and organising the various activities which were held. I hope that during my tour I was of some use to you and I was able to give the right advice at the right time. It was apleasure to be your families officer.

Good luck in the future.

The future is something which everyone reaches at a rate of sixty minutes an hour….

THE END

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