Phil Perry Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Sorry to hear about the loss of your mum-in law mate, when I was there a couple of years ago, it was nothing but rain and fog so you would have been better off enjoying a pint of Watney's warm beer in the pub anyway. Thanks for the kind words Planey,. . . . but I don't think you'll find a Watney's brand beer in the UK nowadays, when I returned from OZ in '83 it no longer existed. Probably swallowed ( no pun intended) up by the larger breweries which are mainly American owned now. . . . . and we've just had six days of lovely balmy weather,. . . clear skies and lots of flying, but it's OK, we're back to normal this weekend with temps back down to sensible UK levels, ie, 7 deg C, high winds and rain on Saturday and Sunday, then on MONDAY. . . .back to work. . .it's forecast as clear skies and 17 C. . . . . .can't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hi Phil,I'm from Vermont, off Morack Rd near the secondary college. Casey Field went under a few years ago. If you Google 'Berwick', and look on Google Earth, you can see the old runways, but there is a factory complex, and a campus of Monash University there now. Adjacent to the Princes Freeway Berwick Bypass. Hiya Peter,. . . .I lived in Mitcham Road, No 523,. . .an old Victorian house divided into 2 units,. . . . had a gorgeous deaf lady living in the other half, which was good in a way, as she never complained when I played loud rock music, or plugged the gibson les paul guitar into my 100 watt marshall stack and vibrated the foundations a bit,. . .she did ask If we'd had a mild earthquake last night a couple of times though,. . . . yes, I've "Google Earthed" Casey Airfield, and you can just about see where runway 30 / 12 was. . . .with the new bypass, it was hard to see, initially where the site actually was. . . shame that,. . .wonder what year it closed down ? . . . I gather that Elsa Hatfield is still around but Keith isn't. . . . . and one of the pilots I knew back then, who has posted on here, Baron Von Eric,. . .is now livving in Obamaland. . . . . Johnm was there around the same sort of time too I gather, but I can't remember him. . . . . he'll have to give me some dates and other memories to concentrate the remaining grey matter,. . .not much of it left now I'm afraid. . . . Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Hi Phil, A bit of research has revealed that Casey Airfield closed in 1994. As for Mitcham Rd, I attend the local Men's Shed with a guy from 525, opposite corner, but he has only lived there 7 years. 523 is now a brick veneer building used as a speech therapy clinic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Watneys. Yuck. I was stationed just outside London in the army. Watneys country, and I only ever drank one pint of the rubbish. My father had a Whitbread pub near Hastings and that was a good brew, but Guinness or Worthington were better. Now I hardly ever touch beer, but a wine goes down well at dinner. When I did the drivers licence medical I put down that I had a drink every day. No problems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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