Dear Friend,

Forgive me for not addressing you personally but this message is going out to many, if not hundreds of you. The web site has become so popular over the years that I am amazed (or perhaps I should not be so) to see numbers like this, and ever on the increase.

We have been going since 1996! Here we are 15 years on and we have established communication between hundreds of you as a sort of on-going reunion of a kind and I am literally swamped at times with commentary, kind wishes and wonderful articles from the likes of Don Flounders (a great writer-sadly now deceased), Bill Hartland, Jerry Judge, (also deceased) Noel Crook, Jim Mason, Tom Lambert and many more, not forgetting my dear friend Max Beare in NZ who keeps us up to date with the South Pacific contingent.

Besides my ISP (Internet Service Provider) costs, I do have to pay a sum to my host provider for the ex RMB site and at times I find these fees to be getting somewhat difficult to meet and this is why I am writing to you to ask you for voluntary donations.

I am asking for a mere 5 pounds sterling per year. Pay NOW, and it will be good through all of 2012.

I now have a PayPal account and you can make your gift online and securely. Please see the link at the bottom of this page. Thank you to Barry Radford for being the first to use this method successfully!

When I have received your payment I will activate the link to your E-mail address putting you all through the year 2011 and beyond depending upon how much you contribute.

Many thanks for your interest and I continue to remain your dedicated web master. It is my pleasure to provide this service to the many of you who continue to visit the pages and make so many kind comments.

Sincerely.

Richard (Dickie) Valentine
ex RMB 4069
1965 - 1976

Richard Valentine