Dear
Richard,
Here is another photograph of Naval folk lore, now all but phased out
I guess. It shows Admiral Lord Bruce Fraser and Capt A.D. Nichols, the
then Capt. of HMS Duke of York and an extremely brave officer taking
their customary glass of Good Cheer with the band (and every other mess
in the ship!) for Christmas 1945. In the background are, on the left,
a Royal Marine orderly, then Ted Lee, then Ike Finnegan then Syd Lee
(no relation to the former) then Polly Perkins. The rest of the band
including me are in the background. This marvellous picture was taken
by Basil or Gordon Kidd, I can never remember which one we had.
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