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Time To Go Home.

by Chris Fish | Thu, 15/03/2012 - 22:55

Block E 7 Room 4
MT Section,
Royal Air Force,
Christmas Island.
BFPO 170.

7.2.60

Dear Dad.

Well here first of all I wish you a very happy birthday and all good luck for the future. I am enclosing for you a set of Gilbert and Elis Island Stamps I thought you would like these for your stamp collection, so I am sending these hoping you will like them.

The Jouney Continues, Hotel Commodore.

by Chris Fish | Sat, 10/03/2012 - 22:45

Omaha, Nebraska.

These are the word form the postcard sent from Omaha Airport.

L.T. 11.27. Your Time 5.23 GMT. 29.10.59

Dear Mum, Dad and All.

Since I left New York I have slept the whole journey.

We have stopped here for about an hour and then we go onto San Francisco.

From, Your loving Son and Brother.

Chris.

Postmark OC 29. 5 AM. AMF OMAHA NEBRASKA PTS 1959. Postage 7 cents.

We have reached San Francisco. We stay for the day at Hotel Commodore. 825 Sutter at Jones, San Francisco.

The big news

by Chris Fish | Sun, 04/03/2012 - 22:53

The big news, in the middle to late 1950's, through the news papers, radio and television, Great Britain was developing Atomic Weapons. I was a few years away for being called to take part in National Service and gave no thought of one day being part of a unique group of personnel, forces, civilian, member service personnel from commonwealth countries and local inhabitance, Gilbertese as in my case and other personnel who went to Christmas Island, North Pacific.

Memories of a Desert Island, Christmas Island.

by Chris Fish | Sat, 19/11/2011 - 00:30

The pictures I am placing in the Photo Galleries are of the journey out to Christmas Island. The time spent on Christmas Island and the journey home.

The first picture I like to show is of a map of Christmas Island, my father (he passed away 1994) had of the Island, produced around 1934 or 1935. Over time I will place other pictures in My Gallery but at the moment the other picture I place in the Gallery is a picture of Christmas Island taken from the now retired Space Shuttle. Picture courtesy of NASA.