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This page provides stepping stones to several sub-pages, each with its own focus of interest; it is the place where readers can start turning back the years. It’s also the place to get your hands on OCAA merchandise and a copy of our book - The Apprentices’ Story. Alas, we make no promises and cannot guarantee that youthful vigour and physical prowess will be restored to the levels of your years in HMS Caledonia.
Recollection and reflection are the order of the day and the pages subordinate to
this one offer many ways to bring back those memories - good and bad (!) - of days
when beer was a lot less than £1 a pint and you could buy petrol at 5 gallons to
the £1 (or even better), rather than today’s £5 for a gallon.
Click on this hot spot to open up a register of those who have recently completed their final watch. Former boyarts known to have crossed the bar.
If you like good lager, follow the bear - or so the advert used to say.
You can follow the travels of Ted the Tiddly Tiff if you check on this link to go to his diaries.
Be warned though -
the ladies love him!
Did you ever really believe all those bullshine sea-stories that your messmates trotted out after a couple of tots? While some were clearly factual (there really was a lot of truth among the leg-pulling), others bent the truth a little and the rest - well the “bull” bit applies to many. But it took the guile of a boyart to spot the difference.
Check them out here ....
Class Photos are presented indexed by Year/Series identifier and may be accessed by following this link. It will take some time to add such details as names to the photographs and former boyarts are encouraged to lend their assistance by providing any details they are able. All contributions should be forwarded to Spyda.
Band Photos are indexed here and the collection will evolve over time into two sections relevant to Brass and Porridge Pump ensembles. Follow this link to access the musical memories portfolio. Once again, it would be most helpful if former boyarts could forward details from the mists of their time to enable Spyda to compile the most accurate records possible.
Forgotten what the old place looked like? It certainly has changed over the years, as the old huts gave way to the leaking concrete blocks of the late 1960s. The factory will come down during 2011 and many other hidey-holes have already gone into the foundations of new builds across Fife.
No Pearl & Dean music, but a few ghostly views of the past can be found here .....
If you’ve had a reunion and want to show off your photos, then this is the place show them.
Similarly, if you missed the reunion and want to see how much of a good time your pals really did have, you have a choice. Take a peek - or live in
the dark until the next reunion.
Go on, have a look. You know
you really can’t resist the
temptation!
