Originally Posted by
DavidAston
Sorry if my posts annoyed you guys. I was, and still am, surprised at how so many of you considered that it worked as a simple drama even. Truthfully the females were nice to look at, and also, like "Death in Paradise", the South African heat was welcome as our winter approaches.
Also, thank you for the posters who did append research links.
Portrayed action featuring Khormaksar within the programme was pretty minimal. Surely the troop of arriving Christmas turkeys should really have heralded "Spring time with Hitler", or some such Monty Python nonsense. Dear God that it actually did happen!
At least it has enabled me to contact an old billet mate from those years, and to sort through the ancient photographs.
We were fortunate on 105. A Nairobi trip usually came up at least once a month and we made full use of Kenya Cold and the Nairobi Market. I remember fillet steak was five Kenya shillings a pound, but I can’t remember bringing any turkeys back to Aden. The sergeants mess at Masirah sold crayfish tails. Sixpence each if I remember correctly. Fresh prawns from Bahrain were also good value and it was possible to buy them on the weekly passenger schedule which flew directly to Bahrain (5 hours each way) and back with a two hour turn round, which was enough time to dispatch a tame taxi driver to the fish market in Manama.
Unfortunately the prawns had to be boiled in the hot cup during the return flight or they would go off. Some passengers were not impressed by the smell.