Chalky, Thanks for the info. It's good to know it's happening.

Message from Suzanne Booth (Jim 'Chalky' White daughter):
'Hi All just letting those that know my Dad Jim Chalky White - Iron Troop Jan 61 is in our local hospital Barnsley Foundation Trust after having a stroke he is OK and receiving good care - He’s asked me to post to let you guys know'

For Mick Lalley:
I write from Amiens, Somme, France. Please convey my best wishes to Rose & Skip Harding and I wish them well. Regards All. CJ

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - YAHOO GROUPS
All Yahoo Denbury Boys group are coming to an end. This is due to Yahoo ending the facility.

A new 'ex Denbury Boys' group has been created by John Thompson (Kohima 61-64)using 'Google Groups'.
If you wish to sign-up for the new Google Group 'ex denbury boys' then get in touch with John Thompson via the following email address.

tinshill9@outlook.com

He will email you an invite to the group via the email address supplied by you. (I believe a Google email address is preferred (ie xxxx@gmail.com).

Hopefully this may bring us all together once more.

If you require further help then get in touch with John via the above email address or me (Tony Gask) via Denbury Days 'Contact' page.

Jim White update.
Chatting to Jim on FB . He is now home for rest and recuperation. He asked me to post.

For Jan Silburn: I remember your late hubby Dave as a great character and he provided us with many a funny anecdotes of his service. One such occasion he talked about was in his trade of Electrician Driver (Ed) flying across the Atlantic in a RAF cargo plane carrying heavy generators. After loading the plane someone managed to squeeze a car on board. Over the ocean a problem occurred and Dave helped to jettison the car into the sea. I remember him as a great story teller and a great character who would help anyone. If you know his email password you could visit the denbury boys original group. All his messages will still be there, albeit back about ten years. Sadly the group got fragmented and we lost touch with Dave. We did launch a search for him in York about 2 years ago. We learned he was OK but he didn't return to barracks you could say. I was really sad to hear of his passing.

greetingsfrom the past

A Barnsley Reunion 2023 is being considered (if enough are willing to attend).
To help Phil Kirk to see if it is viable. Please complete the Survey by clicking the 'Barnsley Survey' menu above.

George I totally agree with what you say. In my opinion the split caused by backbiting and in-house disputes over unfounded accusations were the cause of the “Second Original Denbury Boys Site” being formed.
Tony Gask has developed an amazing site that is open to all. No risk of moderation and people are free to express what they wish. A site well worth supporting and is obviously now the in the lead to be voted the best site for Denbury Boys all be it the youngest.

A very interesting programme about e powered heavy goods vehicles called, People Fixing The World on the BBC World Service at 0400hrs today. The pioneering firm is Siemens in Germany. What we know as a 40' artic at the moment loses a few metres and 5 tons carrying capacity to the battery cells. The narrator spoke of lorries being platooned together, spaced by 1.5 seconds braking distance speed. The lead vehicle absorbing more power than those following, the thinking is for the following lorries to electronically subsidise or top up the leaders battery. The latter still not perfected but is being worked on. I'm at a loss what to do with my own car which is a diesel. And newer types of same are only produced still diesel power, albeit with the Adblue additive that reduces the harmful gasses by 85%. Typing this has virtually convinced me the adblue diesel is the better option, for now.