ISSUE No: 19 %INTER 1991

THE UNITED KINGDOMOUTPOST

EDITORIALOnce again it is that time of the year whenour thoughts turn to roast turkey and Xmaspuddmg. Is it a sign otage that it seems tocome round faster and faster every ye'u'"lt is also the time of year for gathering thefamily round, remembering old friends whoa« far away, and reminiscing about thegood old times that we have shared. All inall a good time of the year.Ta!king of good times, the Annual Dinnerin September must be one of those.hundred odd members and guests gatheredtogether and the room and bar hummedwith "remember. .." and "what are youdoing now. .." The spirit and esprit de corpwas almost palpable. It is quite marvellousthat a 102 year old Association can be soalive and vibrant. Long may It continue. (Amore detailed report on the Dinner appearselsewhere. )Flscwhcre are details of plans for theAnnual Dinner 1992, which arc somewhatdift'&:rent, but promises to be a lot of fun,and we look forward to seeing you all there.Various other events have been or will beheld throughout the country, (reports else-where) «nd it is hoped that these will beactively supported, particul&arly by, thosewho were/are unable 'o travel to London for

the Annual Dinner, Special thanks are due

to those members who make thc effort to

organise these functions, so please supportthem.Elsewhere in this magazine is a notice, that

those members who have not paid their

subscriptions for quite some time, despite

urgings to do so in these columns, will no

longer receive the Outpost. Your Corumit-

tee was very reluct mt to take this action

but things to have to bc paid for. We, on

the Outpost, hope that we will not lose

you, so please, if you have not paid your

subs, get a cheque in the post NOW!The Outpost Editorial and Production te;uu

have been overwhelmed by the very kind

conunents received from all over the world

about the Sununer Issue, Modesty preventsus printing them all, but wc really appre-ciate your comments, and would welcome

&ugly suggestions or contributions. We hopethat we will continue to please you.It just remains for me to thank, on yourbehalf, all those members who have doneso much, who have actively supported thefunctions, and those who in other ways,participate, just by being there.To all our tnembers and readers, whereverthey may be, may you &and yours have avery Happy Xmas and a peac ful andprosperous 1992.

The Chairman and Committee of the British South Africa PoliceRegimental Association, United Kingdom Branch wish all membersa very Happy Festive Season and a Peaceful and Prosperous 1992

ROLL OF HONOUR

We sadly report the death of AndrewS. ('Jock') BINNIE 4034 Ex ChiefInspector who retired on 3/6/66. Jockwas 69 when he died in Glasgow on4th April 1991

P/r 14792 Joseph 'Sepp' BRANDLpassed away in Bregenz, Austria on9/8/91 following a long and painfulillness, bravely born. Sepp ran Air-dale Garage in the Inyanga Area, andwill be well remembered for hisassistance with Police Reserve duties.Sympathies to his wife Elisabeth anddaughter Veronica who is married toJock ZURAWSKI 7922.

We regretfully advise members of thedeath of Cliarles Douglas 'Dougie'DICKENSON 3908 who passedaway in the UK on 13/3/91. Dougieserved from 4/10/40 to 9/9/48.

Patrick G 'Paddy' SMITH 4908passed away in Vancouver, USA on14th July 1991. Paddy served fromApril 1952 to October 1956. Oursympathies to his wife Nora and hisfive sons;md a daughter.

It is with sadness that we advise thepassing of P/r Dave WEBBER 931 atthe age of 82 years. Dave served inthe Reserve for 10 years from 1943.He had not been 100% for some timeand with great effort he managed toattend our Centenary Annual Dinnerwith Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth,The Queen Mother in 1989. Daveloyally supported the BSAP Associa-tion and in particular our UK Branch.He will be sadly missed and oursympathies go to his daughter, JudyHIND.

THE HISTORY OF RHODESIANHONOURS AND AWARDS 1890 - 1980John Vollaire of Nueva Nerja 95, PuebloAndaluz, C/Andalucia, Ncrja, Malaga29780, Spain, delighted with the responseto his request for information from thosewho were recipients of honoursawards, still needs more to makepersonal and very human record of those

who served Rhodesia."Long after we have gone, the medals will

remain. Who w ill then rememberRhodesians? It would bc a great tragedy if

all this proud history were allowed to slip

into oblivion. The only way to keep thc

memory alive is by presenting a recordwhich can be used as a reference work bv

historians and researchers and, at the same

time, serve as a proud reminder of what thc

Rhodesians achieved.I aim to produce something which goesbeyond a dry treatise on medals and a longlist of names. I am more concerned about

the individual «nd his backround,service record and the circumstances sur-

rounding any awards. It is the man behindthe medal who counts, whatever hc recei-ved.Each service is dealt with separately and ui

turn, is broken down to its respectivebranch/rcgimcnt/unit. It is intendedeach unit, however small, will haveforward written hy its Commander.DETAILS REQUIRED: Date and place otbirth, number, rank, full name, branch otservice and unit, date attested and datedischarged, details of postings and /orattachemnts to other units, transfers toother services giving dates, number andrank, operational areas served in andspecific ops engaged on, details of anyprevious service, details of war service andawards.RECIPIENTS: GSM etc to GCV, date ofaward and rank at time, photocopy ofcitation, newspaper cuttings etc, photo-graph of recipient in or out of uniform.ROLL OF HONOUR: Number, rank„ fullname, unit, together with photograph ifavailable. This is to be your record. "

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ANNUAL DINNER — 1991This was held at the Victory Services Clubin London on Friday 27th September andwas attended by 100 members and theirguests. The full list is attached separately.Expressions of loyalty were laid before HerMajesty, the Queen and Her Majesty,Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, andThe Branch Chairman Brian Gibbs 6050read out their replies before proposing theRoyal Loyal Toast. The Guest Speaker wasthe Rt. Rev. Bishop Paul Burrough whospoke of his experiences with police forcesall over the world and in proposing thetoast to The Regiment claimed we were thcbest. A message of support from HughPHILLIPS of Central was also warmlyreceived and the fact that all branchesstemmed from the one tree was acknowl-edged. Apart from thanking his Conmiittee,the Members, and the visitors generally, theChairman paid tribute to those who organ-ised functions within the regions of ourBranch, in particular, Pop ELLIS in theSouth West, Johnny VYE in the South,Allen DAY in the North West and last, butby no means least Dick RAY and AlanLUCAS in the Mid West whose 10thsuccessive function was held this year.Special mention was made of Andy DOU-GALL 7002 who was preparing a com-piiter program for Branch Records, whichit was hoped would become universal.Thanks were also extended to all thoseniembers who had donated money andprizes for the raffle, which was a greatsuccess. Finally a BSAP Crest was unvei-led and would form part of the BranchMemorabilia for the future. It was somethree feet in diameter and made of castiron, and originated from a BSAP MessBuilding in Rhodesia, prior to Indepen-dence. Whilst the donor wishes to remainanonymous, the crest had been restored byJim SHIEL 5926 and his father at no costto the Branch and we are indebted to allinvolved in the rather fine example of ourhistoric origins.

PRESENTATIONS: At the Annual Din-ner the Branch Chairman, presented onyour behalf, Certificates of Appreciation toTim WEIMER and Brian TINDALE fortheir outstanding service on the Committeeand to the Branch. The Certificates were inthe format of the Commissioner's Com-mendation. Tim and Brian thanked allmembers for their support, and for thethoughtful presentation.John MORRIS-SMITH 8476 once againjoined us at the 1991 Annual Dinner andproduced an extract from 'A Century OfBishops' originally published in The Dio-cesan College Magazine. This reveals thatseveral 'Old Boys' featured stronglyamongst thc early volunteers during thetime of the Jameson Raid, some of whomwere members of Wilson's Last Stand.More currently to John's time, ex membersincluded David 'Fluff' EIAWKES, 'Finch'HENDERSON and Jan STEENKAMP.

The following members attended:3799 Tony Andrew, 3941 John Baker,3993 Tom Banister, 5451 Frank Barks,2906 Percy Barnes, 4822 Tim Beale, 9783Bob Beale, 7211 Peter Biddulph, 5063Stan Bolas, 5317 Keith Brooks, 4837 JackBrown, 7212 Tony Brown, 4614 AlistairBulman, Bob Butterworth (Guest), 8760John Butterworth, 5558 John Cahill, 9226Dave Cardy, Wfr Trish Cech, Fred Chan-dler (Guest), 9390 Ken Cocks, 6737Michael Coleman, 3948 Eric Collier, 10368Grim Cooke, 6603 Kerry Croasdell, 4882Peter Dancer, 7002 Andy Dougall, 5998Ian Dunbar, 5755 Stu Edwards, 7125 PopEllis, Seth Ellott (Guest), 5761 John Fairer-Smith, Ray Peek (Guest), Wp950485Abbey Freeman, 4046 Ted Galloway, 9345Jock Gemmell, 5364 Dave George, 6050Brian Gibbs, 5355 Hugh Gibson, 6629George Glibbery, 8043 John Goodchild,9086 Tony Granger, 4730 Dave Hallward,8962 Billy Hand, Stuart Harvey (Guest),6630 Jim Hazlett, 6087 George Hickin-botham, 5242 Martin Howell, 4388 PaulJasper, 6680 Dereck Jewson, 6739 Johnny

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Johnson, 4327 Sandy Johnston, 3660 PeterJones, 6616 Don Keens, 5248 Alan Lane,4819 Brian Lay, 5479 Mike Leach, 8115Nigel Leakey, 4393 Alan Lucas, 3385Lummy Lumholtz-Smith, 6872 Dave Lynn,7833 Ralph MacLeod, 5541 Dick Mallin-son, 9448 Jim Mann, 4180 Rick May, 1109Doug McGibbon, 5615 Tom Meekin, Stan-ley Mills (Guest), 5518 Ken Mitchell, 8476John Morris-Smith, 4955 Bob Morriston,6355 Mike Moysen, 8649 Mike Murphey,George Nicol (Guest), 4829 Terry Oatt,4797 Bob Pagett, 6632 Gerry Paxton, AlanPeters (Guest - Met. Trumpeter), 4853 FredPunter, P/r25290 Barry Rae, 4585 ChrisRaitt, 5075 Dick Ray, 3980 Ron Rees, 4494John Restorick, 4841 Adrian Reynolds,5098 Dave Riley, 6432 Chris Roberts, 4196Robbie Robertson, 4735 Cliff Rogers, RtRev Bishop Paul Burrough (Guest), 8176Jim Ruddick, Ed Sharatt (Guest), 4476Tony Shepherd, 4332 Peter Short, AssocHeather Smith, 5125 Guy Storry, 6049 JohnStrouts, 6130 Randy Symmons, 5559 DickThompson, 7964 Stuart Thomson, 6841Brian Tindalc, Spencer Tindale (Guest),7391 Alan Toms, 4809 John Turk, Des vanBlerk (Guest), 5143 Johnny Vye, 4240Dick Warwick, 4158 Tim Weimer, PaulWheeler (Guest), 5907 Peter Wilson, LanceWilson (Guest), 4857 Mike Wiltshirc, 5358Mick York

The members listed above all paid for theirtickets. Unfortunately some of them wereunable to attend and their names thereforeappear in the list below.

Apologia. s

3004 Neal Arden, 5366 Colin Banks, 3942Bob Barkley, 4882 Jim Beale, 3005 Frank-lin Bellamy, 4787 Bill Bowler (Scotland),5044 Tony Bradshaw, 4837 Jack Brown,P/r15152 Mike Cave (Australia), 4711Brian Chalk, 5685 Ray Cheetham, P/r4891Sid Cooper, 6388 Will Cornell (America),6449 Ted Crawford, 4041 Allan Day, 7002Andy Dougall, 3749 Stan Edwards, 4005Stan Forest, 3620 Harry Gaitskell, 7962Alan Gibson, 4851 Murray Harrison

(Spain), 5811 Tony Harvey, 4952 Ron

Ivey, 3924 Howard Jones, 4995 DereckJones, 8649 Mike Murphey, 4382Paine, 4841 Adrian Reynolds, 2414 EdgarRich;uds-Everett, 4224 Derreck Robinson3983 Joe Sayer, 6509 Don Scarff, 4586Bert Shelley (Scotland), 6098 Mark Simpson (Hong Kong), 4182 Chris Sowden9048 Trevor Steen (N. Ireland), 6441 BrianStevenson-Baker, P/r9948 Roy Thompson-Holland, 4809 John Turk, 4171 Reg Vht-

cent, 5143 Johnny Vye, 7851 Brian Wal-

thew (Saudia Arabia), 4090 Fred White

(Canada), 4857 Mike Wiltshire, 7922 JockZurawski (Austria).

ANNUAI DINNER —1992

Following the controversy about the formatof the Annual Dinner, your Conunitteehave taken cognisance of the wide diver-

gence of views about what format it shouldtake, thc way that the Centenary Dinnerwas enhanced by the prescence of ourladies, and therefore have decided that for1992 we would have something completelYdifferent.Thc basic tormat will bc a wcckcndpackage, with options, at a centre outsideLondon, and to which spouses and guestswould be welcome.The package would consist of:Arrive at the Hotel on Friday afternoon totea and sandwiches. Then book into yourroom. After the usual sundowners, a threecourse meal would be served followed bydanculg.Saturday morning would start with break-fast, and then members would be free topersue their own fancies until the cocktailhour. Then a full banquet, with dinnermusic, after dinner speaker, toasts etc,followed by dancing and late bar.Sunday morning would start with break-fast, followed later by a lunch and theneverybody goes home replete.

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The o„,ons will be:A: The full weekend.B: The Banquet and one night bed andbreakfast.C: The Banquet only.The committee is very conscious of costand the package as shown above would beall inclusive, and this will be at the mostreasonable rates available, andaccess will also be a criterion.Approximate costs so far obtained are forthe options as above:A: f85-f95B:f65-f75C: f30-f35 pcr person.Cost of drinks and Saturday lunch will beto members own account.We look forward to your support for whatis intended to be a very relaxing andthoroughly enjoyable weekend. In thc nextcouple of months provisional bookingforms will be sent out to all members withthe full programme, but payment will notbe required until one month before.If members would like to indicate, withoutobligation, prior to the bookingbeing received, whether they intend toattend or not, please contact either Hon Secor the Chairman.

NEV/ MEMBERS

P/r Francis Herbert John BARNES 22412:17 Greythorne Drive, Wilford Hill, WestBridgeford, Nottingham NG2 7GG Tel:{H) 0602 232779Roger James CAPPER 5936: 803 TildenAvenue, Apopka, Florida 32703, AmericaTel: (H) (407) 866 6133, (0) (407) 8867751Michael John COLEMAN 6737: 2 KnightsWay, Great Dunmow, Essex 'CM6 1ULTel: (H) k (0) 0371 874800Michael Kenneth COCKS 9390: 25 NobleCorner, Great West Road, Hounslow, Mid-dlesex TW5 OPA Tel: (0) 081 570 6251Neville John DAVIES 7745: 91 Tudor

Way, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD32HY Tel: (H) 0923 771573, (0) 0753691929Richard Holmes EDIE 7411: 16 PeterburnTerrace, Gowrie Park, Dundee, TaysideDD2 4TZ Tel: (H) 0382 643293, (0) 024174379Paul JASPER 4388: 33 Cambridge Road,Colchester, Essex CO3 3NR Tel: (H) 0206573581P/r Andrew "Andy" JOHNSON 3188: 55Victoria Street, Morecambe, LancashireLA4 4AFGraham Reginald MASTERSON 6503: IMoordown Avenue, Preston, Weymouth,Dorset Tel: (H) 0305 833728Associate Anthony MOON: 7A YorkAvenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight PO326QY Tcl: (H) 0983 298318Christopher RAITT 4585: Flat 1, TheElms, 32 Elm Grove, Hoylake, Wirral L473EE Tel: (H) 051 632 6575Harry Cyril RUSSELL-GOGGS 3010:"Bali Hi", Middle Road, Sway, Lyming-ton, H ants SO41 6BB Tel: (H) 0590682451Anthony Keith SHEPHERD 4476: 6 GlebeClose, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9RL Tel:(H) 0305 788421, (0) 0734 772255Associate Peter SILK: 6 Beaulieu Gardens,St Leonards on Sea, Sussex TN37 7QETel: (H) 0424 754465Joseph Richard TAYLOR 5392: 41 CharlesAvenue, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS12 6LWTel: (H) 0272 699031John Bruce Stuart THOMSON 7964: 61Duggers Lane, Braintree, Essex CM7 7BATel: {H) 0376 48178, (0) 0582 429691

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'Lummy "Lumholtr 33', Leepsiu touch with Coh E;G Seward whois now P2yems oltand still living in Bulawayo. "A'.0"was secondin connvand when he was a detective +Bulawayoin I9'9' and had a di stmgutshedPolice career followed by becoming an e~~utt e.N the BlvlC at Uintali A'e ~minded Lummy about the dirie he sent J'vcr Redfern (aow +Somerset JJh&t) offby .re one Sunday to try, end th tercept "two bloody awful chmcters frotnSouth Africa who had gone tluv ugh Plumtree Border Post after looting a couple ofjewelle yshops, onein GweIo tnd one ti BuLwayo. J1'e got 'em eventually. One was wanted th theUnion for nmrder ".

Flight for JusticeAs a new CID detective in Bulawayo, I wason week-end duty that July morning in1938 when a bit of a flap blew up. We' dhad a serious smash and grab in Gwelofollowed by one at Tam Forbes' jewellers inAbercorn Street. The latter was particularlyannoying as the shop was literally round thecomer from the Police Station in Fife Street.Both cases were unusual as a great deal ofjewellery had been stolen for which there' dbe no outlet in Rhodesia.Suddenly we were all galvanised into actionas a phone call came through from thePolice in Francistown, then BritishBechuamtland Protectorate {now Botswana)about 120 miles from Bulawayo, reportingthe arrest on some immigration charge oftwo Europeans in possession of a largequantity of jewellery, some contained in anempty violin case!"H.G.", never a man for losing an oppor-tunity and well-known for an alleged SouthAmerican temperment who never sufferedfools gladly, inunediatly commandeered alight aircraft and shot Detective Jack Red-fern to Kumalo, instructing the pilot to flyhim to Francistown and "stake a claim"with the local police for the two fugitives.At the same time, two vehicles wereprocured by the Stores and TransportDepartment for an overland journey toFrancistown. We never had much motortransport in those days. One was a smallVauxhall Cadet, a most unlikely vehicle totake through African bush, the other a 1/2ton Ford truck. The overland party set offhurriedly in the wake of Redfern's aircraft,in convoy under the command of Rex

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Borland, Ass Supt CID, whilst Det/Sgt

Jack McPherson, hiniself a fingerprint man

happening to bc in his office for his si»s

Detective Dick Parry and myself making

up tlie te'un.Without proper preparations, we left about

midday with no skoff or luggage of any

kind being in a real hurry. We made

Francistown about 1am having been hei"

up by a road block manned by armcxl

Police Askaris, posted in case some attemptwas made to release the prisoners. T"ePolice Camp, then set at our disposalvirtually bristled with armed police. Quitean event for Bechuanaland this was, but an

impressive show of strength by the much

maligned BPP, that ugly duckling ofBritish Colonial police forces.Redfern, who had reached Francistownsafely reported that the two, Mentjies aliasBam and Stewart, obviously were theculprits. We immediately set to making adetailed inventory of recovered jewellery, atask which went on all night and until

(h/), I k~

" had typed out the rudiments of anaffidavit to support our case for extradition.

&ut noon, everyone, including the twougitives, appeared before the local magis-

htrate where I gave evidence of the two

ousebreakings involved, after which bothaccused were remanded for court atBulawayo the following day.Thehe brief formalities over andsigned for our prisoners, each handcuffedto one of us in stints of four hours a turnset forth by road back to Bulawayo It w&'squite an experience sitting squashed up inthe back of a small Vauxhall, handcuffedto a 6 foot 3 inch burly South African.Still, he needed sleep as much as I did andgave no trouble. Dick Parry sat in the truckhandcuffed to the other for most of thetime.Driving through the Bechunaland bushthroughout the night was, in itself anexperience. %'e saw herds of buck jumpingacross the road in our headlights, springhares by the dozen and much evidence ofmarauding elephants from the mass of treespushed over. I treasure a photograph I tookat daybreak when the convoy made anecessary stop; Parry looking very self-conscious handcuffed to a prisoner, every-body with collars up against the cold,huddling round the vehicles for warmthwith Rex Borland eating an or&ange and allof us with the inevitable regulation pork-pie hats. Those were the days!Both Mentjies and Stewart were convictedat the Bulawayo High Court and given!ong prison sentences which they neverserved in Rhodesia. For shortly after thecase they were fetched down to the Unionto stand trial on other offences. Surely nopolice investigation involving an extra-dition and recovery of much if not allstolen property, could ever have cost theRhodesian exchequer so little.After the case, Salisbury, as always jealousof any Bulawayo success, produced asoured, unenthusiastic report on the pro-ceedings under the heading, "The BSAPolice get their Man {Or was it theBechuanaland Police!)

OUTPOST RECIPES & &

liert' SELLE'Y 4586 tvondersif anyone isadventurous enough to try a new versionofLvnb Currv// (A bout ~ servings

INGRHD. IENTS:I lb {450Gms) lean lamb cubed.

2 Green Chilies chopped {I teaspoon ofChili Powder or Crushed chilies wouldsuffice)2 Onions - Thmly Sliced

1 garlic clove crushed.1 large tomato {orhalf a tin - drained)Half a teaspoon of Tumeric1 teaspoon Coriander.1 Teaspoon garam masalaOne quarter teaspoon of ground clovesOne teaspoon of CumminOne quarter teaspoon ground cinnamon.Sprig of Chopped Mint Leaves.2 small cartons plain yoghurtSalt to tasteOil or ghee for fryingChicken stock to use if curry gets too dry.MH~

1. Heat oil or ghee.2. Fry onion, garlic, green chilies for a fewminutes on a gentle heat.3. Add lamb and fry for 10 minutes.

4. Now add the tomatoes and cook for afurther 10 - 15 minutes on low heat.5. Add the spices, herbs and yoghurt6. Cook uncovered on moderate heat untilthe meat is cooked and the yoghurt hasevaporated.7. If juices evaporate before meat iscooked, or a moistcr curry is required, addstock made with a chicken cube accordingto your requirements.

EDITOR 'S COAfAfEVT: This couldbecome a mguiar feature, so if mem-bers have special cvcipes, please sendthemiirl

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GATHERlNGS

North West Rhodes and Founders BraaiIt could have been in the old country-Clcar blue skies with beautiful sunshineshining down on the 49 members andguests at the house of Phil and Sue Milesin Lytham St. Annes on Saturday 13thJuly. John Butterworth, a prime mover ofthc do, showed off superb cooking skillsgleaned over the years, whilst Allen Dayand Mick Coleman manned a 'bar' whichoffered Cold Castle - thanks to TrevorDavies. Next year it is hoped that morcwill enter into the spirit of the thing, butfor the record, those attending this yearincluded Allen 4041 and Irene DAY: ChrisSOWDEN 4182: Joe MERCER 4572:Bill 5634 and Linda ROYLE: Mike 5639and Morag HOGARTH: Phil 6712 andSuc MILES: Frank 7084 and MargaretDEARDEN: Jeff 7440 and Andrea MAN-NING: John 8319 and Leonie BUTTER-WORTH: Bob 8958 and Ingrid BELDER:P/r 2962 Tom and Laura POWELL: P/r17409 Trevor and Christine DAVIES: P/r18451 Ken and Marie MONK: P/r 18540Bob and Mrs WILSON: and P/r 28844Mick and Terrie COLEMAN - togetherwith their families and friends. Well Done!

Thc South West Reunion was held on13th October 1991 at Wellington, Somer-set. Present were Ted AYERS-HUNT6479; Trevor BEVAN 3790; Doug BING9190; Dave CARDY 9226; Pop ELLIS7125; Tom FRY 5009; Nick HEALE8576; P/r Dennis HOYES 12213; PeterJONES 3660; Mike LEACH 5479; DaveMacDONALD 5566; Dick MALLIN-SON 5541; Paddy MORTON 5329; Den-nis TULLETT 4944; plus nine betterhalves and offspring, including AnneCALLOW (widow of the late Bill Callow(3947) and a Rhodesians Worldwidevisitor, Mike ANDREWS (Ex Army).Apologies were received from John FrankBELLAMY 3005; Chris CARVER 5306;

Ray CHEETHAM 5685; Ted CRAW-FORD 6449; Ted CUTFIELD 47531Chris INGLIS 7547; G. Mc.N Pat PAT-TERSON 3663; John STROUTS 6049'Brian GIBBS 6050; Dave CRACKNELLand Mike KEMP and Brian WHEATLEY(Not Branch Members?); Assoc. PeterHAGELTHORNE. Pop Ellis had organ-ised another succssful gathering and after a

very good finger bufFet, a few 'chibuliesand some very pleasant company, memberswended their way home contentedlooking forward to the next time.

Castle k. Lion in the CostwoldsOn Saturday 10th August last, 50 plusformer members together with their fam-

ilies, werc "on parade" at the Group 4Training School at Broadway, Worcester-shire, to attend what has become"Annual BSAP BRAAI".This was, however, a rather special occa-sion as it was the 10th anniversary of TheBRAAI at Broadway.To mark this, Lion and Castle wereavailable together with the usualBoerewors, salads, bread rolLs etc.The following attended with wives and/orfamilies:- Stan Forest, Steve Brookcr,Percy Fraser-Milner, Tony Butler, FrankMaguire, Bill Earle, Lance Wilder, SandyJohnston, Mike Leach, Derek Jones, HenryHopkins, John Restorick, Dave Brown,Quin Lamb, John Morgan, Alastair Thomp-son, John Baker, Don Keens, Gerry Pax-ton, Guy Story, Alastair Bulman, FrankBlake, John Sowter.(Apologies if anyone left out!)We were delighted that Doug and UrsulaWright were on' holiday in the UK fromAustralia, and Hugh Phillips was able tofind the time to call in on what was a busyschedule, travelling between Lodon andBristol.Both Dick and Jenny Ray and Allen andJune Lucas were completely overwhelmedby the gifts of the Rose Bowl and flowerswhich were presented to them, and wouldlike to thank everyone concerned verymuch indeed for the kind gesture.

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CHANGESOF ADDRESS

Jim BEALE 4848 - 169 Shirley ChurchRoad, Addington, Croydon, Surrey CRO5AJ - Tel: (H) 081 776 0754 - (0) 081777 6057P/r Roland BLAKEClose, Bicester, O«o«shh'e*Tel: (H) 0869 249430I. Gough BOTHA 7883 - TheWalsham le Willows. Suf(0) 0223 351651Bruce BRIDGEWOOD 6096 - » Wwick Road, London Nll 2SP081 386 6770.Alistair BULMAN 4614- Flat 38J, Cra-mond Vale, . Cramond, Edinburgh EH46RB - Tel: (H) 031 336 2091P/r L.J.D. HARRIS 3482 - Le Bourg,46350 Lamothe-Fenelon, LOT, France.P/r Roy J. IRVING 19277 - "TheRetreat", Lympstone, Devon EX8 5JUE J. 'Rick' MAY 4810 - has moved next"oor. Please amend 12 Beechwood Driveto read 14 Beechwood Drive. All otherdetails remain the same.Associate Member Bill NIVEN - 21Ciceley House, Cochrane Street, St. JohnsWood, London NW8. (Phone numbersremain the same)Ernie ODENDAAL 3671 - 2A Muirbank,Brechin Road, Forfar, Angus DD8 3JSPeter PAYNE 5700 - No. l Warren Park,Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7HXMike RAYNE 7368 (8448) - 139 WalnutTree Road, Charlton Village, Sheppeiton,Middlesex TW17 ORREdgar 'Dick' RICHARDS-EVERETT2414 - 24 Trinity Court, The Esplanade,Sidmouth, Devon EX10 8BE - Tel: (H)0395 879780Assoc. Heather SMITH - 60 AbbeyfieldsClose, Park Royal, London NW10 7EF-Tel:(H) 081 961 7859

Brian STEVENSON-BAKER 6441change of Telephone number-081 665 5270.Stan STANTON 110606 - 99 LittleBookham Street, Bookham, Surrey KT233AF - Tel: (H) 0372 453116P/r Richard WIGGINS 20865 - 'Arun-dale' Henfield Road, Cowfold, West Sus-sex RH13 8DW - Tel: 0403 864306Mike WILLS 5920 now Retail OperationsManager for Consumer Products Division,Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, P.O. Box 37,Dammam 31411,Saudi Arabia.

CHRISTMAS —1991The 3rd December 1991, the regular firstTuesday of the month is to be a bumpergathering. It is hoped that all the regulars,and those who sometimes make it, andthose who have not yet been will come.Wives, husbands, partners and guests willbe especially welcome. Finger snacks willbe available, the libation is the cheapest inLondon, and the atmosphere is excellent.So mark your diaries: From 5.30pm Tues-day 3rd December at the MetropolitanPolice Social Club, Trenchard House,Broadwick Street, London. (Closest Tube:Oxford Circus)For those of you who do not have themembership cards, please report tosecurity, and tell them you are BSAPRegimental Association, and ask for theclub to be contacted, for a member of theAssociation to book you in. Those whowould like a card, contact either MikeLeach or Brian Gibbs.

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GENTLEMEN QF THELAWby 4.V7

It was in the bleak environs of Khamiprison at Bulawayo where we first met him.He was Irish and we were left in no doubtabout that. His jaunty and plausible manner,twinkling eye and the soft brogue, proclai-med that very clearly.Dressed neatly in a conservative thoughsomewhat sporty manner he was ready tojoin us for the train journey to Cape Town.His name was Murtagh. Having committedfraud in Britain he was later arrested inSouthern Rhodesia, locked up in KhamiGaol and was to be extradited back toBritain to face trial.Detective Sgt John S. and I were to takecustody of Murtagh, escort him to CapeTown and hand him over to Cape TownPrison to await further escort from Britain.He took possession of a few patheticbelongings and a small sum of money fromprisoners property and, to his crestfallendismay, we had to snap on the handcuffs.We then whisked him off in the Police carto Bulawayo station to board the CapeTown train. On the platform he carefullyconcealed the handcuffs with his stainedand shabby raincoat, thus hiding his embar-rassment from the inquisitive eyes of thetravelling public.Once ensconced in the privacy of ourcompartment, Murtagh said, "Sure andcould you see your way to sparing me theshame of wearing these shackles now thatwe are on our way? I give you my word asa man of integrity that I would not abuseyour kindness by trying to escape. "John S. considered the nutter gravely,particularly the question of the Irishman'sintegrity. He pointed out, in his Oxfordaccent, that he would be going againstproper procedure and taking a risk. Howe-ver, he acceded to the Irishman's requestprovided he understood that the cuffs wouldhave to be used when extra security was

required.I will never forget the look of grateful

relief that brightened his puckish face when

we removed the handcuffs. As the train

was pulling out from the station he said"The bar will be open. Can I buy yeseboth a drink?" This was, we thought, an

offer which would have been churlish to

refuse and in any case, we were thirsty.Murtagh proved to be an entertaining

raconteur. Expressive and humourous, he

had an endless supply of interesting and

highly amusing anecdotes illustratingvaried although somewhat criminal careerLater in the dining car, we were all in fine

fettle. The food tasted good and as you will

remember, there was an air of Victorianopulence about the panelled polishedwood, the stmched linen and the excellentservice. The silver cutlery jingled with the

gentle movement of the train, There were

tall glasses of lager, misted with cold and

beaded bubbles, winking at the brim.Our Irish prisoner was ebulliently glorious;the memory of dark cells and prison smells

far behind him, he blossomed in the

metaphorical sudden burst of sunlight.That night when we handcuffed him to the

bunk, he made little protest, being in a

euphoric and soporific condition.The following day, at about 12 noon, wearrived in Johannesburg. Murtagh asked usif we were sporting gentlemen.Seeing our rather puzzled look, he said"Do you occasionally have a flutter on thehorses?" We replied that we did, occa-sionally. He then weitt on to explain that hehad a very reliable tip on a horse whichwas running in the 3.30 at Durban thefollowing day and that he wondered if wecould nip out of the station and place a betat a Turf Accountant's office just outside.We said we could as the stop was for twohours but we would have to put the cuffson him. He reluctantly agreed and off wewent. He knew exactly where the bettingshop was and we placed our bets andreturned via a public house to the trainwhich was still, thank God, standing wherewe had left it. We did not have the funds

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to place large bets but the horse was anoutsider and at good odds.During the whole operation, Murtagh hadconcealed the handcuffs with his dirtyraincoat.

e continued our convivial and enJoyablejourney to Cape Town more 1'ke ~friends on holiday than prisone anOn oval at Cap Town st tion, we weremet by a prison van and taken to theforbiddmg Cape Town Gaol and had nothad time to check whether or not we h"dbeen lucky in our bet. In the van, Mu ghwas depr~ed and said that he doubtedvery much if he would ever see hiswmnings - if he had been lucky. Weassured him that we would do everythingin our power to get any winnings to him sohe gave us the betting slip and said hetrusted us to collect.The South African guards at the prisonwere rather a humourless and taciturn lotAfter handmg over our prisoner, we toldthem about the bet and said that if therewere any winnings we would bring themback and hand them over to the Irishman.They looked at us with open-mouthedamazement.

soon as we could, we got hold of apaper and sure enough, our horse had won.We collected our money and returned tothe prison. Once there we insisted that wesee Murtagh and hand the money over tothem, in his presence against a receipt.Surprisingly enough, they agreed and Mur-tagh was brought forth. He was a sad sight

his shapeless prison clothes. However,on seeing us, his face lit up and when wehanded over his winnings, he was obvi-ously quite emotionally affected.He said, "I have travelled the world andbeen in some queer places and done somedark and devious things which has broughtme into contact with Policemen in a greatnumber of countries but without doubt thefmest and most courteous gentlemen of thelaw I have ever met are those of the BritishSouth Africa Police." He had a way withwords.Before our return journey to Bulawayo, we

had a riotious few days in good oldKaapstad - dinner at the Grand Grill,dancing at Delmonico's and disportingourselves at Clifton Beach among otherthings - all of course, helped by the resultsof Murtagh's tip.John S. and I have remained firm friendsever since and the jaunty irrepressible andprobably irredeemable Irishman, oftencreeps back into our conversation as werecall the Cape Town escort. .

NON - PAYMENT OFSUBSCRIPTIONS

THIS COULD BE YOUR LASTOUTPOST!

The Committee have reluctantly taken thedecision to cease despatch of the Outpostto those members who have not paid theirsubscriptions, some for quite a number ofyears. The production and distribution ofthe Outpost costs a fair amount of money,and it is not fair that those members whodo pay are expected to subsidise thosewho don' t. Any member who, for reasonsof hardship, is unable to pay, need onlysend a confidential letter to the Hon.Secretary explaining the circumstances,and no member will be penalised for thatreason. This decision has been put off forover a year now, in the hope thatoutstanding subscriptions would be paid,but in a fair number of cases nothing hasbeen heard. If you want to continuereceiving the Outpost, please pay yoursubs now. Anybody in doubt can contactthe Treasurer or Secretary. A couple ofuseful forms for paying subs are included,and if any member would like to covenanthis subscriptions, for which we can claimback income tax, please contact Hon Secfor the forms to do this.

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AROUND ANDABOUT

Bert SELLEY 4586 was another whoenjoyed the Summer Issue. "For a day ortwo' my wife Cherry could not get asensible word out of me, so deep was I inits content. " The Palestine Police OldConirades Association have a branch inScotland and once a quarter they hold aluncheon in Perth. Their Branch haveextended Honourary Membership to Exmembers of the Kenya Police and Bert feelsthere must be several who were members ofboth these forces in addition to the BSAP.Bert missed the Annual Dinner this year ashe was holidaying somewhere in theMoselle Valley. Bert has submitted twoother queries - see 'Recipes' and 'Whereare they now'. Thanks for keeping in touchBert.

Edgar 'Dick' RICHARDS-EVERETT2414 reached 94 on 9th September 1991and just to keep in trim he decided toexchange idyllic village life in Cambridgc-shire for retirement to the seaside inSidmouth, Devon. Dick, we hope that youand your wife have settled in now.

P/Reserve Pilot Tony Smith (Copper 131?)ex Matabeleland Flight is now with BritishOxygen in the UK. Regrettably the cost oftlying here is even more prohibitive thanRhodesia.

Bobby Berger 3363 was in the UK inDecember 1990 but sadly suffered a backinjury and was not able to get around verymuch. He keeps in touch with Les Yeoman2542 in Marondera and works with Ex Sgt.Maj Francis CHIWESHE PMM who sendshis regards to all who may remember him.He is a member of the Bulawayo Branch ofthe Association and serving on their Com-mittee. Bobby enjoyed the last 'Outpost';reading of his shamwaris bought back a

flood of memories of Lummy Lumnoitz.Sam Seward, and Paddy Gibson and by nomeans last, Lofty I loyd, who all servedtogether at one time in Bulawayo.

Percy BARNES 2906 in purchasing histicket for the 1991 Annual Dinner sent in

the menu for the Bulawayo Branch Re-Union Dinner at the Palace Hote»Bulawayo on 12th September 1932~

Regrettably this will not copy due to its

discolouration and the 26 signatures, all m

pencil, which cover most of the text. I

wonder if the names will mean a lot: WMorgan Griffith; J Hirst; J.C. Arnold 1032;Douglas A. Burrows; G.S.W. Potter; H.Randall; H. Mason; A.M. Cooper; 1905H.W. Laing; D. Mayger; C. Byrnes - andmany more I cannot decipher. The Toast"The King" was by Capt. J.S. Bridger,followed by a selection of music by thePalace Orchestra. The Toast "The Associa-tion and the Regiment" was by T.C. FynnEsq which was followed by a song bySgt.H.G. Wiltshire. The reply to the toastwas by Major T. Baker and there followeda musical evening with Det. J.R. Benning-field with 'song and banjo' - F. HooperEsq played a selection 'At the piano',followed by a song by Morgan GriflithsEsq. Community Songs were then playedby the Palace Orchestra followed by songsfrom G. Graham Esq and Hacker MathewsEsq. separated by a 'song and Banjo' ofLieut. H.M. SURGEY.I note the Committee in 1932 were Capt.J.S. Bridger; Major T. Baker; C.C. Girdles-tone Esq; W.W. Bamburger Esq. ; J. DaleyEsq„Insp. R. Killick; Constable J. Morris,and the Hon. Secretary was Trooper R.STOKER. - Thank you Percy - This menuwill go into the Archives.

Tom MEEKIN 5615 is still in the LeisureBusiness in Northern Ireland. Making thesupreme effort once again, he attended ourAnnual Dinner and he especially thanks allinvolved in the 'Outpost' as he yearns toread about his colleagues far and wide,albeit sadly when deaths are reported.

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(Thanks to you Tom for your special effortin supporting us, Edi)

Steve MOORE-STEVENS 4269 inShropshire was interested to read in the lastedition of Derreck Bennison's meetmgwith Vince Hustler and Stan Browningwho were squad mates.Steve wonders whatever happened to someof the others who came out on the AthloneCastle with him: Peter S GRAHAM 4263,who Steve thinks went to Canada: KenROWI AND 4268 who left the force on11/9/52 having broken his hip in a motorcycle accident. Ken was a fine soccerplayer from Coventry: Shaun REESE 4267who won the Chess championship onboard ship: Paddy GALLAGHER 4264with whom Steve shared a cabin: andRobbie MEIN 4265 and John COULTER4246 who were both Ex Indian Aruzy likeSteve.

dtEJhn MITCHELL 3762 sent his apologiesfor this year's diimer as he has suffered aseries of strokes since 1979, the last onebeing September '90. Although restrictedto a Wheel Chair, his wife Wendy whowrites on his behalf, thankfully advises thathe is still mentally alert. He would love tohear from his BSAP colleagues but asksthat you be patient for any replies. StanEDWARDS and Eric COLLIER have

anaged the occasional visit to Bading-ham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, and

my would love to see any ex membersshould they be in the area. On hisretirement from the BSAP, he returned tothe U.K. in 1960 when he joined theM.O.D. Sadly ill health forced early retire-ment upon him, but he thoroughly enjoyedhis position.

Angus ROSS 5265 visited the UK duringAugust and strongly refutes the report of

being unwell as published in ourDecember '90 'Outpost' and confirms thathe is still embarrassingly fit. (My apologiesA~gus and we are relieved to hear we werewrong - Ed.) At various gatherings he met

with Les LLOYD 7703, Neville DAVIES7745, Dave HALLWARD 4730, MikeWILTSHIRE 4857, Johnny VYE 5143and Tony BRAD SHA W 5044. Angussends best wishes to his many friendswhom he was unable to meet during hisbrief holiday.

At the Broadway Braai on 10th August, theprincipal organisers over the 10 years ofthis event, Dick RAY 5075 and AllenLUCAS 4394 were presented with Engra-ved Glass Bowls as a token of appreciation

by those who had supported the event overthe years. Dick has written on behalf ofAllen and their wives to say 'Allen and Iwere overwhelmed by the sentimentsbehind the presentations ... and even morebowled over - if that is possible - by themagnificence of the gifts that we received.Our wives join us in sending our sincerestthanks to those who were behind thisthoroughly appreciated gesture. It is incred-ible that the Braai has celebrated its 10thanniversary if only because most of thosewho attended seem to grow no older. Wehave enjoyed doing our bit and grateful forthe help we have received from DonKEENS 6616, John BAKER 3941 and

Hoppy HOPKINS 5659 and particularlygrateful to those who come along to enjoythemselves - LONG MAY THEY DO SO.(Watch this space for next years date!)

Eric 'Joe' SAYER 3983 has joined theband who have complained to their M.P'sover the paucity due to the exchange rate,of our pensions. Joe lives near to theTelford 'riots' of August and is convincedthat the BSAP would have sorted out theproblem, more equitably and speedily thanthe local force did. Being unable to attendthe Annual Dinner Joe asks to be remem-bered to all colleagues of the Association.

Another apologising for non attendancethis year is Neal ARDEN 3004 who wassorry the Thames Trip for the springgathering did not get the necessary res-ponse and wonders if the 'DISCO' put

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people off? (It's a matter of choice Neal - inother circumstances it could have been a'draw' for our younger members!)

P/r Roy IRVING 19277 has been thesubject of redundancy once again in thelatter half of the year. But we have justheard that he has now secured employmcnt.However, he will have to spend 12-18months in South Africa bcforc opening up asubsidiary in London. Hi» change ofaddress appears elsewhere.

plans to attend the Trenchard House gath-erings. HLs change of Business telephonenumber appears elsewhere.

Jim PAINE 4382 was another unable toattend the Dinner as he had had a 'totalknee joint replacement' and was 'housebound' for a couple of months. There arenot many functions Jim misses and his

regards to all are fully reciprocated - Jimwe trust you have recovered now.

Bob BARKLEY 3942 who doubles asNewsletter Editor for the Northern Rhode-sian Police Association sends his comple-ments to us for thc High Standard wcmaintain with the 'Outpost'. At the risk ofprolonging the Major POLES saga he saysthat from his personal 'log hook' (N.R.P.days) on 24/3/54 he took Major POLES,(Game Ranger) to Mayobuka (I hope that iscorrect) in the Government Auster fromwhere we carried out a survey of game onthe Kafue Flats. Major POLES was wellknown for his Iong treks with the minimumof equipment. as far into the bush that itwas possible to get. It was rumoured that hchad a trained 'Eagle'. i~(.

1

Andy BASSETT 9184 spent the earlysummer in Zimbabwe and South Africa. InZimbabwe he stayed with Rod and LauraFINNEGAN and managed to see Kariba,Wankie (Hwange) Falls etc. The country isstill a beautiful place. Andy, who hails fromthe Isle of Wight believes there are in theregion of 30 ex members living there. - Wconly have six on our records Andy so startrecruiting or at least get a list of their namesand numbers to the Hon Sec.

Brian STEVENSON-BAKER 6441 sentapologies for the Dinner - which is a bigdisappointment - as he was away, but he

Peter KEYES 7419 has mana'ged a fewweeks between the UK and Australiawhilst on a holiday from Japan. Whilst in

Pcrth and sporting the BSAP Tie, he wasapproached by David Downing! The powerof thc tie! Why not ensure you have one in

good condition with a purchase from JohnRcstorick, our Treasurer!

Will CORNELL 6388 sent his apologiesre the Dinner from America and congratu-lates those responsible for the quality of theprinting of thc last edition (Thanks W'ill)

Will suggests that in the light of thefinancial plight of holiday makers, somemembers might like to consider a ~p' inAccommodation - i.e. holidays at the sametime in each others countries. This wouldtake a lot of long term planning and anymember wishing to be placed on a list canadvise the Hon Sec who will put othermembers in touch should the need arise.The same could also apply to those justwilling to put up singles, couples orfamilies at any mutual time! Think about it.If there is any support your AssociationBranch will do what it can to help.

Dick EDIE 7411 has enquired aboutjoining our Branch from Dundee. He hasbeen in touch with Mike (Fred) JACK5858.

Jim MITCHELL 3762 more than ably

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assisted by his wife Wendy has been doingbattle with his MP Mr John GUMMERov« the pensions issue. Needless to sayLynda CHALKER's reply has been insimilar vein to that received by mpstmembers. When pressing the point, MrsCHALKER stated in a later leger "Theps«f redefining our area of responsibility

Protect the pensions of all formerPublic servants, including Zim-

babwe Government employees, would beP"ohibitive". I think she has missed thepoint somewhere. How many other govern-ments of former British Territories were

d down the river as we were?

ill ELLWAY 4728 writes frpm Zim-"abwe where he recently had a visit fromD"ve HALLWARD on holiday from theUK. Bill MAY is slowly recpvering frpm a~~cond stroke, whilst Taffy MORGANreturned from his son Glyn's wedding inlie UK to have his 'stones' removed. Bill

advises that Peter HONEYMAN's latestbusiness address is 'Sea Opal Hand Crafted

wellery' 1570 Brookhollow Drive; Suite207' Santa Anna; California; 92705; USA.

ARCHIVES 8c MEDALS Mr PeterSILK, whose acceptance as an AssociateMember is elsewhere in this issue, has along and established connection with mem-bers with regard to the collection of medalsbut also of Rhodesian Archives in general,and the BSAP in particular. If anyonewishes to send him copies mf photographs,written memories or even taped memoriesof Rhodesia between 1890 and 1980 Peterwill willingly re-imburse any costs invol-ved. Peter has an unpublished draft bookon Murray's Column and if any one isinterested, or can assist with any olddiaries, photographs or bits and pieceswhich could be connected, please contactPeter SILK direct at 6 Beaulieu Gardeiis,St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN377QE

CKRISTMAS CARDS Capetown Branchhave produced a very attractive BSAPChristmas Card {No year stated) which isrecommended to our members. This yearour own Branch will not be stocking cardsdue to the volume of stock still on handfollowing the Centenary so if you areinterested please send X4.00 for 10 cards toJ.S.T. Fletcher, P.O. Box 54, Observatory7935, South Africa.

PENSIONS: Members should be awarethat E.D.M. No. 844 (Motion for debate inthe House) has been tabled, and providedenough members of the House support it, itcould become the subject of debate. This isdue to the efforts of Guy Storry and hiscolleagues in the Zimbabwe PensionsGroup. If this happens before publicationof this 'snippet' we will have to amend itslightly.

Dp ypu remember Frontier Patrols'IThis was written by Colin Harding whoalso wrote a book called FAR BUGLES.If any member has access to a copy of thislatter book please contact Peter SILK at 6Beaulieu Gardens, St. Leonards-on-Sea,East Sussex TN37 7QE

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U.K Nrattch Outposts: Following theSecretary's appeal for the original issues,he is indebted to Trevor BEVAN (3790)MBE QPM who has donated editions 1,2k 3. Any member with issue 10 (March/April 1988) or issue 14 (November 1989)and who is prepared to send it to theHon. Sec. to complete the Archives Set,Thank You.

B S.A.P. '.OUTPOSTS': The Collection issteadily building up and any member whomay be considering clearing out his attic/trunk/garage coming across any old 'OUT-POST's are asked to forward them to MikeLeach, the Hon Sec. or to contact him ifthc bundle is too great. Once again, it isintended that these will be properly puttogether and retained in the Simms PoliceMuseum, Gloucestershire where we arebuilding up a full exhibit

ary Dinner in London when heNovember 3rd would in future be known

as Regimental Remembrance Day.Mutare's notice of meeting posedproblems which affect every Branch. Somemembers want a slap-up Regimental Dm

ner - Full Dress, Gongs, brilliant speaker

etc. Nowadays, this costs a lot of money

Some of our dwindling pensions have little

to spare when what used to cost ninepence,now costs one pound sterling (Beer -he is

referring to). Five of their 39 members live

between 50 and 100 miles from town and

the latest AA Reference lists running costsof a standard car as $1.00 per mile and

luxury cars at $2.00 per mile. In order to

help financially, the Mutare Branch has

combined the AGM and the Annual Din-

ner, the Remembrance Day and the Christ-

mas celebrations into one!! FOOD FORTHOUGHT.

ASSISTANCE TO VISITORS DaveRILEY 5098 realising the disgusting rateof exchange at present, has offered the useof his house to any visiting members who

might need a base from which to operateduring their holitiay. Any takers pleasecontact Dave direct at 'The Old Forge',Number 8, George Street, Kingsclcre,Berkshire, RG15 8NQ. The gesture ismuch appreciated, Dave.

The RHODESIAN ARMY ASSOCIA-TION arranged a second Service ofRemembrance for Sunday 10th Novemberat the Field of Remembrance next toWestminster Abbey where there is a 'Rho-desian Plot' This was followed by aRe-union luncheon in a licensed restaurant

nearby, with entertainment by with PeterMaxwell. The RAA have indicated thatex-members of the BSAP &are eligible formembership. If any members are interestedin joining they should contact Dave HEP-PENSTALL at 0590 673775 (H) or 0703229629 (0).

MUTARE Branch are following our Pre-sident's Directive announced at the Centen-

CAN ANYBODY HELP?Mick Blarney 6183, has unfortunately been

made redundant. If anybody who knows ofa suitable position, possibly in security orsimilar, could they please contact him at

290 Hangleton Road, Hove, East Sussex,BN3 7LN, or telephone 0273 204120.If anybody knows of vacancies at &any time,please advise Hon Sec or the Chairman, aswe do know of members who are lookingfor employment from time to time. It is oneway our Association can help members in

the spirit of mutual support.

FORGED STAMPS - 'OVERPRINTS':Steve MOORE-STEVENS 4269 is tryingto glean the story of the infamous forgerycase in Salisbury of the 'Churchill Over-prints' If anyone has some snippets con-cerning this, please contact Steve direct atRowton Farm House, Broseley, TF12 5HL

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THE WORLD OFINYADZODZI

bye'07There was nothing apparently remarkableabout the Inyadzodzi District to set it apart

the rest of Rhodesia. Set m that

In an"'»g!e of Manicaland between Umta!i

y»ga and Rusape, it boasted a fairmixture of everything that goes to make upa ru«l Rhodesian community. True, therewere extrcnics of altitude from the moun-tauls to the lowveld country and these, inturnrn, gave rise to extremes of temperature»d other phenomena like trout and croco-diles '

Baob bcs in different parts of the same river.

theaobab trees grew only a few miles frome apple orchards; parched sandveld was

separated from lush pastures in some cases

Ma bby only the width of a river.

tion.aybe it was the geographical contradic-

of tile Districts that stamped theirmark on the people of the area for theywere as diverse and contradictory as any»ywhere. Whatever the cause, it is certainthat those who lived m "The Little World« Inyadzodzi"' were unlike other Rhode-»ans. It was nothing that you could defineas, for example with the Enkeldoornians,but rather a feeling of unpredictability. Onenever knew how an Inyadzodzian maybeluive. They had their own sense of fairplay and their own logic which was

~surprising only to outsiders. Their sense ofti» was different, too. An Inyadzodzianwould laugh until the tears ran down hischeeks whilst a visitor would stand byunnloved and bewildered at the source of'nluSement.Although there were a number of TouristHotels in the area, the three main centres ofthe conmlunity were "The. Store" - grandlylabelled "The Inyadzodzi Trading Com-p&arly -General Dealers and Bottle Store-Prop. S. Markolidcs", The InyadzodziHotel - which still boasted a hitching railoutside, and the "Inyadzodzi Sports andSocial Club". Loyalties seemed to beequally divided between these venues withlittle partisanship evident.

It was interesting that the Store should

have developed into a central daytime

meeting place but the verandah was cooland Mrs Markolides had thoughtfully furn-

ished it with some comfortable Morris

Chairs and a small table. These were set at

the far end of the verandah from where the

Taylor plied his trade on an ancient treadle

sewing machine. The good ladies of the

district could sit and talk with a good view

of the dusty main street and railway station,

sipping Anna Markolides' tea, while their

men were inside the store talking business,

rugby, drought and "blackspot" with

Speros. Nothing happened on that main

street without being analysed and com-

mented upon by the self-appointed guar-

dians of the District's morals!It was quite normal to phone the garage to

place an order for a spare part only to find

that Harry Jenkins had already ordered the

part for you. His information would have

come, as likely as not, from one of the

good ladies sitting on the veranday of the

store who had noticed something of which

you were still unaware!"Inyadzodzi Ida" ran the hotel in the bestRhodesian Tradition. She always seemed to

bc in complete control of the situation, no

matter how boisterous the crowd, despiteher diminutive size. If ever she was goingaway for an evening, she would ring up theMember-in-Charge and request one of thePolice lads for "bar-duties" for the night.Ida, in fact, was a very shrewd businesslady and strongly believed that Policemencannot count but are basically honest. Theywould, therefore, always be more likely toovercharge than undercharge if they werenot sure. She also believed that thismathematical defficiency extended to Poli-cemen being unable to tell the time sinceshe had frequently returned well aftermidnight from a visit to town to find thebar in full swing and business booming!As far as the Member-in-Charge wasconcerned, "bar- duties" were just anotherof those aspects of Conununity Policingthat were a normal part of rural life.Come to think of it, the Member-in-Charge

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held the entire community together withsuch a light hand on the rein that nobodywas ever really aware of his control. Hehad a surreptitious finger in every pic in

the District. Such "duties" as the escortingof the daughters of prominent citizens tothe rugby club ball would be equally andfairly dispensed ainongst his "lads" as themorc onerous duties of Policing.Patrolling the farming area was always funand there was an element of tact requiredin dividing one's time fairly amongst thehospitable people of the area. It would notdo, for example, to lunch at the same farm

every time and care was required in theplanning of a patrol so as not to offendthose whose liospitality one may havemissed on a previous occasion.If anything harl been needed to solidify thecitizens ot Rhodesia - which, at Inyad-zodzi, it was not - then thc formation of thePolice Reserve must have onc of the mostbrilli;uit pieces of political statesntanshipthat any Govcrnmcnt could have concei-ved! For thc price of a uniform and an

annual training day, the entire comnumity

became part of the Police Force. Not onlythat, but once a year, they would be paidfor their day out and would promptlyreturn to the country's economy severaltimes what they had been paid through themedium of Ida's bar! An overall redistribu-tion of wealth would occur and the areawould enjoy a day out on the Government!

Police Reserve boots were noto"ousiyhardwearing and stiff and, on the farms 't

became the duty of the herd-boy to break

them in for the boss so that he would not

suffer blisters whiLst on annual train8Thus, this Government largesse extended

right through the whole population of the

area!If there was one thing - other than drought

and "black-spot" - that the citizens ofInyadzodzi took seriously, it was Christ-

mas. Whatever else they did at any other

time of the year, Christmas was the one

time when the spirit of Inyadzodzi would

bc seen at its best. Christmas anywhere is

an occasion of traditions but at Inyadzodzi,there seemed to be more traditions"surrounding the Christmas season than

anywhere else. Tradition dictated who

shoukl bc involved on the various commit-

tees to organise the different festivities and

tradition decreed that the Member- in-

Charge should be Father Christmas. Tradi-

tion also demanded that the means ofFather Christmas' arrival at the children' s

party would be novel and a closely

guarded secret, except that he would be

attended by his "lads" in the guise ofclowns.Thus, it came about that the Member-

in-Charge rcturncd to the office one after-

noon from the Christmas Committee Meet-

ing with a serious look on his face and

called his two "lads" into his office."It had to happen!" he said, "And this

year we' re going to need to do some cleverfootwork to keep everybody happy"."What's the problem, boss?""The problem, lad, is that this year, with

all the political. activity and the threat of aserious terrorist incident over Christmas,we can't afford to relax our vigilance and

yet there is no way we can get out of doingthe kid's party The other parties we can getround. As long as there are always two ofus on the station over the whole period,sober and on call, we can take it in turn forone of us to be off at a time. ""Hey! Boss, what about substitutes? That' swhat we have a Police Reserve for, Boss!"

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here was a pause while the three of uspondered this question - what about them

twomdeed? We all knew that there were at least

train'wo farmers in the area who, with a bit ofammg and make-up could easily pass for

Member-in-Charge. Dupe du Plessisa leading light in the "Inyadzodzi

"!ayers" and, in their last production, he' dplayed the part of a Policeman. ' ChipsChipendale at the DC's office was about thesame size and shape as Mike, and Deanie

the Postmaster, could do a fairimitation of "the boy"Inn three difeerent heads, three differentlights were flashing."Daanie would make a good clown'the boy."So would Chips" supplied M'ke."I bet old Dupe could do Santa s"~'"his head - Ho! Ho! Ho!""What about transport? Any ideas"There's that okl motor-bike that Georgehas been fixing up at the DC's office. Itlooks like a clown's bike with the t, rcsstuffed with grass and that stupid toiletchain contraption he's got rigged up ««ebrake. "

We d never get Dupe to ride that - hc slethal enough on a tractor!""We' ve got that tree-fo«colltlscatcd down in the Reserve. We c()(lidtoow him on that with one of thc clorldmg the bike. The other clown co(lidalways sit back-to-front on the pillion seatJust to make sure he doesn't fall off".The next three weeks were filled with secretmeetings, whispered conversations in theclub and muffled murmers behind beermugs

Ida's bar. The normal quiet of theweekends was disturbed by the unsilencedroar and filthy exhaust smoke of a motorb'ke on the hill behind the Police camp.On the day of the kiddies' party, there wasan unusual air of calm at the Police camp.The boss was in his office, puffing peace-fully on his pipe. There was the usualchatter of typewriters from the CageOffic and the occasional call of "Ordcr-Ieyyyl echoed across the camp to beanswered with the traditional "Saah!" and

the stamp of boots on concrete. All washorribly normal in the Camp. There wasnot even a hint that today was the day ofthe kiddies' party. None of the traditionalparticipants gave any hint that he wasmissing out on what should have been histraditional role in local life. Statementswere taken from witnesses, filing w&as doneand, when thc OC phoned the boss fromDistrict headquarters, the boss gave no hintthat he would rather be performing"Santa" for the kids."Everything OK up at Inyadzodzi?""Couldn't be quieter! Bit of a damp timeover the past few days and we' ve allpicked up colds. ""Thought you sounded a bit muffled - youneed to get out more into the fresh air. Gctyourself out on the next Farming areapatrol. That' ll clear your head!"Meanwhile, at the club, the kiddies werehaving the time of their lives. The partywas going with a swing and there was anair of great expectation as the time drewnear for Santa's arrival. In thc dist mce wasthc roar of an unsilenced motor-hikedrawing nearer. Then onto the rugby fieldburst Santa in a swirl of dust and exhaustfumes. Thc two clowns on the motor-bikewere struggling to control the lethal look-ing conbination. The one driving wasobviously trying to slow down, but thcmachine was going faster and faster. Theother clown, sitting back-to-front on thcpilllion seat was doing his best to guide therope attached to the tree-fork sled andSanta was hanging on grimly and trying to"Ho! Ho! Ho!" &as if this was quitenormal. The kiddies were shrieking withdelight. Never had Snta made such adramatic entrance.'"The B... throttle's stuck - Ho! Ho! Ho!""Well, use the brake Ho! Ho! Ho!""You' ll have to stop it some-hoooooow. ...." As the front wheel cameoff the ground and clowns, motor-bike,Santa and sled were all dumped uncere-moniously in a heap in the middle of therugby field. The kiddies roared their appro-val! This was, without doubt, the finest

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Christmas party they had known!Santa's hat and beard were ripped off inthe confusion and both the clowns losttheir funny noses and silly hats, but thereal surprise came to those on the Commit-tee who were "in the know" when clearlyrevealed beneath their disguises were thereal Member-in-Charge and his two lads!"Who was that at the Charge Office whenwe drove passed on the way to the club?"said Viki van Tonder, chairman of thekiddies' Christmas Party Committee.Who knows who it may have been. Butthen, nothing that happened at Inyadzodzicould ever really be surprising!!

VISITATIONS

lvlark SIMPSON 6098 visited the UK inAugust sorting out Universities for his son.Your Hon Sec was disappointed not toextend Yorkshire Hospitality during theirevening in Harrogate. [Sorry I missed you- perhaps next time. ]Hugh PHILLIPS was lucky enough tocatch a London gathering in TrcnchardHouse in addition to 'Broadway' during avisit in August.Another August visitor to our shores wasPeter KEYES who also tmally foundTrenchard House. Well done for persever-ing Pctcr.P/r Mike CAVE 15152 from VISTA inSouth Australia spent some time in theearly summer (Before the sun?) in the UKand he stayed at a B k B in 'Brooksidc'Eshiels, Peebles, where mine host wasMary and Jon Dennison (Ex BSAP- one ofthe Nyasaland contingent) Prices are rea-sonable - Phone 0721 21178.In Australia several years ago, Mike met upwith Rod and Sue Evans (the late BudEvans, I think) and also met with SgtSMITH in Tennant Creek (Ex BSAP Mt.Darwin and Shamva?) whilst in Vista his

great friend is Jim BLACKBURN Ex BritPolice, Kenya Police and Salisbury Munic'

pality Security. He also met up with JoyBROOK ex WPR, who always places the'Rhodesia' Cross on Remembrance Sun

day.Not exactly a 'visitor' but Michael R JDOYLE 9882 has written from Austral~a

where he is amongst 25 or so othermembers who gather from time to tiine

Any Ex-Members living in Australia (or if

you know of any please pass it on) should

contact him at P.O. Box 267, Rosebud,Victoria, 3939, Australia. (How aboutsetting up a Branch there?)The 1991 Annual Dinner saw visitors froinBothputatswana - Dave GEORGE 5364who by now will be a Brigadier in thePolice there -and from Natal, Dave LYNN6872.Murray HARRISON 4851 from Spain is

currently having a holiday in South Africaand will bc at the December gathering atTrenchard House, London.Malcolm TORRANCE 5760 though not avisitor has written trying to trace a col-league now believed to be in Perth.Although he does not keep in regular touchwith his local Branch in Natal, hc is incontact with Rob BRISCOE in Pinetown;Oliver KESBY; Mike AYRTON-WH ITE; Scotty McCAULEY; TonyWHITEHEAD; Mike THURLBY; GingerGARLAND and Keith RAWSON fromtime to time.

LOST, STOLEN

OR STRAYED

Bert SELLEY 4586 wonders if anyoneknows the whereabouts of Brodie SWANand Ian MacNAIR, both former Farriers.Brodie apparently went to Burma with theRoyal Scots whilst Bert seems to think thatIan had some tenuous connection with theChannel Islands - Can any one help?

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NEV/S FROMOVERSEAS

CENTRALThe latest news from Hugh Phillips in hisSeptember Issue No. 34, starts off with arc!&Ort of tlieir Miiy AGM (i) when bothEve Chapman and Angela Borra resigneddue to other hcavy conunitrncnts, and KenStanford-Smith offered his services as bothsc«ctary and treasurer - hence the changeson our Iwt pageMany members will have n" up

ef visthe decision to visit was a suddeonly airline available was Ghana A~ y 'Hugh says, "I am happy to epjourney was most corn«rtablecourteous and collslderate, the pla es ontime and the fare considerably less than onsome other airlines. "Hugh's hcavy mailbag stu s offet'.r which comes from»t Jeff 'eKaroi, who has ofl'e«"p;igc of his ncwc letter (hint?him that WP87 Diiphne Mo~'Cutty Sark Marina at Kariba and 'to become a member of the «sDave Martin 4394, from Wang Coniputem,gives details of the death of Peter Wane ( a36.. numbers) who was ijc Buhera in 1950.No other details are available, but he waprobawy a contemporary of Peter Sherrenand Digby Allen.Hugh continues ' 'Roger Sandall 41 14~rites from Marondera (I wish he' dtype!") mentioning a recent visit to Natal

where he met Pat McCullock who is nowsufficiently senior in the National ParksBoard to have influence over the lodgebookings and who sends his salaams to all

old friends.Derek Humberstone writes giving news ofHugh Acid 4507, and other squad mates;"Bill" Fairfax-Franklin who delivers the

Epilogue on the ZBC, Brian O'Shaugh-nessy - of film and SABC fame, PeterRuck 7367/8620 is National Foods branchmanager in Chinoyi and Ron Warren nowlooks after the Wingate Power Boat Club atLake Macllwaine.Pat and Heather Knight have left theMut'ire Club and are now at 1 KelveyCourt, 170 Robert Mugabe Road, Eastlea.A phone call came from 4006 Fox (I didn' t

get his Christian name) gives his address asBox 7196, Harare and apart from givinghis good wishes to Roger Sandall, EricCrabbe and Dicky Warwick, asks thewhereabouts of Ralph Burr. He also men-tioned that Sydney Harry Pope is farmingin the Mutare area.And my Imal rather scappy note of localnews is that the Forty Niners celebrate theirforty fifth reunion on 6th October in theform of a Garden Party at Ron Black-more's. (We hope to hear more of that nexttllllc. - Ed)I «Imost forgot to mention that anyZimbabweans travelling to UK would gainthe everlasting thanks of Johnny Vye werethey to bring some real peri peri over withthem. It's not available there and the effectwhen sniffed by an officer of HM Custonisis something else! (Please note anyonefrom UK intending to take a trip toZimbabwe! - Ed)Alles van die beste, or whatever theysay. ..............., .............,."

FORTHCOMING EVENTS3rd December 1991: 1st Tuesday: Xmas Bumper Get - Together at Trenchard House

Broadwick Street, London from 5.30pm. Bring spouses and guests.

5th April 1992:Dinner Dance in the South West. Contact "Pop" Ellis for more details.

st Tuesday of every month at Trenchard House, Broadwick Street, London, from 5.30pm

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M UTARE (Umtali}Harry Went"Utopia"12 Vumba AvenueMutareZitubabwe

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