Paphos Life

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V.Settling in Well, there I was in a small army unit within walking distance of Nicosia. Guess what? After settling down, I had bugger all to do! Then, the following day there was one helluva commotion at the camp gate. I was peacefully lying on my bed, reading, when an overweight corporal came puff...

I think the first question that must be asked is what her current position is. If you are her official employer, then there will be little problem, maybe signing a couple of pieces of paper. If not, you may open a can of worms.

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IV. Arrival in Nicosia Having "spilt" my brandy sour, we moved off again along the highway to Nicosia. In those days, the word "highway" implied rough tarmac, just wide enough for one vehicle. Alongside the tarmac, on both sides, there was just a band of stones, so that meeting o...

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III. Fayid to Cyprus... After the excellent "roast camel", us-squaddies were marched outside to Tent City, with four of us to a tent. The following morning, we shook our boots before putting them on as we had been warned by the scuttlebutt about scorpions. We were very much a mixed bunch a...

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Before I was posted to Cyprus, I had no idea where I was going (war department security!). Instead, I was posted in transit to Pocklington in East Yorkshire. It was January and the howling East gale was blowing at 0° C or less, all the way from Russia. We were housed in a Nissen hut in the middle of...

I have just checked and have found that 474 views have been made on this subject. I have a wealth of other anecdotes of my experience in the 1950s Cyprus. Am I to assume from the voting level that you would like to hear them?

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Looking through your blog on Troodos, reminded me of an adventure that happened to me when I was on national service. In 1952, Troodos was inevitably closed for a couple of months but there was a rest camp for officers up there which was intermittently closed. Telephone was unreliable as the wires f...

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