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Signy Base summer 2003 - picture courtesy Simon Coggins

FIDS, Signy Island - Base H
60°43'S, 45°36'W

occupied  - 18/03/47-13/04/96 - summer only since 1996

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Signy base in summer 1986

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Ian Rabarts - Signy 1970/71 - I am trying to trace an old friend  who took part in a BAS 60s/70s and I would be very grateful if you could help in any way - Anne Roberts.   Apr '09

Signy 60th Anniversary held over the weekend of Reunion 14th-16th September 2007, Report

Barry Heywood - Signy, Rothera, Halley, John Biscoe, JCR - (1962-1997)  Oundle

1950's

Brian Beck (1958, 1959) - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada    Wintered on Devon Island 1961 with Alan Gill and Roy (Fritz) Koerner.

Ray Berry - Deception, Signy, Argentine - (1951, 52, 54)  Whitstable

Robin Sherman (1957) - Tunbridge Wells, Kent  Worked with Doug Bridger on mapping Coronation Island and Powell Island. My 'fun-map' of the South Orkneys was recovered and re-installed at base in 2003.

Jim Stammers (1958 - 59) - Kelsall nr. Chester  

1960's

 Malcolm E.A. Bedells (Summer 1966/67) - Market Rasen Lincs

John 'Bro' Brotherhood - Signy & Halley (1966,1967) - Sydney, Australia  Signy 1966; 2nd year of the new base hut? first year of skidoos, appendectomy on Kista crewman, the 'wind' of the 'wind (Brotherhood) and piss (Hillier)' medical research - project title courtesy of Steve 'You Want Bovver' O'Shanohan, great tucker by Nigel Bacon, Christmas 1966 on the John Biscoe, Perla Dan via SG to Halley for 1967 and build Grillage Village.

Les Graves (1967-70) - Hauxley, Northumberland  Spent most of my time after Signy working and wandering around the world. Now retired and live in little wooden beach hut on Northumberland coast.

David Allan (Spanner) Spencer - Signy Island, Deception Island - 1966 to 1969 - Blackpool  Was on Deception Island at the time of the 1969 eruption

1970's

Chris Amos (1972 & 1973) - King's Lynn, Norfolk  Just been to the Signy 60th reunion, didn't even know about this website, what a great idea.

Dave Ball (1975 1976) - Lancaster  email  Wintered on Signy in 1975 had my 20th birthday on base and then my 21st on the old Brantub anchored off Adelaide. Went over to Rothera the next summer before returning to the UK, 22nd birthday was in the seaman's mission in Montevideo, happy days.

Albert Hart (Summer 71/72) - Blandford, Dorset  email  Builder - Wintered KEP 1971

Tim Hooker (1971-74) Bristol  email 

Brian Kellett - "Mollusc" (1972/1973). Rhossili, Gower  email

Brian Lee - Signy & Rothera (1977 &1978) Ormskirk Lancs. email available

Clive Palfrey (1972, 73). Adelaide South Australia  email

Bill Mckie (Wullie) (1979/80) Leeds - email available

Ian Reston (1977 / 1978)  Merseyside - email available

Jay Rushby  (70-72) - London  email  Halley Bay/Signy Island

Paul Thorpe (1974-75) - Grimsby  email  Radio Operator

Ray Townley-Malyon (1970) - email  Glenluce. Scotland

1980's

Dennis Allsopp (1980) - email  Northampton UK,  Summer jolly merchant on Signy from Aston University. Microbiology/ecology - email available

Paul Burren, - "Chop" (1985/1986). Glasgow - email available

Geoff Collett - (1984/1985)  email  Godmanchester, Cambs

Jeremy Colman (Jez) - (1989, 1990) - Perth, Western Australia   

Neil Fitch, - (1980/81)  Bloomsbury, New Jersey, USA  email   Two years of many happy memories

Bob Handley - (1981) Oxford email I still can't find find my blue FID shirt.

Pete Hizzett "The Admiral"- (1982-86) email  Burghead Scotland

Big Jim - Signy, Halley, Bird island, (1989-1990, 1997, 1998) email  Bristol

Tom Lachlan-Cope (1978,1979 - Halley, 1980 - Signy)  email  Cambridge

Gavin Lishman - (1981) Bourne, Lincs email

Sharali ("Ali") Malik - (1980-83), Karlsruhe  Now working as a research scientist in the field of Nanotechnology. email available

Hector MacAlister - (1988/1989) Glasgow, email  Also Husvik, South Georgia 1990-95

Conor Nolan, "Deso"- (1988), Dublin, Ireland  email

Kevin Puttock  (1987/ 1988)  Staplehurst Kent email  Would like to hear from any Signy people

Ray Stirton (1981) Perth, Scotland email  Possibly the best footballer ever to play at Signy and S.G. ha. ask the Doc. and member of the famous dart team never to be beat by the yanks. Ask Neil Fitch. And past holder of our famous micro sw box, ask Adrian. all the best. Ray

Paul  Ward, - "Hos" (1985/1986). Great Paxton, Cambridgeshire - webmaster of CoolAntarctica.com

Andrew Wormald - (1988 to 1991)  Dubai UAE  email

1990's

Paul Brazier - (1990/ 1991)  Bangor, North Wales  email

Matt Chalmers -  (1991/92/93)  Paris  email  Was that really 15 years ago?

Jeremy Colman (Jez) - (1989, 1990) - Perth, Western Australia   

John Fowbert - (1991)  Newcastle upon Tyne  email

Amanda Lynnes - (Signy Island, Port Lockroy - 1996-2002) Bakewell, Derbyshire    

Brian Mallon - (1991-92 / 1994) Glenavy, Co.Antrim  email Still recovering after 15 years

Damon Stanwell-Smith - (1993/1994)  Greenwich, London, UK.  email  Now running a marine consultancy. Still miss the early morning view to Coronation though.

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