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
(1957/58) - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Owen Darling (1969, 1970) - Ashford
, Kent
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.
Leslie Banks-Irvine (78/79)
- Barmouth Wales
Did a year as boatman/builder and then a year as 4th engineer on the Biscoe,
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
Clive Palfrey
(1972, 73). Adelaide South Australia
email
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 Forster
(Grytviken; Signy Is. 1979-81; 1981-82) - Truro, Cornwall
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
Joe Corner (Halley, Bird
Island, Signy - 2008, 2010, 2011) - Crewe Cheshire
I am from Crewe in Cheshire, and wintered at Halley in 2008, Bird Island
2010, and summered at Signy 2010/11. I was electrician
on all 3 bases.
John Fowbert - (1991)
Newcastle upon Tyne
email
James Hurley (Big Jim and Abe)
- (Signy, Halley & Bird Island - 1988-1991, 1996,
1997) - Bristol, UK
Amanda Lynnes - (Signy Island, Port
Lockroy - 1996-2001) Cockermouth, Cumbria
Brian Mallon - (1991-92
/ 1994) Glenavy, Co. Antrim
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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