Edgar wrote:
Hi Ravi! I was so pleased to read your post.
So it is still the 'Royal' Madras YC.- that is nice because now that you
guys are independent I thought you would have done away with the 'Royal'
prefix!
I visited the Royal Madras YC in 1946 as an engineering officer on the 10000
ton cruiser HMS Glasgow which at the time was engaged in 'showing the flag'
around British territories around the Indian Ocean, following the end of the
war.
We would arrive and lay on a party aboard for local dignitaries and their
families. All took place on the quarterdeck under the shadow of the 6" guns.
The Royal Marine band would be playing during the evening.
. The stern windlass was converted into a roundabout for the kids.
Our ship was very smart because as soon as the war in the Far East was
over we got rid off the grey and repainted her in the pre-war East Indies
fleet colours, white hull and yellow funnels. We floodlit her at night too.
Looked really good.
I have a photo of myself and a friend sitting on a jetty in Madras watching
a turtle swimming in the water.
We were based in Trincomalee and that is another place I would love to
return to, but sadly it is a war zone at present
Regards
Edgar


Nice post Edgar. I can detect overflowing nostalgia! There's a cure.
Come on over. And I can promise you that at RMYC you can still find
excellent hospitality! And Madras is certainly not war zone.
Trincomalee is. But that is another country!

And I would love to see that photograph you have mentioned. And others
too, of this parts, if you have.

Rgds
Ravi