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Hi Trevor, I was cleaning out some stuff and found a practically new AFRC staff shirt (you wore one of those for a few years, eh?) and thought you might like to have it.  It is a size large.  Want it??  If Trevor says no, I'll send it to the first person who posts a desire for it after his response.

Hi Barbara, nope I am not the girl in the photo.  I have no idea who she is either, that one was a mystery.  I am the Laura that came to Chiemsee the first time with Katri, then came back for 4 summers after that.  I was a chambermaid (love the photo of my old boss, Frau Roland), then worked in bikes and boats, then the campground with Tom.  I married English Phil (Pip), live in NC and we have two little boys now.  They are 4 and 1, so we aren't planning on making the reuinon in August.  Wish I could!!  Thanks for posting all those photos.  It brought back memories I didn't even know I still had.  Glad you are well.  Give little Georgie a kiss for me if you see him. 

Hi Barbara!

I am the Laura in the Photo with John. BGD 78-79, Chiemsee 1980, BGD 82-87, Munich 88-90. Of course I remember you and the kids. I lived in the Waldheim that year and worked in the nursery. I remember a Chiemsee reunion in Seattle New Year's Eve 80 that carried on for the first few days into 81. John, Sharon, Paul, Irish Tomas and a bunch of others. We even went to La Conner looking for the author of 'Even Cowgirls get the Blues'.  Tom Robbins- all his books were very popular on the See that year I lived there. We never did find him but we all shared a bottle of JD on the pier. I, like everyone else on this board, think fondly of all my years with Afrc and in Europe. My best friends in life I met during those years.

Laura Collier

Hi Barb,

I just wrote a lengthy reply but some how erased it when I hit the preview button. Just when I think I know everything about these computers...oh well. It is great to hear about how well your kids are doing. I never married and nor had children. I have lived in several cities including 5 years in my hometown of Seattle but for almost 2 years now I have been in CA. I hope to move back to Europe one day. I have really enjoyed all the pics you have posted. I lost all my photos somewhere along the way over the years. Thanks for sharing.

Laura Collier

I wanted to thank every one over the last six months for the intresting emails from all over the world and the contacts that I now have from people that I had long since seen ( about twenty years ) ago.

Through this site I have contacted many people that I knew, met a few in London and in NY.

I am thinking of perhaps organising a get to gether for next year. In August I travel to Bernau for a week on the lake sipping a cool beer and watching the world go by. If anyone is interested in meeting me I am in Bernau from the 5th of August onwards. I shall take a digital camera and certainly take some photos of the Rasthause, its surrounding areas and the village and then post them on the web site.

I am still looking for Ron Estrella  last seen in Bernau and  Bert Tavender.

I am in Fort Lauderdale in May for one week, crewing   in a boat race and hope to plan a trip to NY to visit my old mate Mark Wakeman

 very happy New Year to all of you.

Trevor Anthony ASHBURNER COX

tcox@farrer.co.uk