tap tap tap tap tap and then the music starts…..
Since the middle of WW1 it has been a requirement of members of the Communications Branch of the Royal Navy to be competent touch typists. As we were begat of the RN, the RNZN it has always been that way too. Being able to touch type is a timeless skill, a bonus if you own a home computer or are into the ‘internet’ age.
This is PART ONE about the process of learning to type.
The history of what you did with those skills will be in PART TWO to be published later. READ STORY
Minnie does the island
In March 2008 a man living in Denmark who was a constant supporter and referee of my WOODENBOAT NZ website work, Tony Bennett, passed away suddenly. Tony a Briton was a scientist and archaeologist married to a Dane with two daughters.A very … [Continue reading] about Minnie does the island
A ship in the desert
NO LAWRENCE OF ARABIA DID NOT SERVE HERE This is the story of the creation and early years of the Naval Wireless Station Waiouru. Location, on the desert plateau which is actually the slopes of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, North Island.Commissioned … [Continue reading] about A ship in the desert
Almost HMNZS Neptune
HMS Neptune was to have been New Zealand’s fourth cruiser of World War Two. She had sailed from Scotland with a large number of New Zealanders who had been away since the early days of WWII to go back to New Zealand. Her crew was approximately 60 per … [Continue reading] about Almost HMNZS Neptune
Pakawai, Alister’s dream
Bluff, the most southern port in New Zealand is situated on Fouveux Strait between the South Island and Stewart Island. It is a cold beak place where the ball boy at the tennis club stations himself at the Falkland Islands. You are a good observant … [Continue reading] about Pakawai, Alister’s dream
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