One for my Dad…69 years on…
HMS Diamond (D34) a Type 45 Royal Navy destroyer, making its way out into the Solent from Portsmouth Harbour…
On Gosport waterfront…
Yes, my Dad was a morse code operator, in the RAF’s 3207 Servicing Commando Unit…
So, a reflective pint, in the Castle Tavern pub, near Gosport waterfront
And after D-Day…he went on to serve in south-east Asia, ending up in Singapore…
The Castle Tavern pub, from the street…
In gardens by Gosport waterfront…
Clock, girl and Spinnaker Tower…
Man seated on a wall…
Upcoming trips on the ‘Spirit of Portsmouth’…
Aboard the 18.00 pm Gosport Ferry, approaching Portsmouth Harbour, looking across to HMS Warrior, a warship built in 1860…
About to disembark at Portsmouth…
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