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MARCH 2023
Moni Aliyense,
March - and here in UK Spring is on the way with the snowdrops fading and the daffs and croci coming through to brighten our gardens after the dreary winter this year. Not so dreary elsewhere and, in particular, the tragic earthquate causing thousands of fatalities in Turkey/Syria and, albeit on a lesser scale, an earthquake in New Zealand following a cyclone there with widespread flooding and damage - both causing some loss of life.
 Jon Dennison - RIP
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Jon Dennison on 8th February, he was a month short of 98, our senior former serving officer and an active supporter of the Association. Jon served in the BSAP from 1947 to 1950 before joining the Nyasaland Police in May 1950. His funeral was held at the Borders Crematorium, Melrose, on 8th February where the Association was represented by Webmaster Terry (Young). He was a regular at the Association reunions where his invariably good humour contributed much to the overall "family atmosphere" of those occasions - he will be greatly missed. A collection of his Nyasa pictures is available in the Galleries section of this website.
 Chit-Chat Re-visited (2019): Colin Baker at the National Memorial Arboretum
The Association was privileged that Colin Baker was present and gave the address at the ceremony for the laying of the Memorial Stone at the National Arboretum, Lichfield, on 21st July 2011. In his speech he outlined the formation of the Nyasaland Police, its organisation and staffing from the early days through the colonial years to independence in 1963. Rather than a record of mere factual detail his talk was peppered with interesting and amusing anecdotes experienced by our members over the years bringing back so many memories to those present. Click here to read the full address - of which the source is JSTOR
Webmaster - June 2019
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 Life and Work in Nyasaland
This month from Volume 6 of Colin Baker's books 'Expatriate Experience of Life and Work in Nyasaland' (with kind permission of Mpemba books) Eric Bult recounts that he was mystified when two brothers had nothing to say to each other despite being locked up together in a small police cell. Click to read.
 The response by potential attendees to the Reunion this year has been good although there is still plenty of room to welcome more of you. Booking forms will be forwarded in the next few weeks to those who have already indicated their intention to attend.
If you require more information and contact details Click here
Ken Wilkinson
1st March 2023
NEWSLETTER No 1 of 2022
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