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 December 2024 ~ never to be forgotten by many of our members who are still recovering from the effects of Storm Bert which raged throughout UK during the weekend of 23/24 November. The rainfall over those few days greatly exceeded the norm and with melting snow so many places suffered extensive, damaging floods. Coupled with gale force winds, there were trees down, landslips, power cuts and travel chaos. May all now be well behind us and may you all enjoy the festive season - have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Christmas Greetings from 'Down Under' ~ Thank you Nypol member Alison Mclennan (daughter of Fred Tomkins) for your kind seasonal letter to us all and may we reciprocate wishing you and your family a very Merry Chistmas and Happy New Year down there in sunny Queensland.
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Allan Dew ~ RIP
It is sad to report that Allan passed away peacefully on the 13th November 2024, he was 89. He joined the Nyasaland Police in April 1956 and served variously throughout the country including Mlanje and Dedza. He was a firm supporter of the Association and attended many of our reunions.
Funeral:The funeral is at 11.15am on the 6th of December 2024 at Shay Grange Crematorium, Long Lane, Heaton, Shipley, Bradford BD9 6ST to be followed by a sit down meal at the Bradford and Bingley Rugby Club, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1LT.
Note: The service will be available for viewing live on-line at https://watch.obitus.com ~ User name: zacu2940, Password: 475394. The video stream will then be available to watch again 24 hours after the ceremony and will be further available for about 28 days.
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Detail: For catering requirements if you would like to attend the Bradford and Bingley Rugby Club after the ceremony can you let Allan's son, Niall, know as soon as possible by way of his email address niall.dew@icloud.com. Family flowers only please, and if you would like to make a donation to Allan's memory, also by way of Niall, this will be divided between the Alzheimers Society, Crohns and Colitis UK and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
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This month, from Volume 2 of Colin Baker's books, Gertude Morrison (wife of Danny) tells of life as "A Pioneer's Daughter's Childhood".
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Matey's Memoirs - In chapters three, four and five, of his latest proposed book Robin Martin writes of the time he spent in the Nyasaland Police. Courtesy of his daughter, Anne Blackman, these chapters have been made available to us and Part 2 of Chapter 5 can now be viewed on the Items of Interest page.
Barry Thorne - From his book, "A Varied Life", Barry has generously volunteered to share those chapters relating to Nyasaland via this website over the next month or so. This month, now available on the Items of Interest page, he recounts his time at Maidenhead and the Police College at Hendon where he underwent training prior to his departure for Nyasaland.
 Mary Brill
Birthday Greetings to Mary Brill, our senior member who becomes a CENTENARIAN on 19th December. She is a staunch supporter of the Association and is in regular contact. In particular she contributed more than a few articles to Colin Baker's books - 'Life and Work in Nyasaland' - with further input to this website where the Index features 21 entries in her name. Her skill at the production of Dorset brooches is well recognised and appreciated by those who wear them to this day.
Husband Reg was first in Nyasaland in 1949 when he was employed in the Agriculture Department and Mary went out to join him in the 1950s. It was in 1953 that he transferred to the Police serving variously throughout the country including Blantyre and Karonga.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY ~ MAY YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY IN GOOD COMPANY
 Chit-Chat Re-visited (2020) ~ JUST THE JOB
How many of us, when we left Nyasland following independence, found work that measured up to the life we were used to. Most found suitable work, totally acceptable and sometimes enjoyable but it was Ray Punter who surely found "Just the Job". New Zealand and the trout fishing there was a major attraction and it was at Rotorua that he found employment in the management of this fish and then, shortly afterwards, to be taken on the staff at Rainbow Springs Nature Park. His fishing activities are recorded elswhere on this website but there is much more to Rainbow Springs among which is the conservation efforts underway there of New Zealand's national emblem - the Kiwi.
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NEWSLETTER No 1 of 2022
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