THE GUYS AND GALS AT WEM
If you'd like to take a look at the WEM contingent attending the Severn Valley Railway 1940's weekend in June 2003, click here, or here for them frightening the children at Croft Castle's WWII weekend. Oh who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler...............
So, you’d finally like to meet the chaps you’re dealing with here? We’re really not such a sad bunch at WEM, and love meeting new friends from all over the world.
First of all, Dave Carter (with his girlfriend, Frankie)
| Age: 46 |
| Sex: Sometimes |
| Height: 5 ft 10 ins |
| Build: Skinny |
| Occupation: Research and Development Manager, Chief Accountant, Webmaster, but mainly Teaboy |
| Favourite Ship: Admires anything carrying a 15 inch weapon or larger |
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Next, Caroline Snyder (with Rumbly the Siamese cat)
| Age: 46 |
| Sex: With computer mainly |
| Height: 5ft 7ins |
| Build: Subsiding |
| Occupation: Business/Advertising Manager, and Equipment Indestructability tester |
| Favourite Ship: Admires anything carrying a 15 inch weapon or larger.. married to John Snyder ;^) |
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and John Snyder
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| Sex: ;^) |
| Age: 61 |
| Height: Just right |
| Build: Cuddly |
| Occupation: Architectural Historian, Net Surfer, Historic Paint and Camouflage Expert.. Barbeque Manager, Potato Digger, and WEM dogsbody |
| Favourite Ship.. daft bloody question.. Vietnam vet.. served on USS BAINBRIDGE DLGN-25 1966-70 |
And then, Peter Hall
| Sex: Probably |
| Age: Jurassic |
| Height: 5ft 10ins in his stockings, but we won’t go into that.. |
| Build: Mainly 1/350 Scale |
| Occupation: Ex-Fleet Air Arm CPO, Master-Maker and teller of old salty sea stories |
| Favourite Ship: Always had a soft spot for the tribals.. not sure if he was talking about the ships or the women |
And Barry Keeler, WEM Paintmeister/Farbenmeister.. responsible for COLOURCOATS
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| Sex: Depends on amount of paint fumes inhaled.. |
| Age: 56 |
| Height: 5ft 10" |
| Build: Impressive! |
| Occupation: Trying to be retired without much success. |
| Favourite Ship: USS ENTERPRISE!!!!!!! |
Now on to Peter Ashford (Caroline's indispensible Dad)
| Sex: Too old |
| Age: Too old |
| Height: Shrinking (in most departments) |
| Build: Used to be skinny |
| Occupation: Financial Manager/Relief Packer |
| Favourite Ship: Any one with a bar |
Then there's the packing team (the ones to blame when you get the wrong stuff turn up):
Jackie Smith
| Sex: Never, according to her husband |
| Age: Still counting the rings |
| Height: Minimal |
| Build: Strapping |
| Occupation: Despatch and Export Manager |
| Favourite Ship: Oriana, Arcadia, QE2.. in fact any one on which she might meet a millionaire |
Martin Quelch
| Sex: Refuses to answer on the grounds he might incriminate himself. |
| Age: Remembers his first Airfix kit was the wooden model of his dad's dugout canoe. |
| Height: Still growing....so he says. |
| Build: Slim........git! |
| Occupation: The Other Despatch and Export Manager |
| Favourite Ship: The luxury yacht he's going to buy when we give him the promised pay rise...........errm, it's just these things take time to go through the admin dept......honest! |
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the late Rumbly, the ancient Blue Point Siamese Cat
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| Sex: Not after his operation |
| Age on crossing the bar on 3rd July 2005: somewhere in the region of 17 years |
| Height: About 12 inches, excluding odd shaped tail |
| Build: Fat |
| Occupation: Boss |
| Favourite Pastime: Deterring invading farm dogs...and of course always willing to help in the office. |
Farewell old friend!
And Spot The Cat... an involuntary addition to the South Farm division of WEM who decided this would be a fine place to take up residence.
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| Sex: Female |
| Age: Around 18 months |
| Height: Variable |
| Build: Pantheresque |
| Occupation: Walking over John's Macintosh, formulating Communist plots to upset the Capitalistic expansion of ship model sales across the world.. |
| Favourite Pastime: Walking over John's computer/printer/keyboard.. |
...and finally, the twins, Jake and Tikka. These two rather oddly proportioned freaks have now arrived to shatter Spot's peace and quiet. Bloody kids!
