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Title: 12 years back
Post by: Pete the steam on May 10, 2019, 10:31:38 am
12 years ago after being released after 25 years of marriage I had half a bungalow to spend. I was back at me Mams ad saw an ad for holidays in The Gambia, so I booked for two weeks. Whilst there I met an English couple building a school who invited me to visit, needless to say I went back another 7 times. This is the only photo I have left of me and some of the kids.

Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: Stoker on May 10, 2019, 12:06:38 pm
Way cool to have such a significant experience in your personal "memory file"!

Nice one Pete!!!
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on May 10, 2019, 02:05:58 pm
What a great picture, and I'd be willing to bet you made an impression on quite a few of those young ones.(you old curmudgeon- with a heart of gold)
Thanks for sharing some pretty special memories with us.
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: kevin on May 10, 2019, 02:11:13 pm
cool, this is what real life is about :)
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: Pete the steam on May 10, 2019, 02:17:40 pm
Thanks lads,

I sponsered two kids through school, one is now training to be a nurse.
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: classixs on May 10, 2019, 02:52:56 pm
So cool to have been there, and even more so to have given others a better shot at life.

Great story Pete, well done and thanks for sharing !
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: jkbixby on May 10, 2019, 04:15:07 pm
Well done Pete, you've made the world a better place for your efforts. Sometime I'll do a post on my youngest son's efforts in a somewhat similar vein. Again, well done!
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: Jim on May 10, 2019, 05:40:49 pm
You've made a difference Pete to those kids lives.
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: txlabman on May 12, 2019, 06:03:26 am
Very cool Pete.

Thanks for sharing this memory.

I have never been to Gambia.
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: Nick on May 13, 2019, 10:21:38 pm
Very nice experience Pete  8)
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: RedRyder on May 14, 2019, 06:31:02 am
This is a great story and picture, Pete!


You are a man with a big heart who has made the world a better place than the one you were handed.


Gil
Title: Re: 12 years back
Post by: St Paul Steam on May 14, 2019, 06:32:02 am
Pete, I always knew you were/are an incredible fellow, this is neat.