Halley Bay - 1977

Pictures

Base photo:

Picture supplied by Tony Jackson

Back Row: Bunny - Gladys - Honk - Dave - Jim - Youth - Ratbag - JB - Geordie - Nibs - Ting - Leech - Pierre - Andy - Pedro - Tom - KCL - H -Tiger Front Left: Phil - Roger Brae - Muff Translation (courtesy of Barry Gardiner & Mike Pinnock): Back Row: Houlcroft, Witty, Davies, Hogg, Oliver, Wright, Morgan, Bradford, Rutherford, Emery, Chambers, Levack, Edwards, Quinn, Somerton, Forsyth, Lax, Matthews, Pinnock Front Left: Hart, Gardiner Brae - Muff

Oral History Recordings

• Mike Davies
• Steve Emery
• Ken Lax
• Mike Pinnock
• Pete Witty
• John Wright

Other information, anecdotes etc.

Reunion 2009

Reunion 2013

Reunion 2015

Reunion 2017

Reunion 2019

Reunion May 2020

Midwinter meeting 2020

Reunion Oct 2020

Reunion Nov 2021

Reunion Nov 2022

Visit to old IGY base (Halley I) by John Wright

Steve Chambers writes:

I must say that a Halley site is a splendid idea. Anecdotes of Halley ..now that could be a problem ..There's not enough bandwidth on the Internet. Some of the funniest stories included how we got our nicknames. Some nicknames I'm sure can still cause embarrassment with wives and girlfriends. For instance, why was Ken Lax called rent a cockerel ? How ever did Barry Gardiner end up with the nickname Roger , and one of the most embarrassing, how did Mike Pinnock end up with the name Tiger ? I think the rapport on this site over the coming months could be very entertaining! [12 May 2002]

Followed the year at Halley with an unplanned Winter at Belgrano. [15 November 2001]

In 1977, John "Harry" Matthews (VLF physicist) did several streaks from Halley 3, taking the same route as Graham Chambers records. He certainly did one during midwinter week. However, this was not an event that involved any other base members so I don't think we can claim to have invented the midwinter streak. I seem to recall that the first time Harry did it he wore no footwear and removed a lot of skin on the metal rungs of the gash shaft ladder! It didn't happen in 1978, so I guess Mick Roscoe's recording of the 1979 base streak may be the first "base-wide" event? [2 January 2004]
* See also contributions by Mick Roscoe, Dave Cruse and Tim Elvin.

I'm the Stanley beastie man now, so I get a regular visit to the Falklands - if anyone wants to drop in, there's always tea on in the ionosonde hut if I'm there.. [21 April 2009]

Michael Houlcroft was our tractor mechanic in 1977 and we were all saddened to learn of his death. He died peacefully in hospital in May 2019, but we only found out about this in July 2020. Bunny was popular on base. He had a great sense of humour and contributed much to the general welfare and morale on the base. [19 June 2020]

• Barry Gardiner
• Ken Lax
• Iain Levack

Summer 1976-77