1. Unless you are one of those who regularly checks this blog to see whether somebody has contributed a new piece, you might want to take advantage of the new feature ("gadget") that I have installed. By providing your email address in the box above the list of Phillip's Foote reunions, and following the prompts, you will receive notification about 24 hours after there has been a new contribution to the blog. Let me know if you have any queries about this.
2. Since we now have a new method of communicating, besides the annual Phillip's Foote reunions, I have wondered whether we should make some attempts to contact people who were part of the Cos Ray scene at Sydney but have not appeared at any of our gatherings. Residing outside of Sydney - even overseas - is no longer an obstacle. Prompted by one of TonyP's articles, I decided to contact Hakki Ogelman, as I had been in touch with him (by email) some years back.
This was our exchange in 2004 (in reverse order):
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Hi Hakki,
Sorry to hear about your health problems - hopefully you are fully recovered by now. The timing is interesting though....all those marriages...
Attached are a few pictures taken at our reunions in a pub at Circular Quay - some from last week, some from 2 years back - you will probably recognise one or two of us. I have email addresses for some of them.
Take it easy.
Leo
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Hi Leo; yes I remember you well;I think of my good days at Sydney and also
narrabri.I also remember Mick Ryan too, the fair colored one.I have had
some correspondance with Murray Winn; I even had dinner with him when I
visited Sydney back in ?? for a pulsar conference. .since then I have had 2
more marriges.first to a turkish woman, now to an italian woman with whom
I had a boy back in 1994. those are the pictures on the web site;I had a
mean stroke in 1996.which slowed me down considerably.Murray had told me
he had some heart problems, how is he now? He is a bad e-mailer. i am
interested in all the news from the SUGAR GROUP keep me informed
pictures and all.cheers
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> Hi Hakki,
>
> You may or may not remember me - we were pals during the development of
> the SUGAR array in 66-67. Mike Ryan recently uncovered your web site so
> I just had to say hello!
>
> Our group regularly (every couple of years) has a reunion, and we had
> one just last week. If you are interested I can send some photos that
> were taken.
>
> I am back at Sydney Uni - after an absence of some 25 years - but in IT,
> rather than physics. Seems to be the way of most ex-physicists here.
>
> I enjoyed the family snaps, but wasn't sure who was what! You'll have to
> explain to me. What ever happened to Ivy?
>
>
> Look forward to your response, if you have time.
>
> Rgds
>
> Leo
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Just as well I decided to check with Dr Google first! See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakk%C4%B1_Boran_%C3%96gelman
and
https://aas.org/obituaries/hakki-b-ogelman-1940-2011
Hopefully we could have better luck with people such as John Loy, Geoff Chapman, Chris Bell, Seet Shou Khoon, Ray Woolcott, John Lehane, Peter Poole, Harry Messel.... and maybe others. If anyone knows how to contact any of these 'lost souls', please let me know so that I can invite them to join in.
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