2008 MLU & Blitz Wreck calendars

[cliff]

Below are just some of the photos that will make up the 2008 MLU calendar.

Finished size will be A4 landscape for both photos and calendar days - basically an A3 size paper folded in half.

See http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...&threadid=9928

for ordering instructions!

Cheers
Cliff

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January

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June

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December

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back cover

[Col Tigwell]

I hope that Geoff was not responsible for bending that r/h/ fender.

Cliff this is a great job you have done, as always your work is too such a high standard.

Trust you are travelling well

Regards

Col Tigwell

[cliff]

Thanks Col I appreciate the comment.

I have corrected the spelling mistake in the caption on the back page

[zemsi]

Originally posted by cliff
October

Hi Cliff

Great job and thank you for including so many pics of me.

Little correction for october. The one in the Background is Robert Farmer's truck. Henry, your input?

And I guess only the middle Blitz is Maxis. The one in the front is just in storage at Max places. Is this correct, Max?

cu
Chris

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by cliff
December

Great photos and job,Cliff.
The December triucks belong to Phil Waterman...New Hampshire ,USA...should be given the credits on the calander page..Phil is one of the original guys with Dr Gregg who started collecting and saving these Trucks..That C8A is the original CBC truck that was used to broadcast the CBC news from Europe after D Day....A very historic CMP..

[cliff]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Great photos and job,Cliff.
The December triucks belong to Phil Waterman...New Hampshire ,USA...should be given the credits on the calander page..Phil is one of the original guys with Dr Gregg who started collecting and saving these Trucks..That C8A is the original CBC truck that was used to broadcast the CBC news from Europe after D Day....A very historic CMP..

Alex I have changed the caption to read......Beauty & the Beast. owner - Phil Waterman...New Hampshire ,USA

Thanks for the correction.

Chris - October Changes

Chris once Max or the owners of the vehicles confirm your changes I will correct the text on the photo.

Thanks for the corrections guys I appreciate it as well as the time taken by those who sent me photos to use.

[Phil Waterman]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Great photos and job,Cliff.
The December triucks belong to Phil Waterman...New Hampshire ,USA...should be given the credits on the calander page..Phil is one of the original guys with Dr Gregg who started collecting and saving these Trucks..That C8A is the original CBC truck that was used to broadcast the CBC news from Europe after D Day....A very historic CMP..

Thanks for the kind words about being one of the long term CMP collectors. I got into this hobby/obsession because of Bart Vanderveen's books.

Minor correction though, my HUP was used by the BBC British Broadcasting Company in New York City. You are correct the CBC used several HUPs, I believe four, to cover the war in Europe.

[Max Hedges]

Cliff, good stuff

the 1st blitz c15 owner Eric Gruber
2nd blitz f15a owner me
these 2 blitzs were on the 1995 Back to the Track trip

and the chev truck belongs to Robert Farmer also from Yass
Max

[Richard Farrant]

Cliff,

Just in case Pete does not see this in time, a correction for the March photo, his surname is Ashby.

Good work!

Richard

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Phil Waterman
Thanks for the kind words about being one of the long term CMP collectors. I got into this hobby/obsession because of Bart Vanderveen's books.

Minor correction though, my HUP was used by the BBC British Broadcasting Company in New York City. You are correct the CBC used several HUPs, I believe four, to cover the war in Europe.

Hi Phil..
Glad you chimed and corrected me...
Are you coming up to Bob's BarB-Q in August..??

[cliff]

Richard - Peters name has been corrected

Max - caption and owners corrected on your photo.

Thanks for correcting them guys.

[David Ellery]

Awesome looking calender Cliff, well done I look forward to placing my order. You'll have to give youself some credit and put your name on there somewhere ! Cheers...

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Cliff
Well done, a good cross-section of international flavour. My mates should be pleased with the Adelaide Carrier. It's about time they stopped lurking and start posting, eh! Ray and Darian.
Bob

[Hendrik van Oorspronk]

Hello Cliff

Great Job,
The owner of the C15TA is a good friend of us, his name is
"Harry Bruin" from The Netherlands, he also wants to order a copy.
Little story for Niel, this one was recovered together with the one he has for sale. must be both one of these:

Source: https://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/c15ta.html

Greetings Hendrik

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Good job, Cliff! May I suggest a slight revision for your caption on the back-page photo, though?

"MLU's SUNRAY, Geoff Winnington-Ball (aka 'Jif')... etc etc...

Even if you choose not to use it, please capitalise the 'B' in '-ball'. Thanks mate.

BTW, I'll echo David Ellery's comment above... where are you in this? If nothing else, get someone to photograph you holding an MLU sticker out front and splice it in there someplace with credit for all the work done on the calendar. There's a good lad, chop-chop!

Oh yeah, one thing more... given the international spread of our membership, is it possible to get the actual calendar part to indicate the holidays and such from the various countries portrayed in the pictures?

While you mull this over, I'll have another close look at all and forward comments as they might occur to me.

In the meantime, I repeat on behalf of all of us, well done, laddie! Now it's time for another cuppa...

Jif

[cliff]

Originally posted by Hendrik van Oorspronk
The owner of the C15TA is a good freind of us, his name is
"Harry Bruin" from The Netherlands, he also wants to order a copy.

Hendrik I have added Harrys' name to the photo as owner.

[cliff]

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Good job, Cliff! May I suggest a slight revision for your caption on the back-page photo, though?

"MLU's SUNRAY, Geoff Winnington-Ball (aka 'Jif')... etc etc...

Even if you choose not to use it, please capitalise the 'B' in '-ball'. Thanks mate.

BTW, I'll echo David Ellery's comment above... where are you in this? If nothing else, get someone to photograph you holding an MLU sticker out front and splice it in there someplace with credit for all the work done on the calendar. There's a good lad, chop-chop!

Oh yeah, one thing more... given the international spread of our membership, is it possible to get the actual calendar part to indicate the holidays and such from the various countries portrayed in the pictures?

While you mull this over, I'll have another close look at all and forward comments as they might occur to me.

In the meantime, I repeat on behalf of all of us, well done, laddie! Now it's time for another cuppa...

Jif

OK Jif I've changed the caption to read MLUs Sunray etc....

Now the holidays...hmmm I may just leave christmas, new Years and easter in as holidays UNLESS all you folk will email me (chut2595ATbigpond.net.au) and tell me what your individual countries holidays are. Trouble with Aussie is that apart from mainstream holidays (Christmas, Easter, New Years and ANZAC day most of the other holidays are different.

I suggest here that the main stream holidays are marked (New Year, Easter and Christmas) but we perhaps only mark our individual nations rememberence days for our fallen soldiers. For instance ANZAC day (April 25) is Australias and New Zealands day for remembering their soldiers and we will mark Canadas, British etc etc. I of course will need to be told which days they are first though.

As to the other a picture of me in it would just spoil it so sorry no dice on that one, besides there is no room left and if there was I'd put another good looking truck pic in instead.

Thanks for all the kind words

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by cliff
I suggest here that the main stream holidays are marked (New Year, Easter and Christmas) but we perhaps only mark our individual nations rememberence days for our fallen soldiers. For instance ANZAC day (April 25) is Australias and New Zealands day for remembering their soldiers and we will mark Canadas, British etc etc. I of course will need to be told which days they are first though.

A bloody good idea, Cliff! It keeps it simple.

Canada's would be 'Remembrance Day', 11 November every year. The rest of you, pipe up!

Jif

[cliff]

Geoff I have changed the back cover to that shown below.

[PPS]

Cliff.

Great work on the calendar.

How much, where and when can I place an order, and what would the postage be please?

In the UK, although Armisitice Day is 11th November, the main parades are normally held on the second Sunday in November, this year actually being the 11th.

Over the past number of years there has been a tendancy to hold a two minute silence on the 11th November itself, where it does not fall on the Sunday.

Also, in Northern Ireland, there is a tradition of holding small parades (and some not so small) to mark the 1st July and the Battle of the Somme, in which the Canadians played a large and vital part.

The Newfoundland Regiment sent 801 men "over the top" that day - only 69 were fit to attend muster parade the next day.

Paul.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Cliff, great work.

How about considering adding some more Dutch CMPs?
Or next year maybe, eh?

[cliff]

Originally posted by PPS
Cliff.

Great work on the calendar.

How much, where and when can I place an order, and what would the postage be please?

Paul.

Hi Paul. I cannot confirm a price until I have printed the first run. Postage will be worked out at this time also. This will happen hopefully by the end of July and the beginning of August.

I hope to have paypal operating on my web site by this time so it should be easier for you overseas folk to pay. Remember all profits go to Geoff for running this MLU forum I will recover only printing and postage costs.

Hanno, without being rude folk have had some time to send me photos and those that did not send them when I asked missed out. But next year maybe people will be a bit quicker to send them when I ask

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by cliff
I hope to have paypal operating on my web site by this time so it should be easier for you overseas folk to pay. Remember all profits go to Geoff for running this MLU forum I will recover only printing and postage costs.

Hanno, without being rude folk have had some time to send me photos and those that did not send them when I asked missed out. But next year maybe people will be a bit quicker to send them when I ask

Cliff, it´s difficult to be rude to direct people like the Dutch. Like I said, next year maybe, eh? We will have a hard time to improve this year´s edition.

Some Dutch dates you might wish to include:
29 June: Veteran´s Day
4 May: Remembrance Day
5 May: Liberation Day

Great to hear you are directing the profits towards Keeping Maple Leaf Up! - we need all donations, large and small!

[cliff]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra


Some Dutch dates you might wish to include:
29 June: Veteran´s Day
4 May: Remembrance Day
5 May: Liberation Day

H.

Thanks for the dates Hanno.

I also have 11 November as rememberance day from Geoff and ANZAC day 25 April for the Kiwis and Aussies.

any more dates out there from other countries?

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by cliff
Thanks for the dates Hanno.

I also have 11 November as rememberance day from Geoff and ANZAC day 25 April for the Kiwis and Aussies.

any more dates out there from other countries?

Hi Cliff
Memorial day in the US varies..
here is the info and you would have to ink it in..Last Monday in May...every year so the date is not fixed..

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed this year on 2007-05-28). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country.

[cliff]

Thanks Alex.