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[Sunflowers]

I was in Cyprus twice. My father was stationed in Akrotiri from March '61 to October '63 and we lived in Limassol until we moved to Akrotiri for the last 7 months of our tour. I found this site while googling for Campbell School. I was a pupil at the school until I went to St. John's Episkopi in September '63 after passing my 11+ as it then was.

I returned to Cyprus with my (now ex) husband when he was posted there in March '74 and I was looking forward to another 3 years there. Then the Greek colonels staged a coup in Greece at the end of June and the Turks took advantage to invade in early July! All the men were sent to the bases while the families continued to live in the towns. We were under curfew most of the time. I moved my bed and my son's cot into the middle of the house and fastened the shutters. The electricity had failed, which made life difficult because my son was just over a year old! The army dropped ration packs on our doorsteps and then one day at the end of July they came and told us we had to pack "one small bag" and we were taken in 3-ton trucks in armed convoys to the bases where we spent a very uncomfortable time living four families to one married quarter until we could be repatriated back to the UK.

My father was still in the RAF at the time and - as luck would have it - he was stationed at Brize Norton so he met me off the plane on a freezing cold and wet August day. He had to take me to Oxford to buy clothes because my "one bag" contained baby stuff and all I had for me was what I was wearing - a summer dress, underwear which I hadn't changed for at least a month and flip flops!

[lark257]

Hello,
I had the chance to visit cyprus in 2012.
Campbell Primary School is still standing although no longer a school, it is now a very tired looking factory premises.
I have two big memories of the school the seismograph in the entrance hall and playing in the school play as the tinman
A shame but times move on.
I visited the island to show my two sons what my memories of growing up were. I would recommend it to anyone.
Memories are too precious to lose. I am trying to write my memories on a website called liife.com.
That way I will be able to pass them on.

[Alexa1994]

Hi,

I live in US but visit Paphos mostly. Welcome to the forum, here you will find of all the information related to Cyprus and nearby.

Best of luck and cheers