The Sledgers Bar
Multiple Contributors
(Photos as shown individually)
1966 – Designed and Built by John Noel & Tom Allen
Terry Tallis – extracts from my Diary of 1966
1966 March 18th – Keith H.; Dick B.; and Dave H.; with their dog teams left for Snowshoe glacier to pick up East Coast depots being left by the Biscoe for east coast work. Moved the new Esse solid-fuel stove that had arrived by relief ship into the living room. The old stove went into the bathroom.
1966 March 22/23rd – Biscoe depots 150 boxes of dog food and 37 man rations at the foot Snowshoe Glacier. The rest of the East Coast depot laying teams left base.
Keith & Co delayed by bad weather and just reached top of Amphitheatre.
Neil, Ian and Alec meet up with them at the bottom of Sodabread.
Work started on installing the Esse stove.
1966 May 6th – Returned from 4 weeks depot laying.
“ Thank goodness the wind has dropped. Stella died during the night.
Broke camp and got away as soon as possible as the weather was not good. Ran into deep soft snow at Walton Peak that continued until we reached base.
John had cooked an excellent meal for us.
The livingroom and fireplace is excellent and nearly finished. John and Tom have put a lot of work into it and it certainly made a difference.
Dick and the rest of the lads have been busy making curtains etc…..”
The Full and Accurate Story of the John and Tom’s deaths later in May 1966 is told HERE
(Neil Marsden)
L to R, Dick Boulding, Neil Marsden, Ian Ross, George McLeod, John Noble, Bob England, Graham Smith
(Terry Tallis)
L & up to R: Dick Boulding (seated reading), Dave Horley, Neil Marsden, Dave Matthews, Ken Doyle, Ian Ross, Terry Tallis, Keith Holmes (seated), John Noble, Alec Bottomley.
The photo was taken a couple of weeks after the tragic incident and loss of John Noel and Tom Allen
(Terry Tallis)
Memorials to Tom Allan and John Noel
“Ye Compleat Fidde” carved by Tom but which never made it onto the Sledgers Bar
(Photos: Neil Marsden)
Scenes from the Sledgers Bar – Beloved by later Fids
1968, 1969, 1970 (Photos: Mick Pawley)
1973 (Photos: Dave Singleton & Roger Scott)
1973/1974 (Photos: Richard Barrett)
