FORMER shipmates from across York and North and East Yorkshire who spent their National Service in the Navy are being invited to a major reunion.

The inaugural meeting of the National Service (Royal Navy) Association will take place at 9.30am on Saturday, March 9, on Hayling Island, on the south coast, during a social weekend reunion for hundreds of ex-Royal Navy personnel. Send details of service and a couple of second class stamps to Mike Crowe, 7 Heath Road, Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 8PG.

Updated: 10:19 Saturday, February 16, 2002