You can send a greeting and tell us what you are now doing and enquire about old friends in the area.

And, if you'd like to see a picture of any particular place in your old town, just tell us where and we'll take one and post it here!

Finally, if you are a resident in our district who would like to contact any ex-pats, send us a message and we'll post it here - include an email/phone no so they can reply.

Click on editorial@buckinghamadvertiser.co.uk to send your message.

Please place the message 'Ex-pats' in the subject field.

A message from Alan Staley from Zakynthos, Greece, sent on April 16.
'I have lived on the island of Zakynthos for the last seven years but every week I log onto the Advertiser website to read the news even though I only get back from Buckingham once a year reading the paper is like a little piece of the UK. I work for Thomson Holidays as a rep and through the summer I meet a lot of people from all over the UK, but it is always nice to meet people from Buckingham.
Working in a small resort you get to know everyone that comes here. There is not a flight day goes by where I know at least one person who comes in. Both myself and my wife are reps. My wife Tracey Staley is Akeley born and bred.
The winter is a very peaceful time as the season ends in October. This winter we have been working quite hard as we are having a house built over here. We have a lovely piece of land in the mountains overlooking mainland Greece and Kefalonia. There is enough room for all our animals, we have seven dogs, 32 cats, eight chickens, 19 ducks, three goats and a tortoise. You could call it a small farm.
We are both part of the Zakinthos animal welfare foundation which means we are on call to look after sick, injured and abandoned animals.
We have car boot sales every Sunday in the winter to raise money to help the animals, so if there is anyone in Buckingham who would like to help, please let them get in touch.'
Contact Alan by clicking on editorial@buckinghamadvertiser.co.uk and putting 'Ex-pats Alan Staley' in the subject field.

A message from Sue Walters from Grantown-On-Spey, Scotland, sent on April 26.
'What a great revamp of the Buckingham Today website. Congratulations.
The website for me is very important. We moved to The Highlands for our daughter's ill health and, thankfully that move has been 100% successful as she is so well now. We do love it here among the mountains but we do miss people having lived and worked in the Horwoods for more than 30 years. So thank you.'

A message from Joan Sullivan in Port Macquarie, Australia, sent on May 21.
'My husband and myself lived in Buckingham for 25 years until we retired and emigrated to Australia at the start of 2006.
We live in the coastal town of Port Macquarie NSW where the winters are similar to an English summer and the summers are wonderful.
If the weather gets too hot we pop down to one of the eight local beaches to cool off in the ocean - beats air conditioning!
Other than the weather, the community is of Port Macquarie is very similar to Buckingham.'

A message from Sian Davy, from Adelaide, Australia, sent on July 3.
'This is the first time we've looked at the paper online, attracted by the story of the twister near Steeple Claydon.
We lived there before emigrating to Adelaide 16 months ago.
We are Sian and Paul Davy and children Cole, 5, Carrie, 4, and Libby, 2.'
Contact Sian by clicking on editorial@buckinghamadvertiser.co.uk and putting 'Ex-pats Sian Davy' in the subject field.

Message from Derrick and Annie Bates, from Brisbane, Australia, sent on November 9.
'Gidday out there.
I first moved to Buckingham in 1974 and lived in Bradfield Avenue.
The university librarian at the time was Mr John Pemberton who started the Buckingham Lions Club of which I was a founder member. I believe mayor Howard Mordue was also a founder member as of course some 20 other local men. For me it was a great time being involved and able to help the local community, the Advertiser editor Vic was an acquaintance and drinking buddy during that period.
I read recently that the Woolpack Inn had flooded yet again. I recall one year close to Christmas when the 'trencher' behind the Inn flooded and the ladies' club (not certain which one) who had booked their Christmas function, were forced to wear wellies, what a pretty sight they looked dressed up to the nines and with wellies!
We moved around a bit to Hanslope and Deanshanger, but soon returned and lived in Bourton Road, until emigrating to New Zealand on December 9 1982 (a sad day), but this was not to be home for ever.
We then moved to Brisbane, Australia in 1998 and have settled here. One day we will return for a holiday to Buckingham. Until then regards to those who can remember and a hello to cousin Val in Maids Moreton.'

Message from Les Sykes ex Padbury, The University on the Hill, Phillips & Sons, RAF, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Cov, sent on November 26.
'I worked for a time in the same workshop where my Dad worked on aeroengines during WW1.
I also worked for a short time with Jaguar in Los Angeles then on the Stealth Program and C 17 USAF cargo as an Airplane Inspector at Long Beach Calif, retiring 10 years ago. I am just recovering from open
heart surgery and Septicemia and was in ICU for 9 days, I just made it but do not remember anything about the operation or illness.
I had to learn to walk, write and speak again, Eric Capel has been
phoning me every week from Washington State to cheer
me up.
I live in Mission Viejo which is halfway between LA & San Diego as you know there have been terrible wild fires around us just coming within four miles so we were fortunate to only have ash and smoke
to contend with, Good Luck from Les.'

Message from Percy Hicks in Vancouver, Canada, sent on January 16, 2008.
'In my old age I love to go back to my Airforce days, from my home in Vancouver, Canada.
I keep in touch with the few family left and enjoy keeping up with the UK news. I was trying to get information about the old airfield and local pubs where we had cider at 4 pence a pint - not very often though on the Erks pay. Great days though.
My CO was Wing Commander Ken Burns. NHot many would remember him but what a hero he was. Later in life we became good friends and built our homes in Hamble, Hants, sailed the Solent etc.
The story not known to many living today is that Ken was in the Lancaster Squadron and his aircraft was hit and exploded. He was blown through the cockpit canopy and his chute didn't open. He fell 8-10,000 feet and landed in a bog. He lost an arm and an eye and somehow he lived but became a prisoner of war.
Bicester was a major wartime station during WWII. I enjoyed my time in Bicester and when I was watching a show on TV last evening, Inspector Morse, they mentioned my old haunts.'