English Pronunciation Audio

Oliver Green has lead an extraordinary life and witnessed many of the tumultuous events that have shaped the 20th century. 

Mezze, a new download version of the original audio cassette, was written and narrated by Oliver Green as he approached his 79th birthday.  It looks back on a distinguished career with the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot in World War II, a prisoner of war for nearly four years after being shot down in North Africa, commanding strategic air bases around the world and serving as Britiain's military representative to NATO. 

He first flew in an aircraft made from wood and fabric and broke the sound barrier in a jet. 

Inextricably linked with his love of flying is a passion for golf.  He helped build a course in a German prison camp and won a championship on it; he was playing golf with NATO's supreme commander in Europe when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and they kept abreast of events by military radio; he was knocked out of a club championship by an unknown 17-year-old called Nick Faldo; and he left the RAF to build two famous golf courses at Woburn for the Duke of bedford. 

His vivid recollections of history in the making and insider's observation of the main players is compelling listening.  It is social, military and sporting history recounted by an old world English officer and gentleman with a keen eye for detail and wry sense of humour who balances life's grim realities with a joyous appreciation of the foibles of human nature. 

Listening to his story is like joining him for a game at Bairnsdale Golf Club near his adopted home town of Paynesville in SE Australia. 

The listener is wiser and happier for the experience.