Carlisle , Having been called up in 1956 in the Queens Royal Regiment , Drill was a doddle to me along with many other hardships as young men in training we endured , But because of that a certain L/Cpl of the 11th from north of the border had a ruthless dislike of Cockneys and Londoners in Genenral, and there was quite a lot of Royals from London either waiting to join the Regiment or like me in training, But because of my N/S time it came easy to me and he knew this but had no chance of making my life a misery, To cut a long story short, he was on the advance party to with the 11th to relieve us in Aden, We B/Sqn was up at Sharjah who arrieves as a trooper the Jock , and im a brand new L/Cpl ,you know what they say what go'es around comes around !!!!!!
I did my time in Hadrians Camp, just after Fred. Probably the same 11th. Hussar was our Drill Pig. I have a photo somewhere of our intake. Regards Doug.
I remember arriving at 67 Tng Regt in '48,saw a Squad passing off,looked at the rest of the intake - thought - we'll never make it.But we did,and saw the next intake looking at us with the same thoughts in their heads! Great days - gladly suffer 'em again! ----- Don
I also did my training at carlisle sep 56 to feb 57. I found the PTIs to be the worst. for being bullying.but we grinned and just got on with it.At xmas they sent the english lads home and then at new year the scots got their break.At xmas 57 58 a few of us regulars paid to come home on 3 weeks leave and flew from Dusseldorf to Manchester. It was a real surprise to be addressed as Sir by the air hostess and much quicker than the boat from Hook of Holland. Because of bad weather at mcr we had to land at Birmingham. There were 5 of us, myself,Ken Bonser,Jim last name eludes me and 2 others whose names I cant remember and the airline put us on a train to mcr for rest of journey.During journey we decided to freshen up and Jim said that the next carriage had hot water so he went to it in shirt sleeves braces towel round his neck. We realized after about 15 mins that he hadnt returned and on trying connecting door to next carriage found that they had split the train at the last station.On our arrival at mcr it was coming over on the loudspeakers for me to leave his gear at left luggage office and he would pick it up when he could get there from Liverpool. Just come to me his last name was Edmondsum. Happy days. John
Nice boots!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCarlisle , Having been called up in 1956 in the Queens Royal Regiment , Drill was a doddle to me along with many other hardships as young men in training we endured , But because of that a certain L/Cpl of the 11th from north of the border had a ruthless dislike of Cockneys and Londoners in Genenral, and there was quite a lot of Royals from London either waiting to join the Regiment or like me in training, But because of my N/S time it came easy to me and he knew this but had no chance of making my life a misery, To cut a long story short, he was on the advance party to with the 11th to relieve us in Aden, We B/Sqn was up at Sharjah who arrieves as a trooper the Jock , and im a brand new L/Cpl ,you know what they say what go'es around comes around !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the weights in his pants.And yes,L/cpls in those days were like kings - and raring to get their second!!!!!
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Don
Oh to be young again , would we do it all again i think so
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I did my time in Hadrians Camp, just after Fred. Probably the same 11th. Hussar was our Drill Pig.
ReplyDeleteI have a photo somewhere of our intake.
Regards Doug.
Fred, same applies to anywhere north of Redditch mate. I was at Carlisle Jan '56 and I know they were glad to get rid of me!
ReplyDeleteI remember arriving at 67 Tng Regt in '48,saw a Squad passing off,looked at the rest of the intake - thought - we'll never make it.But we did,and saw the next intake looking at us with the same thoughts in their heads!
ReplyDeleteGreat days - gladly suffer 'em again!
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Don
I was at Carlisle in 1953 looks like the grass has grown since I was ordered to cut it with my dinner knife, after being volunteered by the troop Sgt.
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I also did my training at carlisle sep 56 to feb 57. I found the PTIs to be the worst. for being bullying.but we grinned and just got on with it.At xmas they sent the english lads home and then at new year the scots got their break.At xmas 57 58 a few of us regulars paid to come home on 3 weeks leave and flew from Dusseldorf to Manchester. It was a real surprise to be addressed as Sir by the air hostess and much quicker than the boat from Hook of Holland. Because of bad weather at mcr we had to land at Birmingham. There were 5 of us, myself,Ken Bonser,Jim last name eludes me and 2 others whose names I cant remember and the airline put us on a train to mcr for rest of journey.During journey we decided to freshen up and Jim said that the next carriage had hot water so he went to it in shirt sleeves braces towel round his neck. We realized after about 15 mins that he hadnt returned and on trying connecting door to next carriage found that they had split the train at the last station.On our arrival at mcr it was coming over on the loudspeakers for me to leave his gear at left luggage office and he would pick it up when he could get there from Liverpool. Just come to me his last name was Edmondsum. Happy days.
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