Come on lads ,USE IT or LOSE IT,we must have something to say,even if it is only to moan about the SUPER COOL weather,dont you just LOVE this global warming?? Grumps.
Ok Grumps January 1963 A sqn depoyed on Road clearing of snow were you there I was with a shovel , bloody cold and we had to wait for the Sally Army for a cupa
The previous winter I was up on the Moor doing a map reading Ex while training with the 4/7th got lost slept in a Barn at Red Houses 21 one of us no Smoking . Wagon turned up at 7am with A 40 hot boxes Porriage and at the bottom eggs heated on the journey. and we did get a lift back. Now what did you do Grandad
I remember the winter of 63 down in Tidders. Whole bloody regiment out on the streets clearing snow. If I remember it was the section of road near the QARANC club. I went home on weekend leave just before the snow fell. I was a day AWOL by the time I got back to camp. I was put on a charge and went before the Sqn Leader (Piggy Evans). I was quite amazed that the Sqn S/M (Bones Ransom) said that he had checked all of the train timetables and found that rail network had been closed due to weather conditions. He had blatantly lied for me and all I received was a day stoppage of pay. I had a lot of respect for Bones after that.
And I too remember that winter in Tidworth,we took over a new MQ and admired the glaze to the decoration,then we reaöized it was the frost comintg out of the walls,the only way we survived was with a Sankey Senator parafin heater,you could not light the fire with the back boiler as it was frozen solid.I was also allotted a garage,the snow drift in front of the door was about 3 yards high,never got the car in till the thaw.If you wanted some fuel you had to collect yourself,no firm was delivering.Boy,was that a cold and desolate hole!!!! -------- Don
I was at Catterick in 62 (thanks to Don...lol) and Tidworth 63. Bloody freezing, remember the map reading exercises in both places. I reckon S. Leadrers thought we'd get lost out in the snow on the N.York moors and around Hampshire. Not much snow in my neck of the woods at the moment (4''), heavy snow forecast for the weekend. We shall see. Your comment Brian goes for both sites, apathy setting in??? I hope not. TIS
What is wrong with the weather it is about time we had some hard frosts maybe kill off some of the pests in the garden and then for us veggie growers maybe we can do away with having to spray everything with chemicals all the time, but on saying that I grow mine organically but the others who spray there plots are not fussy about there spray going over my plot when I am not around.
Mike, I do not know the intake No:, but it was January 1962, possibly the one after yours. I recognise you from your pic's, also Tpr. Thompson. I went to 'C' Sqn when I joined in Ipoh. TIS
Winter !62 Travelled to London, stayed overnight in UJ Club. Train to A---- ???? No Regt. bus for families.3ft. snow on all roads. 3 Tonners from station to Tidworth. Regards Doug.
ps. to above. Here in the North East have approx. 3ft. snow.in country areas. The River Tees here in Yarm, N. Yorks. is frozen over. The first time in my memory. When we where kids (1940s) and the river was tidal in 1947 we had icebergs floating downriver. Today it is Non-tidal, but frozen from bank to bank. We can expect the same for at least another week.
I understand that,S. Korea, China, India, USof A, Europe and many other countries worldwide are feeling the chill. Global Warming!!! Bring it on. I prefer the sun on my back rather than a cold wind. Best Regards Doug.
1947,LONG FROST,was it about 12/13 weeks?not a farmers fence around at the end,or hardly any trees!!well we had to keep warm somehow, coal waggons could not use the roads,going to school,we had to walk through a tunnel through the snow it had piled up in a huge drift in between the cottages either side of the road and it was easier to tunnel through than to try and rid it all.The whole country was at a standstill,I was 10 years old at the time but can remember that though,yet other memories have been lost forever.???????????? Grumps. Herford was a damn cold place in the winter of 58early 59.the ski-ing at Winterburgh?(Spelling)was good though. Bri.
Tis, I think the cut-off for intakes to go to Ipoh was something like 62/5 ?? or thereabouts. Those Royals after that went out to Osnerbruk and then onto the advance party to Tidders.
Back to the cold today,wanted to get the car out to collect the bread,snow drift half way up the door convinved me that a walk to town would be much safer.Gale force wind blowing,snowing like mad,and forcasted to snow for the next two days.Topped up the old winter warfare clothing including the long johns to protect ones best friend.Terry and those in the South East get your snow shovels handy as this lot is heading your way!After clearing the snow off the drive for an hour the wife said when I came back in the house"you've got lovely pink cheeks".My answer had better remain unsaid! S'no joke! -------- Don
Which set of cheeks was that then Don.......lol. You are right about the weather, we have had a freezing cold wind all day but very little snow, Must be going over our heads, (St.Peters, is the highest point in Thanet) so I reccon that we are just getting the tail end. Just watching the BBC forecast, they say we will cop it tommorrow? we shall see. BG4all, you will have to reveal your ID. Alot of members are incognito which doesn't help when you are in chat and you do not know who it is you are communicating with???????. On our Eagle105 site, a good number of members have Changed their ,log in names, to their real names, it helps a great deal. I know Denis and John have asked members to do this, it makes sense and helps a great deal. TIS
1947 was grim - still had food rationing, coal nearly ran out, only one fireplace, no central heating, Valor oil stove in the bathroom (one bath a week whether we needed it or not). Called to the colours Oct.48 to 12 R.L. Barford Camp, the coldest hole in the Northern Union! Went by 3-Tonner to Oswestry to a football match with the R.A. in December, and on return froze in the back of the wagon going over Blubberhouses Moor after truck conked out. eventually made it to Harrogate with frost forming on the pavements, while someone had gone to find a petrol point. A kind lady from a house nearby asked if we would lke a cup of tea, About eight of us nearly knocked her down in the rush, and she brewed up for us and supplied cakes and all! True Yorkshire hospitality and I say that as a Lancastrian! Harold.
For me nothing can compere with the winter of 1947. It was early in January that year that left my home in Cork and travelled to Belfast to enlist. After six weeks basic training with The Royal Irish Fusiliers At Ballykinler ,I with a few hundred others, crossed from Belfast to Stranraer in a blizzard. Some crossing. The final destination for a few of us was Barnard Castle which we reached a couple of days later having spent one night in the cells of a police station because there was no transport. The conditions at BC resembled a concentration camp and there was a guard even on nthe coal bunker in case we raided it so that we could keep warm (which we did of course). It was some introduction to the army.
Thanks tis105 for your backing with regards members who do not give us there real names, as you say it helps us a great deal if we know who we are conversing with, we do not mind anyone having a log in name different to their own as long as they also give us there full name in their profiles.
my memories of '47 were short trousers.(weren't allowed long trousers 'till you were 14 in case yer got to "Big for yer boots " 2" of ice on the pavment single brick cottage one gas light in the living room same for fire , no NHS if any of us were very ill and had to have the doctor the nieghbours clubed in with any spare coins they had to help pay for him the rest came from the "Pannel " who 1st came to see if you have anything that you could sell first .Mum fed us & paid the rent with the old mans war pension of one pound & sixpence per week . those were the good old days oh yes a dollop of blody cod liver oil in the months wiv an R uggg
fcc0077,re your WIV AN R uggg,reminds me of one way we kept warm,making RUGS withstrips of old clothing cut then pegged it on a sack cloth as it grew your legs got warmer,and the buggers lasted,after a while mumand I got better at it and even made patterned ones,ELITE,dead posh. Another was putting the iron plate out of the heated oven in the bed wrapped up in an old cardie,and warming up firebricks for the same use. OH HAPPY DAYS??????????????/ Grumps
I remember the winter of 47 well we built Igloo's in Selly Park Rec, you may remember that Brian.we use to have to collect water from water carts which use to be brought round each day.I really enjoyed those long cold winters in Germany.
At Barnard Castle they used to whitewash the coal so they could see at a glance if anyone had "aquired"any to stop from freezing to death.The QM must have got some award if the fuel stocks were still intact at the end of a hard winter,and they were hard in the 47,48s onward!We used to go along the railway embankment picking up the coal that fell from the trains,that camp should have been for "survival training".And even though we were "perky"in those days we still wore our "drawers long"issue to keep the thing from dropping off! ------- Don
My heart bleeds for all of you guys having to suffer the slings and arrows of a cold UK winter, Give us a thought where here in Cyprus( the northern side not the dark side) the daytime temps are a barmy 23 degrees supported by brilliant blue cloudless skies, and night temps drop to around plus 8 we are really suffering, Cheer up and blame it on the goverment. All the very best to all ex Goons. Bryan Rowland " A" squadron tech stores 57 through 60.
Whilst we are on the subject of the weather, I wonder If anyone remembers a particular spell of bad weather we had when on exercise on Luneburg Heath - Detmold time this is.. It was in summer and it rained incessently for days on end, so much so that all tanks had to stay put because if they moved they would bog down, In fact one Sqn. of RTR did so as did the rec vehicles that tried to get them out.We wered bored to tears with the inactivity and morale was at a low pitch. The news papers at ythe time featured about the Viet nam war and were describing the the ferocious weather being experienced there. For a joke I put a notice on a blackboard outside HQ. Sqn. office tent to the effect that volunteers were wanted to go to Nam. I was 'gob-smacked' at the number of blokes who wanted to volunteer in spite ofhe weather Paddy.
In 1946 my father bought a small farm at the end of a mile & a half of unmade lane, that had no houses along it and, that ended at our place. Two months after our arrival the snow began to fall and soon the lane was blocked to any transportation. The only way out was over the fields to a tiny village. It was possible to carry some groceries over the fields but cattle cake and other animal foods were packaged in one hundredweight sacks; dad made a large sledge and coupled a horse to it and it worked a treat. The snow drifted down the lane and filled it from hedge top to hedge top; my brother and I would walk along the frozen snow at hedge top level about six feet up in the air. This condition prevailed for quite a few weeks and there was no school during this time, hurrah! This experience is indelibly impressed on my memory. The 1962 bad winter is easily recalled for a different reason to the above. After National Service I emigrated to what was then Rhodesia and in time married a lovely Rhodesian girl of Scots decent. We travelled to England for me to study and one early morning my wife opened the curtains and for the first time in her life saw snow! We hurriedly dress and went out and built a snowman and threw snow balls like young children, happy memory.
BG4all, acker Roger Frost, ex 'C' Sqn and then I believe 'B' Squadron. Identified you from your picture. It does help if you could add your name to your profile Roger. TIS
now my memories of the winter of 1962. I arrived back from Ipoh on the evening of 22 Dec in a tropical suit my winter one got eaten by those buzz beatles. night in the u j club then down to Dover and the ferry and train to germany to get wed ended up 20 hrs late in a unheated carrage when I got into Paderborn Bahnhof I was greeted by the ticket man as the young Tommy aus Malaya .he then made me share a bottle of Korn with him and told me that my fiancee had waited all day but had to go to work .he then called a taxi gave the driver the address to take me and ordered him not to charge me for the ride and wished me happy christmas and good luck.by the time I reported to Tidworth the winter was almost over.to this day Madam still does not believe how I got so P *ssed
Can't complain about the cold, it's 20 degrees in Turkey. May have dropped a clanger by agreeing to go the camel wrestling on Sunday. Apparently, they fight each other quite severely. Not convinced this for me, having been to a Bull Fight in Spain.
My missus,saw a program on local TV t'other day where this doctor from Lippeland (Dons neck of the woods ! ) said people with Bypasses must not clear snow, as if I would my son has machines for that. she went out picked up a two man snow shovel the size of a wheelbarrow & proceeded to clear the snow,it went well untill it was full,she is recovering from a Hernia OP.gute Besserung to my old Bride
Crickey,one of my neighbours has more bypasses than the M1,still out clearing snow every day else he'd have nothing to eat.But seriously,anyone with a bypass or pacemaker should take it easy on such passtimes as snow-clearing!Glad to say the snow has stopped now,the sun is shining,when I left on my daily hike this morning it was minus 8.2 on the terrace.And you guys roughing it in those unhealthy hot-spots,make sure you keep your factor 50 on,and keep out of the sun with those gin and tonics! ------ Don
A great sigh of relief as the thaw continued all day and then half an hour ago back comes the white stuff. The government shoud do something about having it all deported to Don's neck of the woods where they are used to it. Paddy
My daily hike takes me to a unhealthy Hot spot. my state of the art pellet fed central heating to see if it is still working,thankfully it seems they have at last fixed it.it only took them 5 years,but its nice and warm now.
Wood pellet heating is catching on over here,thinking myself of changing from gas when the old bolier packs in.Anyone with experience of GOOD pellet heating?Some say it stinks over the nearby areas? ------- Don
So to unfold the Bog 4 All I do love you all but we must find out the mystery, soaking the grey cells in scotch looking though the glass back to Tidworth. We had a Cpl Christmas did we not, ? now we have Tpr Frost , are they one in the same or is it Christmas past bg4all wrote on Jan 8, edited on Jan 8 My intake with 4th/7th was 62/12 but passed outwith 62/19 after doing a radio course. Now 61/21 was Sept to Jan that being 16 weeks . 62 / 1Jan to April . Ah I'm off glass is dry Mike
Don .re pellets they are ok really its just the fact that I got one of the very first one and as a result had all the problems that went with them.but the makers were very good and extended the warranty from 2 years to 5 fixed it and there are completly new models on the market today they don't stink either occasionly a slight smell of pine wood.mine is a dual fuel model wood/pellets very ecconomical for arborculturalists cost me only about 300 euros a year to heat my large farm house come and see it if you want ,we are right on the B1 in schloß neuhaus PS the costs are mainly for the sweep & electricity for the pumps and ignition
Hi Mike, its no longer Chris Christmas its now Chris Godwin,I saw him quite a few years ago on a morning Quiz show on UK TV if I remember he did quite well but missed out on the top prize.Frank
Sounds like pellet heating might be for me?.Its quite mild here in Detmold today,0c,came back from my hike sweating,thawing from the roof are great icicles forming,the Feuerwehr are about in the town knocking off the dangerous ones.Mike,I will be in Guernsey Sept this year as we have a big family wedding in Herm beginning Oct,so will see you then! ----- Don
I was in the January 62 intake at Catterick, so I guess that was 62/1? Posted to Ipoh in May , after doing the Signallers course, 'C' Sqn, SHQ troop. Roger Frost appears in the 1963 Eagle, 'C' Sqn, 2nd Troop, so must have been late 62 when he enlisted. He must have gone straight to Tidworth afterwards. TIS
Hi all, Had "nowt to say" yesterday as the site was upgrading.Hav'nt noticed anything different yet,but I suppose the 50 pound notes out of the printer will come later! ----- Don
I went back to Barnard Castle a few years ago. Happened to mention to a lady in a shop that I used to be at Deerbolt Camp. I thought she was a bit off with me. When I drove to the camp later on, I found it's now a prison.
Finally managed to get back on line. My problem was I upgraded to Internet Explorer 8. What a bag of worms that was. Got rid of it and gone back to Internet Explorer 7. So now back in touch with this BB.
Kim,and other such ladies,were once the subject of our foolish days,and I know all of us would steer a clear path around such obstacles(?) I hope I did'nt hear "haw haw"from the background? "drip drip drip - you'll miss that ship! -------- Don
Ok Grumps January 1963 A sqn depoyed on Road clearing of snow were you there
ReplyDeleteI was with a shovel , bloody cold and we had to wait for the Sally Army for a cupa
The previous winter I was up on the Moor doing a map reading Ex while training with the 4/7th
got lost slept in a Barn at Red Houses 21 one of us no Smoking .
Wagon turned up at 7am with A 40 hot boxes Porriage and at the bottom eggs heated on the journey. and we did get a lift back.
Now what did you do Grandad
I remember the winter of 63 down in Tidders. Whole bloody regiment out on the streets clearing snow. If I remember it was the section of road near the QARANC club. I went home on weekend leave just before the snow fell. I was a day AWOL by the time I got back to camp. I was put on a charge and went before the Sqn Leader (Piggy Evans). I was quite amazed that the Sqn S/M (Bones Ransom) said that he had checked all of the train timetables and found that rail network had been closed due to weather conditions. He had blatantly lied for me and all I received was a day stoppage of pay. I had a lot of respect for Bones after that.
ReplyDeleteThat was truly a wake up call after three years in the sun
ReplyDeleteAnd I too remember that winter in Tidworth,we took over a new MQ and admired the glaze to the decoration,then we reaöized it was the frost comintg out of the walls,the only way we survived was with a Sankey Senator parafin heater,you could not light the fire with the back boiler as it was frozen solid.I was also allotted a garage,the snow drift in front of the door was about 3 yards high,never got the car in till the thaw.If you wanted some fuel you had to collect yourself,no firm was delivering.Boy,was that a cold and desolate hole!!!!
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I was at Catterick in 62 (thanks to Don...lol) and Tidworth 63. Bloody freezing, remember the map reading exercises in both places. I reckon S. Leadrers thought we'd get lost out in the snow on the N.York moors and around Hampshire. Not much snow in my neck of the woods at the moment (4''), heavy snow forecast for the weekend. We shall see.
ReplyDeleteYour comment Brian goes for both sites, apathy setting in??? I hope not.
TIS
TIS What intake were you in , I was in 61/21
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with the weather it is about time we had some hard frosts maybe kill off some of the pests in the garden and then for us veggie growers maybe we can do away with having to spray everything with chemicals all the time, but on saying that I grow mine organically but the others who spray there plots are not fussy about there spray going over my plot when I am not around.
ReplyDelete'B' Sqn went on exercise on Salisbury Plain in '63.We had a few Kiwis attached to us and they were not chuffed with the conditions.
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I was in MUNCHENGLADBACH at the time on the POLICE STAFF and it was 3ft deep [no patrols]
ReplyDeleteMike, I do not know the intake No:, but it was January 1962, possibly the one after yours. I recognise you from your pic's, also Tpr. Thompson. I went to 'C' Sqn when I joined in Ipoh.
ReplyDeleteTIS
Use it or lose it eh, so thats why I lost it I was just wondering, I also remember the winter of '47 which of the 2 were worse
ReplyDeleteMy intake with 4th/7th was 62/12 but passed outwith 62/19 after doing a radio course.
ReplyDeleteWinter !62 Travelled to London, stayed overnight in UJ Club. Train to A---- ???? No Regt. bus for families.3ft. snow on all roads. 3 Tonners from station to Tidworth.
ReplyDeleteRegards Doug.
ps. to above. Here in the North East have approx. 3ft. snow.in country areas. The River Tees here in Yarm, N. Yorks. is frozen over. The first time in my memory. When we where kids (1940s) and the river was tidal in 1947 we had icebergs floating downriver. Today it is Non-tidal, but frozen from bank to bank. We can expect the same for at least another week.
ReplyDeleteI understand that,S. Korea, China, India, USof A, Europe and many other countries worldwide are feeling the chill. Global Warming!!! Bring it on. I prefer the sun on my back rather than a cold wind.
Best Regards Doug.
1947,LONG FROST,was it about 12/13 weeks?not a farmers fence around at the end,or hardly any trees!!well we had to keep warm somehow, coal waggons could not use the roads,going to school,we had to walk through a tunnel through the snow it had piled up in a huge drift in between the cottages either side of the road and it was easier to tunnel through than to try and rid it all.The whole country was at a standstill,I was 10 years old at the time but can remember that though,yet other memories have been lost forever.????????????
ReplyDeleteGrumps.
Herford was a damn cold place in the winter of 58early 59.the ski-ing at Winterburgh?(Spelling)was good though.
Bri.
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ReplyDeleteThat brings back vivid memories. I used to drive ski parties to Winterberg in C Sqn Humber 1 ton in those days. Never did try to ski myself.
Tis, I think the cut-off for intakes to go to Ipoh was something like 62/5 ?? or thereabouts. Those Royals after that went out to Osnerbruk and then onto the advance party to Tidders.
ReplyDeleteBack to the cold today,wanted to get the car out to collect the bread,snow drift half way up the door convinved me that a walk to town would be much safer.Gale force wind blowing,snowing like mad,and forcasted to snow for the next two days.Topped up the old winter warfare clothing including the long johns to protect ones best friend.Terry and those in the South East get your snow shovels handy as this lot is heading your way!After clearing the snow off the drive for an hour the wife said when I came back in the house"you've got lovely pink cheeks".My answer had better remain unsaid!
ReplyDeleteS'no joke!
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Which set of cheeks was that then Don.......lol. You are right about the weather, we have had a freezing cold wind all day but very little snow, Must be going over our heads, (St.Peters, is the highest point in Thanet) so I reccon that we are just getting the tail end. Just watching the BBC forecast, they say we will cop it tommorrow? we shall see.
ReplyDeleteBG4all, you will have to reveal your ID. Alot of members are incognito which doesn't help when you are in chat and you do not know who it is you are communicating with???????.
On our Eagle105 site, a good number of members have Changed their ,log in names, to their real names, it helps a great deal. I know Denis and John have asked members to do this, it makes sense and helps a great deal.
TIS
1947 was grim - still had food rationing, coal nearly ran out, only one fireplace, no central heating, Valor oil stove in the bathroom (one bath a week whether we needed it or not). Called to the colours Oct.48 to 12 R.L. Barford Camp, the coldest hole in the Northern Union! Went by 3-Tonner to Oswestry to a football match with the R.A. in December, and on return froze in the back of the wagon going over Blubberhouses Moor after truck conked out. eventually made it to Harrogate with frost forming on the pavements, while someone had gone to find a petrol point. A kind lady from a house nearby asked if we would lke a cup of tea, About eight of us nearly knocked her down in the rush, and she brewed up for us and supplied cakes and all! True Yorkshire hospitality and I say that as a Lancastrian! Harold.
ReplyDeleteFor me nothing can compere with the winter of 1947. It was early in January that year that left my home in Cork and travelled to Belfast to enlist. After six weeks basic training with The Royal Irish Fusiliers At Ballykinler ,I with a few hundred others, crossed from Belfast to Stranraer in a blizzard. Some crossing. The final destination for a few of us was Barnard Castle which we reached a couple of days later having spent one night in the cells of a police station because there was no transport. The conditions at BC resembled a concentration camp and there was a guard even on nthe coal bunker in case we raided it so that we could keep warm (which we did of course). It was some introduction to the army.
ReplyDeleteThanks tis105 for your backing with regards members who do not give us there real names, as you say it helps us a great deal if we know who we are conversing with, we do not mind anyone having a log in name different to their own as long as they also give us there full name in their profiles.
ReplyDeleteWho is bg4all Roger trying to put a surname to it
ReplyDeletemy memories of '47 were short trousers.(weren't allowed long trousers 'till you were 14 in case yer got to "Big for yer boots " 2" of ice on the pavment single brick cottage one gas light in the living room same for fire , no NHS if any of us were very ill and had to have the doctor the nieghbours clubed in with any spare coins they had to help pay for him the rest came from the "Pannel " who 1st came to see if you have anything that you could sell first .Mum fed us & paid the rent with the old mans war pension of one pound & sixpence per week . those were the good old days oh yes a dollop of blody cod liver oil in the months wiv an R uggg
ReplyDeletefcc0077,re your WIV AN R uggg,reminds me of one way we kept warm,making RUGS withstrips of old clothing cut then pegged it on a sack cloth as it grew your legs got warmer,and the buggers lasted,after a while mumand I got better at it and even made patterned ones,ELITE,dead posh.
ReplyDeleteAnother was putting the iron plate out of the heated oven in the bed wrapped up in an old cardie,and warming up firebricks for the same use. OH HAPPY DAYS??????????????/
Grumps
I remember the winter of 47 well we built Igloo's in Selly Park Rec, you may remember that Brian.we use to have to collect water from water carts which use to be brought round each day.I really enjoyed those long cold winters in Germany.
ReplyDeleteAt Barnard Castle they used to whitewash the coal so they could see at a glance if anyone had "aquired"any to stop from freezing to death.The QM must have got some award if the fuel stocks were still intact at the end of a hard winter,and they were hard in the 47,48s onward!We used to go along the railway embankment picking up the coal that fell from the trains,that camp should have been for "survival training".And even though we were "perky"in those days we still wore our "drawers long"issue to keep the thing from dropping off!
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My heart bleeds for all of you guys having to suffer the slings and arrows of a cold UK winter, Give us a thought where here in Cyprus( the northern side not the dark side) the daytime temps are a barmy 23 degrees supported by brilliant blue cloudless skies, and night temps drop to around plus 8 we are really suffering, Cheer up and blame it on the goverment. All the very best to all ex Goons. Bryan Rowland " A" squadron tech stores 57 through 60.
ReplyDeleteWhilst we are on the subject of the weather, I wonder If anyone remembers a particular spell of bad weather we had when on exercise on Luneburg Heath - Detmold time this is.. It was in summer and it rained incessently for days on end, so much so that all tanks had to stay put because if they moved they would bog down, In fact one Sqn. of RTR did so as did the rec vehicles that tried to get them out.We wered bored to tears with the inactivity and morale was at a low pitch. The news papers at ythe time featured about the Viet nam war and were describing the the ferocious weather being experienced there. For a joke I put a notice on a blackboard outside HQ. Sqn. office tent to the effect that volunteers were wanted to go to Nam. I was 'gob-smacked' at the number of blokes who wanted to volunteer in spite ofhe weather
ReplyDeletePaddy.
In 1946 my father bought a small farm at the end of a mile & a half of unmade lane, that had no houses along it and, that ended at our place. Two months after our arrival the snow began to fall and soon the lane was blocked to any transportation. The only way out was over the fields to a tiny village. It was possible to carry some groceries over the fields but cattle cake and other animal foods were packaged in one hundredweight sacks; dad made a large sledge and coupled a horse to it and it worked a treat. The snow drifted down the lane and filled it from hedge top to hedge top; my brother and I would walk along the frozen snow at hedge top level about six feet up in the air. This condition prevailed for quite a few weeks and there was no school during this time, hurrah! This experience is indelibly impressed on my memory. The 1962 bad winter is easily recalled for a different reason to the above. After National Service I emigrated to what was then Rhodesia and in time married a lovely Rhodesian girl of Scots decent. We travelled to England for me to study and one early morning my wife opened the curtains and for the first time in her life saw snow! We hurriedly dress and went out and built a snowman and threw snow balls like young children, happy memory.
ReplyDeleteBG4all, acker Roger Frost, ex 'C' Sqn and then I believe 'B' Squadron. Identified you from your picture. It does help if you could add your name to your profile Roger.
ReplyDeleteTIS
now my memories of the winter of 1962. I arrived back from Ipoh on the evening of 22 Dec in a tropical suit my winter one got eaten by those buzz beatles. night in the u j club then down to Dover and the ferry and train to germany to get wed ended up 20 hrs late in a unheated carrage when I got into Paderborn Bahnhof I was greeted by the ticket man as the young Tommy aus Malaya .he then made me share a bottle of Korn with him and told me that my fiancee had waited all day but had to go to work .he then called a taxi gave the driver the address to take me and ordered him not to charge me for the ride and wished me happy christmas and good luck.by the time I reported to Tidworth the winter was almost over.to this day Madam still does not believe how I got so P *ssed
ReplyDeleteI remember the freezing rain in hereford and trying to get up that slope from the naafi,nigh on impossible
ReplyDeleteCan't complain about the cold, it's 20 degrees in Turkey. May have dropped a clanger by agreeing to go the camel wrestling on Sunday. Apparently, they fight each other quite severely. Not convinced this for me, having been to a Bull Fight in Spain.
ReplyDeleteMy missus,saw a program on local TV t'other day where this doctor from Lippeland (Dons neck of the woods ! ) said people with Bypasses must not clear snow, as if I would my son has machines for that. she went out picked up a two man snow shovel the size of a wheelbarrow & proceeded to clear the snow,it went well untill it was full,she is recovering from a Hernia OP.gute Besserung to my old Bride
ReplyDeleteCrickey,one of my neighbours has more bypasses than the M1,still out clearing snow every day else he'd have nothing to eat.But seriously,anyone with a bypass or pacemaker should take it easy on such passtimes as snow-clearing!Glad to say the snow has stopped now,the sun is shining,when I left on my daily hike this morning it was minus 8.2 on the terrace.And you guys roughing it in those unhealthy hot-spots,make sure you keep your factor 50 on,and keep out of the sun with those gin and tonics!
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A great sigh of relief as the thaw continued all day and then half an hour ago back comes the white stuff. The government shoud do something about having it all deported to Don's neck of the woods where they are used to it.
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My daily hike takes me to a unhealthy Hot spot. my state of the art pellet fed central heating to see if it is still working,thankfully it seems they have at last fixed it.it only took them 5 years,but its nice and warm now.
ReplyDeleteWood pellet heating is catching on over here,thinking myself of changing from gas when the old bolier packs in.Anyone with experience of GOOD pellet heating?Some say it stinks over the nearby areas?
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So to unfold the Bog 4 All
ReplyDeleteI do love you all but we must find out the mystery, soaking the grey cells in scotch looking though the glass back to Tidworth. We had a Cpl Christmas did we not, ? now we have Tpr Frost , are they one in the same or is it Christmas past
bg4all wrote on Jan 8, edited on Jan 8
My intake with 4th/7th was 62/12 but passed outwith 62/19 after doing a radio course.
Now 61/21 was Sept to Jan that being 16 weeks . 62 / 1Jan to April . Ah I'm off glass is dry
Mike
Don .re pellets they are ok really its just the fact that I got one of the very first one and as a result had all the problems that went with them.but the makers were very good and extended the warranty from 2 years to 5 fixed it and there are completly new models on the market today they don't stink either occasionly a slight smell of pine wood.mine is a dual fuel model wood/pellets very ecconomical for arborculturalists cost me only about 300 euros a year to heat my large farm house come and see it if you want ,we are right on the B1 in schloß neuhaus
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Hi Mike, its no longer Chris Christmas its now Chris Godwin,I saw him quite a few years ago on a morning Quiz show on UK TV if I remember he did quite well but missed out on the top prize.Frank
ReplyDeleteSounds like pellet heating might be for me?.Its quite mild here in Detmold today,0c,came back from my hike sweating,thawing from the roof are great icicles forming,the Feuerwehr are about in the town knocking off the dangerous ones.Mike,I will be in Guernsey Sept this year as we have a big family wedding in Herm beginning Oct,so will see you then!
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I was in the January 62 intake at Catterick, so I guess that was 62/1? Posted to Ipoh in May , after doing the Signallers course, 'C' Sqn, SHQ troop. Roger Frost appears in the 1963 Eagle, 'C' Sqn, 2nd Troop, so must have been late 62 when he enlisted. He must have gone straight to Tidworth afterwards.
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Hi all,
ReplyDeleteHad "nowt to say" yesterday as the site was upgrading.Hav'nt noticed anything different yet,but I suppose the 50 pound notes out of the printer will come later!
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Don
ReplyDeleteYour brother Tom (late I Corps ) now Chairman North Branch RBL nice to have him back
I went back to Barnard Castle a few years ago. Happened to mention to a lady in a shop that I used to be at Deerbolt Camp. I thought she was a bit off with me. When I drove to the camp later on, I found it's now a prison.
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By-the-way Don I was talking to Andy (the former bsa in crocker bks ) he sends you his regards
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Frank
Frank,
ReplyDeleteWhen you next see Andy thank him and return the compliment please!Hope he has as good a time as me on my 80th!
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Finally managed to get back on line. My problem was I upgraded to Internet Explorer 8. What a bag of worms that was. Got rid of it and gone back to Internet Explorer 7. So now back in touch with this BB.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back Ian, sorry to hear that you have had problems.
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember Kim? The young lady of ill repute who used to frequent the fish market at Ipoh. Wonder what she's doing now.
ReplyDeleteKim,and other such ladies,were once the subject of our foolish days,and I know all of us would steer a clear path around such obstacles(?)
ReplyDeleteI hope I did'nt hear "haw haw"from the background?
"drip drip drip - you'll miss that ship!
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nout to say whats all this talk about snow up in the outback IN HASTINGS if it snows it gone by tea time ( stand by to repell boarders)
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