JAMES BROOKER

Welcome to the ROYALS BB James nice to have a chat on the phone to you and the LADY OF THE HOUSE...James (jim)  was in C SQN 1954-1956 so lets hear more from him .i know he has photo,s of his time in the Regt and i do hope he puts them up on the BB.

REGARDS DEREK LEESE

John {Lofty} Davis

So sorry to hear that John passed on a good friend and a gentleman Our sympathies go to Christine and their family.Rest in peace my old mate.

aJohn (Lofty) Davies

I read this on F/B, Post from our Friend Paul Graver in Perth W/A. That his and lots of us good friend Lofty Davies passed away in the early hours i believe yesterday. R.I.P I have know doubt that wiil give us more details.

Fred.

Photo for denis

Denis, Doug sent me this photo and asked if I could but it up on the site for you.

Paddy, Don and any other Lulworth old boys......... just got a new Hoover. Is this still valid?

Stoppage Drills Hoover Mk1
Immediate Action
1 Hoover hoovers alright
2 Hoover stops
3 “STOPPAGE”
4 Switch off
5 Bag off
6 Shake Bag
7 Bag on
8 Switch on
9 Hoover hoovers alright
Secondary Action
9 Hoover still fails to hoover
10 “STOPPAGE”
11 Switch off
12 Plug out
13 Fuse Out
14 New Fuse in
15 Plug in
16 Switch on
17 Hoover hoovers alright

Phil

Berliner 2012

Came across this advert on page 56 of the September/October 2011 edition of The Royal British Legion Magazine (just out now!) and thought this might be of interest here? Obviously this event won't take place in the original carriages as they are now in a UK Museum, also reported here at http://1sttheroyaldragoons.multiply.com/photos/album/594 However, for those who served in Berlin, I'm sure this trip will bring back many, many memories.

Anyone remember this and any others

What I can remember of a rather cryptic posting from B Sqn Notice board Nee Soon.
It has come to the attention of the Officer Commanding that other ranks are using water in an indiscriminate way for washing, shaving and other facets of personal hygiene.
THIS IS TO STOP IMMEDIATELY.
Water is not only a precious commodity which must be closely controlled in order to accommodate the needs of the Officers Mess and Stables.
Other ranks are reminded that this abuse of water can ultimately result in the following :-
Reduction of natural oils of the skin rendering that soldier more prone to disease and that this condition could be construed as a self inflicted injury.
A “blanching” or lightning of the skin tone rendering that soldier almost impossible to conceal or camouflage, putting both himself and his pals at risk.
The possibility of creating unwanted divisions in the Squadron between the washed and the unwashed, the light and the dark.

Water for drinking will still be available but will now be issued daily behind the SQMS store to one nominated member of each Troop.

Phil Hayward

Found a Very OLD Trooper

While in the very nice Island of Jersey ,on a Family Reunion in our Seat.

I found sitting on a Bench in St Helier One Trp 22954259 James Thomas Brooker Served 1954 -1956. and best Beloved June , late of A Sqn mate of the Wop then Sgt Wartoski
For hose who would like to Contact him Lives at.100 Welbeck Road .Carshalton. Surrey .SM5 1TA.
Tel 020 8644 9806.
I am awaiting june to email me to get them on the Multiply site Here

Brass Chevron

CHEVRONS

Has anyone got a picture of the brass chevrons we had in ADEN the ones with bubbles on ?

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

I am putting this Birthday greeting up early for our oldest member I believe, Mr Ron Darling, wishing you many happy returns of the day for Tuesday Ron hoping you have a great day with all the other gentlemen and ladies of the Chelsea Pensioners.

 With all best wishes

 John Atkins

Secretary/Wife

6 weeks ago, we decided to go away for a few days for our 52nd. Anniversary. (Lake District) 19 Sept. Booked, paid, received confirmation. The week prior we went to our static caravan in the Dales. Fri. 16th. Sept. My Secretary/Wife took a call on her mobile. The coach driver was at the pick-up point waiting for us. My wife insisted our trip was Monday for our anniversary. No insisted the driver. We advised him we couldn!t make the pick.up, and they left without us. We returned home and checked the booking. My Secretary had got it wrong.!!! I threatened to fire her. Her answer. FIRE ME,!! I will then have time to sit down and write my memoirs.

Best Regards Doug.

p.s. I hope I reach our 53rd.

Where is everyone

Since I came back from my short break it seems that everyone has disappeared from the Bulletin Board, I have noticed that there are a lot of members that have now gone on doing most of there postings on Facebook, has it now got to the stage where you are all not interested in the Royal Dragoons site any more, if this is the case do you wish it to be wound up, I have noiticed that there are only the odd one or two members that do postings on the other sites also, Derek, Denis, and myself are very disappointed that the site is not being used, I have put up requests asking members to inform me that they will be coming to the reunion next year and it seems that some members have not replied, I know that the Premier Inn has been fully booked for the 16 June but I have only got just over twenty that have informed me that they are booked in at this stage, I am doing my best to get the reunion organised and it would be a help if I knew roughly how many of you will be attending before I call in to see the new General Manager to get the costings, so may I ask you again to please inform me ASP.

John Atkins

Only here for the beer!

Oktoberfest-2011

tuzan cu by zung iang

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Happy birthday to PETER STRACHAN on the 14th ,hope you have a good day and the sun shines

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Sydney Salter on 11th September, heres hoping you have a good one and many more to come.

 With best wishes,

  John Atkins

Wedding Anniversary

Start:

Sep 26, '11 10:00a

Fradley Arms

I can now confirm that the Fradley Arms has been booked for the reunion for next year 16th June, I have not been able to do this until today as the venue has been taken over by a new General Manager, I will be in touch with him shortly to finalise the details and will keep you informed, I am hoping that we will be able to have the venue free of charge like we have in the past but I cannot guarantee it.

John Atkins

Germany Will Become Islamic State

With Islamic population growing so much in past years, Politicians now desperately need their Votes to get elected…! XXX A.M.

Germany Will Become Islamic State, Says Chancellor Merkel


Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germans have failed to grasp how Muslim immigration has transformed their country and will have to come to terms with more mosques than churches throughout the countryside, according to the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily. "Our country is going to carry on changing, and integration is also a task for the society taking up the task of dealing with immigrants," Ms. Merkel told the daily newspaper. "For years we've been deceiving ourselves about this. Mosques, for example, are going to be a more prominent part of our cities than they were before."

Germany, with a population of 4-5 million Muslims, has been divided in recent weeks by a debate Over remarks by the Bundesbank's Thilo Sarrazin, who argued Turkish and Arab
immigrants were failing to integrate and were swamping Germany with a higher birth rate.

The Chancellor's remarks represent the first official acknowledgement that Germany, like other European countries, is destined to become a stronghold of Islam. She has admitted that the country will soon become a stronghold.
In France , 30% of children age 20 years and below are Muslims. The ratio in Paris and Marseille has soared to 45%. In southern France, there are more mosques than churches.

The situation within the United Kingdom is not much different. In the last 30 years, the Muslim population there has climbed from 82,000 to 2.5 million. Presently, there are over 1000 mosques throughout Great Britain - many of which were converted from churches.

In Belgium , 50% of the newborns are Muslims and reportedly its Islamic population hovers around 25%. A similar statistic holds true for The Netherlands. It's the same story in Russia where one in five inhabitants is a Muslim.

Muammar Gaddafi recently stated that "There are signs that Allah will grant victory to Islam in Europe without a sword, without a gun, without conquest.
We don't need terrorists; we don't need homicide bombers. The 50 plus million Muslims (in Europe ) will turn it into the Muslim Continent within a few decades." The numbers support him.

I think the Muslims are smarter than the Europeans. Muslims will reproduce like rabbits but the Islamic Countries do not need to feed the Muslims.
Send them to European Countries and let the Europeans feed them and bring them up.

Now who is "smarter"??