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**Mr_Fingerz** · 31-08-2009, 21:50

Originally Posted by walt_of_the_walts

I would like to have seen the episode when Trumpton Fire Service goes on strike for an inflation busting wage rise and the troops at Trumpton Barracks have to man a rusty old green goddess....

I think that you'll find that the local squaddies were stationed at Pippin Fort.

**walt_of_the_walts** · 01-09-2009, 10:05

Ahh Pippin Fort. Typical. Not fit to live inside Trumpton in case they drink the place dry, fight with the locals and knock up all the fair maidens. Art imitating life?

**Civilian** · 01-09-2009, 10:30

Trumpton, Chigley & Camberwick Green all top tv programs. :D

**mnairb** · 01-09-2009, 10:50

You are all very, very sad people - it reminds me of the story I heard of the training team at Lympstone knocking off the recruits early so they could watch The Magic Roundabout in the Sergeants Mess.

**Rodney2q** · 01-09-2009, 10:56

As an aside, on the LSL en route back to Ascension Island after Op Corporate, the navy chaps came up with several ideas to keep the 500+ bootnecks and squaddies entertained.

One idea was a series of quizzes, whereby the questions were given over the tannoy and each mes competed for a prize.

IIRC the ONLY question which was correctly answered by every mess was "Name the members of the Trumpton Fire Brigade".

The fact that everyone knew the answer says a lot about the popularity of kids programmes with squaddies during those quiet moments when not stagging on in NI during the 70's...

Rodney2q

**CCF_CI** · 01-09-2009, 17:37

Thanks very little! I've just spent an hour floating around YouTube watching kids vids - yes Clangers, Noggin the Nog, Trumpton, Camberwick Green - the LOT!!!!!

**Dogdrool** · 01-09-2009, 18:03

Originally Posted by mnairb

You are all very, very sad people - it reminds me of the story I heard of the training team at Lympstone knocking off the recruits early so they could watch The Magic Roundabout in the Sergeants Mess.

Here, don't you go dissing the Magic Roundabout, bought up on that stuff as a kid,never did me any harm.(apart from dylan the rabbitt)
And whats wrong with roughy toughy Marines watching it ?

**Mr_Fingerz** · 10-09-2009, 09:17

Originally Posted by mnairb

You are all very, very sad people - it reminds me of the story I heard of the training team at Lympstone knocking off the recruits early so they could watch The Magic Roundabout in the Sergeants Mess.

No different from listening to Tales From Big Wood on BFBS in the 70's.

**RoverDriver** · 10-09-2009, 19:03

Thinking about Big Wood on BFBS, didn't Uncle Bill eventually go off air when he was found to be a bit closer to the children than was considered healthy?