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Originally Posted by Sabot_Dot_2_Go-On

ahh yes Bamforth and Rodgers before him. The only 2 men I knew who could slam a revolving door..... :D :D :D

On drill once, Dave Heron called Drill Rogers (who I believe is now deceased) " Drill"!! WOII Rogers stood in front of him and said in a matter of fact tone "although I'm a WOII I allow my friends to call me Drill" he then looked Dave in the eye from a distance of half a knats knacker and yelled " but when did you join my list of friends"!!! classic!!

I remember practicing, or should I say, being abused on the square for pass off and hoards of hunting dogs, beagles I think, pissing all over the place and dumping every where! The Drill pigs were even bollocking them, let alone us!

Drill Sgt Bamforth banned his own wife from the Sgt´s mess for ´performing´,don´t know if he marched her to the guard room though.

Rodgers once marched a poor unfortunate j/tpr to the guard room without leaving the square-he just looked through the window of the assemby hall(?) and screamed and shouted,he got there after quite a few ´Mark timeeeerrrrrrrr´s.

I wonder if the drill square has been turned into a Carpark?

Yep it was last time I went!!! Shame, would rather run around it with a 120 drill or a 8 M Mast bag above my head!

Originally Posted by aghart

Originally Posted by Sabot_Dot_2_Go-On

ahh yes Bamforth and Rodgers before him. The only 2 men I knew who could slam a revolving door..... :D :D :D

On drill once, Dave Heron called Drill Rogers (who I believe is now deceased) " Drill"!! WOII Rogers stood in front of him and said in a matter of fact tone "although I'm a WOII I allow my friends to call me Drill" he then looked Dave in the eye from a distance of half a knats knacker and yelled " but when did you join my list of friends"!!! classic!!

Dave Heron was among other things my radar op. in surveillance troop,which was really a joke because the zebedi never worked anyway!

One freezing cold morning I jumped in the Saracen to start the motor up,and nothing, zilch,not even a grumble.Dave loved it when the engine wouldn´t start as he could show off his strength and get a free workout,the 10 cylinders were bast*rds to turn over and I could only manage about 3 turns before giving up totally knackered.

Dave gets the starting handle, starts turning-no lies-I know most of us could only do single revs-I swear I could have kicked the GSP(?),and I would have been off down the road!Still nothing,beads of sweat rolling down Dave´s face,off comes his parka,starts turning----nothing,not even a fart----------off comes the wooly pully,----------starts turning,Dave´s eyes are popping out,sweating out of all pores,calling my beloved Saracen all kinds off `orrible names------------still nothing!

I look down to my right and------------------yes the Master Switch is in the OFF position!!!!!!-------I burst out laughing and Dave springs onto the engine deck----------------but I´m laughing so much he hasn´t got the heart to kill me!

I did about 3-4 years with Dave in different jobs,a really great time,anybody know what he´s upto now?

The Band of the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps....

Fantastic. We had the Army Junior School of Music instead of the JLR band, so there were all sorts of uniforms on display.

With the drill shed in the background. Spent many a parade in there on show parade - 'show bed block correctly made'. Al least i didnt have to show full bedspace, correctly diusted..! Remember some first termer with bed, bedblcok and counterpain (sp?), locker and bedside table at the late show parade and then his mates helping him carry it all back to the block afterwards

Those were the days..!

R.Sole.

Shame they got rid of JUNGLE LONG RANGE ROYAL AIRBORNE COMMANDOS! Fond memories of all those show parades, flying best boots and hours bumpering the guard room ceiling! Oh what a joy.

They even had me painting that bloody tank with the smallest paintbrush in the world. Good job i was there a year as i needed it to finish the job off.

Some people dont like spiders some dont like heights for me its the sound of those lights being switched on in the morning after about 1 and 1/2 hours kip haunts me to this day. Just got a shiver then!