Now some of the lads are mentioning JLRE now as any good BOBA would say Dover was a waste of a year and at least when we finished Chep we had a trade unlike those JL's who had a year of crap and the reward was a marginally lesser time at Gib.
I spent 2 years at Chep 88 Sqn 88-90 and it was fantastic (well it was untill Knocker turned up as one of the RP staff which made going to the cashpoint a nightmare, youtherewhityedeingonyerbackdooonlegssixinchesraaa aaaaaaaaise!!!!
But what a laugh and joking aside both places were fantastic and such a shame to see them closed down, so anymore ex AT's on here?
Can you remember the rat race on a wednesday?
The welsh stripey who was an ex diver and fuc*ing enormous so all our worries were for nothing.
Capt Walker who called everyone snake eyes.
That horrible adv trg with the fan dance
The Welsh Guards RSM who shouted at the sky for it to stop raining and it did!
The dic*shows!
And countless other tales.

Originally Posted by HEART_STOPPER

Now some of the lads are mentioning JLRE now as any good BOBA would say Dover was a waste of a year and at least when we finished Chep we had a trade unlike those JL's who had a year of crap and the reward was a marginally lesser time at Gib.
I spent 2 years at Chep 88 Sqn 88-90 and it was fantastic (well it was untill Knocker turned up as one of the RP staff which made going to the cashpoint a nightmare, youtherewhityedeingonyerbackdooonlegssixinchesraaa aaaaaaaaise!!!!
But what a laugh and joking aside both places were fantastic and such a shame to see them closed down, so anymore ex AT's on here?
Can you remember the rat race on a wednesday?
The welsh stripey who was an ex diver and fuc*ing enormous so all our worries were for nothing.
Capt Walker who called everyone snake eyes.
That horrible adv trg with the fan dance
The Welsh Guards RSM who shouted at the sky for it to stop raining and it did!
The dic*shows!
And countless other tales.

OI! PIG!
72C SG!
That may open the doors to even older buggers to call me a pig....

HeartStop - Good memories. When i get some time, I'll bore you with my strories.
Cheers
Staakers

82C A (Ford) Company - the intelligent part.

Later returned as PS in 1991 - back to the same Company although it had magically morphed into 89 Trg Sqn.

Generally,fond memories and certainly better than the Hitler Youth; a point which was proven when we slaughtered them (and the Adult Recruits) during the Log Race at Gib Barracks.

74B B Coy, with Scoffer Hardie Scots Guards as the CSM and Bert Carew as the workshop Sgt. must have enjoyed it because went back in 79 as Permanent Staff in HQ Coy, So who remembers the delights of the Bridge Inn, Sailor in the 5 Alls and the Fisherman in Sedbury.

Did my trade coarse there instead of going to Chatham in 93, enjoyed every bit of it hardly any bull sh1t at all for us and all of the lovely young ladies down town

85-87 E Coy then 86 Sqn when it changed over.

87 Sqn, 89-91. Block 50 which I think has disappeared now.

We had quite a few blokes joining us from Dover. Some good eggs, some not so good.... Geordie bloke, lungs on legs, that married a sloppo then got chucked out a few years later for cross dressing. And Glynn H***well, green to the core and still in today I think.

Also remember not being allowed off camp unless wearing a shirt with a collar. Any shirt, footy top, polo shirt, normal shirt, and any colour, as long as it had a collar, something that's stuck with me even today! Going on the train to Barry Island for the weekend, marching and halting at the cashpoint outside the guardroom, hiding cars off camp because no car pass, etc etc. Probably the best couple of years of my life.

86 Sqn 89-91.

Originally Posted by Batko

87 Sqn, 89-91. Block 50 which I think has disappeared now.

We had quite a few blokes joining us from Dover. Some good eggs, some not so good.... Geordie bloke, lungs on legs, that married a sloppo then got chucked out a few years later for cross dressing. And Glynn H***well, green to the core and still in today I think.

Also remember not being allowed off camp unless wearing a shirt with a collar. Any shirt, footy top, polo shirt, normal shirt, and any colour, as long as it had a collar, something that's stuck with me even today! Going on the train to Barry Island for the weekend, marching and halting at the cashpoint outside the guardroom, hiding cars off camp because no car pass, etc etc. Probably the best couple of years of my life.

I know a Glynn H from my B1 many moons back, if it's the same one I bumped into in Basra Palace couple of years ago as a BDO.

Was in A Coy. 83-85.

Took our lass to have a squint at the camp when we were on our way to Cornwall, she was overjoyed !!! Brought a shiver down my spine, the camp not our lass, she just makes my ears ache.
The borstal loop looked much shorter than i remember , good god i must have been a realy lazy unfit Foook then.
I remember a PTI called Earl who had a terrible accident and is now in a wheelchair, a real nice bloke but running up a hill one day he called me a useless piece of Phlem, inspiring or what !!

Hey Ho Happy Days,

also remember R**k M****n stabbing me with a 6mm chisel in the trade workshop and puncturing my lung, how we laughed on the way to Newport Hospital !! great lad for a Cockerneee

Ahhh The Good Old days ..........