bob_the_bomb
LE
The old 5p piece was also the same size as 1DM and would work in German vending machines.
Allegedly..
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Cold War Photos.
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LE
The old 5p piece was also the same size as 1DM and would work in German vending machines.
Allegedly..
B42T
LE
It did up until about 88ish, maybe slightly earlier.
Always handy if you needed some smokes while out and had neglected to take enough.
Anyway you lucky sods who had the fortune to be on the other side so to speak, keep the info and photos coming on what is the best thread on arrse.
All I have is photos of 7 years worth of sitting in fields with a Rapier kit. Although I was lucky in sense to have worked with both the RA and RAF Regt.
slipperman
GCM
I may be looking at it through rose tinted specs, but I completely disagree. As far as I’m concerned I came away from BAOR a much more experienced individual, with shed loads of happy memories and also a German lass that I have been very happily married to for well over 40 years. That said; thank God the ‘War to end all Wars’ never materialised, as I certainly wouldn’t be here to post this and most probably, neither would the Internet!
BopBopBop
LE
We had a bloke putting the 1DM into the 5p slot in the UK thinking he was having the machine over.
It was my best job ever and I was only mid 20s. Working with very skilled JNCOs, SNCOs and WOs. I had utter faith in them and they never let me down. A wonderful lesson in life and people, on both sides. Useful stuff for Bosnia in 1993 and still using those lessons today on a daily basis.
bob_the_bomb
LE
All my photos of Berlin etc are of course pre-digital and in photo albums.
I can see about scanning the ‘greatest hits’...
Gardner6LXB
LE
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Was it in your remit to take shots of everyday stuff? Cars, people, streets etc? If so, they’d be good to see.
Was it in your remit to take shots of everyday stuff? Cars, people, streets etc? If so, they’d be good to see.
bob_the_bomb
LE
I did a lot of that. Partly as part of my job and partly because I’d just done a photography course.
In fact I found Berlin so fascinating i subsequently took a BA in history.
I’ll dig them out.
Toastie
LE
Trousers, Scrotal Fungus
B42T
LE
Gardner6LXB
LE
Great stuff. I’d be particularly interested in the Berlin stuff as I know the city quite well.
I must’ve been about 20-25 times & have friends there.
Aye, just rub it in why don't you
You're welcome. You got to meet some superb people who know what they're doing and do stuff you will remember for ever.
And not get damaged or killed.
Trackpen
LE
Of course you mean the 1/- piece, or ‘bob’.
ericferret
LE
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
A few more:
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Gardner6LXB
LE
Bottom right looks like Putin.
Putin was the KGB Major in the Dresden station at the time. The photos are from top left:
Checkpoint Bravo.
Bombed centre of Dresden.
Colditz Castle.
A Soviet traffic regulator with a 'Pajolsta stick'.
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HCL
LE
I like the way your climbing up what looks like a wall. I became an expert tree climber and knew my favourite trees from Spandauer forest to Gross Gleinecke.
Mainly keeping an eye on the GKM. Sometimes we would be lucky and get to do a heli patrol and could look into the camps on the other side of the border. The ride back to Gatow was always interesting with a quick low flight over 'tits out' beach and teh obvious auto rotation drill for the newbies over the airfield.
Loved Berlin
Mainly keeping an eye on the GKM. Sometimes we would be lucky and get to do a heli patrol and could look into the camps on the other side of the border. The ride back to Gatow was always interesting with a quick low flight over 'tits out' beach and teh obvious auto rotation drill for the newbies over the airfield.
Loved Berlin
