I dug out some old R and Ls and have come over all nostalgic. They've reminded me of some old names that I'd completely forgotten (just the names, not the people) so stand by for some "anyone know F*** S**** posts in a bit but to go on with, how about Rheindahlen.................
I had a good posting at Sy Ed and Trg - lecturing on personal security, travelling round the country with my overhead viewfoils. My capt there was I** A***** who was RSM just prior to being commissioned. He was, thankfully, in remission from cancer and a very decent chap. I think he was quite close to retirement but does anyone know anything about him.
My WO was I** Mc****** - a big chap with a shock of brown hair who regaled me with stories of how he did a sting with the Sunltan of Brunai as a bodyguard or something in his younger days. Again, a lovely man who ended up in the MOD in the late 80's and just prior to his retirement. Anyone know him?
My crap posting was in a broom cupboard in HQ BAOR. I had to sit in this tiny office opposite a big old buffoon of a Major and look at slides of tanks and put them in order.............. I think they just wanted me to be his companion and make sure he didn't keel over one day. Absolutely loathed that job but the one and only good thing about it was the annual trip to Bertchesgarden and Hitlers Eagles Nest (then a restaurant), where previous mention Majoy organised some sort of conference. Still have no idea what that was all about but Bavaria was lovely.
I also remember the Dutch club on the complex and then just a little off the area in the woods somewhere was this wonderful little restaurant that did crispy chicken - known as the Chicken in the Woods place but can't remember it's proper names.
I had a quarter at Wickrath in those godawful flats that looked like something from the Eastern Block. OOOOh I could ramble on for ages.....
I had a good posting at Sy Ed and Trg - lecturing on personal security, travelling round the country with my overhead viewfoils. My capt there was I** A***** who was RSM just prior to being commissioned. He was, thankfully, in remission from cancer and a very decent chap. I think he was quite close to retirement but does anyone know anything about him.
My WO was I** Mc****** - a big chap with a shock of brown hair who regaled me with stories of how he did a sting with the Sunltan of Brunai as a bodyguard or something in his younger days. Again, a lovely man who ended up in the MOD in the late 80's and just prior to his retirement. Anyone know him?
My crap posting was in a broom cupboard in HQ BAOR. I had to sit in this tiny office opposite a big old buffoon of a Major and look at slides of tanks and put them in order.............. I think they just wanted me to be his companion and make sure he didn't keel over one day. Absolutely loathed that job but the one and only good thing about it was the annual trip to Bertchesgarden and Hitlers Eagles Nest (then a restaurant), where previous mention Majoy organised some sort of conference. Still have no idea what that was all about but Bavaria was lovely.
I also remember the Dutch club on the complex and then just a little off the area in the woods somewhere was this wonderful little restaurant that did crispy chicken - known as the Chicken in the Woods place but can't remember it's proper names.
I had a quarter at Wickrath in those godawful flats that looked like something from the Eastern Block. OOOOh I could ramble on for ages.....
