ENTERTAINERS VISITING BAOR

Ian wrote:

steve jones wrote:

The one that sticks in my mind was a totally unknown group playing at the NAAFI in Ripon bks, bielefeld, must have been about 70/71 maybe. they had 2 gogo dancers, who took of their tops and danced topless. i was stunned, i had never seen such a thing before.

Do you remember the "magic roundabout" jonah?

Yes i do, 'magic roundabout' was a group formed by 2 guys from the LAD, Steve Pavey and the guy who was atatched to the MP's, cant remember his name. a WRAC girl who later married our recce mec and the commanders chef. They were bloody good to. I remeber them winning a band competition playing "venus"

Hi there,
Early 80's there was a darts tournamont to find the top player in BAOR. So got to see Bobby George in Hohne then Fally.
That's the only entertainer I remember, mind you we made lots of our own entertainment being in Hohne only about 90 kms from Hamburg - wink-wink- say no more !!
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pinky
HUSSAR

Dirty boy!!

steve jones wrote:

Ian wrote:

steve jones wrote:

The one that sticks in my mind was a totally unknown group playing at the NAAFI in Ripon bks, bielefeld, must have been about 70/71 maybe. they had 2 gogo dancers, who took of their tops and danced topless. i was stunned, i had never seen such a thing before.

Do you remember the "magic roundabout" jonah?

Yes i do, 'magic roundabout' was a group formed by 2 guys from the LAD, Steve Pavey and the guy who was atatched to the MP's, cant remember his name. a WRAC girl who later married our recce mec and the commanders chef. They were bloody good to. I remeber them winning a band competition playing "venus"

The band competition you mention was BAOR wide on BFBS, the winners got to go to the UK for another 'match' against the UK winners. As it happens the band that came second in Germany came from Osnabruk, my sister ended up getting married to their drummer, she was still paying for his drum set years later! needless to say they ended up divorced, yes Jonah, THAT sister, lol ! regards, Ian.

Bad manners buster bloodvessel trenchard barracks, celle 1994 pre bosnia all ranks piss up what a bloody night that was.

during my 2 stints in germany (73-83 and90-91)saw many entertainers in quite afew locations.and yes i saw a few SMOKERS CONCERTS (complete with strippers and blue comics) in both hemer and soest.also remember in early 70s billy connely performing in soest(wasnt there but every one talked about it for yonks).also saw a few concerts put on by ntertainments(the naafi enterainment division) i even booked one myself when i was on commitee whilst working in the naafi in hemer,great night with comic,magican,group and disco.and i can never forget the great acts put on at KRANKENFOLKat bmh iserlohn.some of the names that i can remember were mike harding,harvey andrews,norman castle and gill,jacqui and bridie and the brilliant home grown talent that was THE CHEVIOTS.plus other great acts that i cant remember not to mention loads of local acts both military and local civvies,manfred comes to mind. .....graham...

I too remember Krankenfolk concerts. Jacqui and Bridie in particular. cant remember where i saw them but sure it wasnt BMH Iserlohn, so then i guess the exact name wouldnt work would it !!!!!! There was a good folk scene all round BAOR in those days.

Thanks for that Mac. Trust Rubi got to keep the drums !!!

DONALD PEERS...BABBLING BROOK MAN...VISITED MUNSTER LAGER IN 1952,,AT THE ARMY KINEMA...IT WAS TREATED AS A PARADE SO THE AUDIENCE WAS NOT IN GOOD MOOD. IT DID NOT GO WELL AT ALL. AFTER A RENDERING OF BY A BABBLING BROOK HE WAS TREATED WITH JEERS OF DERISION..REMEMBER THESE WERE HARDENED NAAFI QUEUE WARRIORS...HE STORMED OFF..SAYING THAT IT COST HIM A LOT OF MONEY TO ENTERTAIN US....STILL,,THE COMEDIAN WAS GOOD AND THE REST OF THE SHOW.

graham wright wrote:

during my 2 stints in germany (73-83 and90-91)saw many entertainers in quite afew locations.and yes i saw a few SMOKERS CONCERTS (complete with strippers and blue comics) in both hemer and soest.also remember in early 70s billy connely performing in soest(wasnt there but every one talked about it for yonks).also saw a few concerts put on by ntertainments(the naafi enterainment division) i even booked one myself when i was on commitee whilst working in the naafi in hemer,great night with comic,magican,group and disco.and i can never forget the great acts put on at KRANKENFOLKat bmh iserlohn.some of the names that i can remember were mike harding,harvey andrews,norman castle and gill,jacqui and bridie and the brilliant home grown talent that was THE CHEVIOTS.plus other great acts that i cant remember not to mention loads of local acts both military and local civvies,manfred comes to mind. .....graham...

I remember a Krankenfolk night at Iserlohn, I think it was Harvey Andrews.
This was about the time the polizei were really cracking down on the squaddies drinking and driving.
I must have drunk three pints of bloody coke that night !

I agree, the folk scene was great in those days. BFBS used to air a show called "Country meets Folk", the intro was a track by Fairport Convention. Excellent stuff.

I used to go to the Folk Nights in Napier Bks in the mid 70s. Remember Mike Harding, Hamish Imlach and I think Clifford T Ward. Good nights and a long walk home to Barop!!

Shelldrake wrote:

I used to go to the Folk Nights in Napier Bks in the mid 70s. Remember Mike Harding, Hamish Imlach and I think Clifford T Ward. Good nights and a long walk home to Barop!!

these were the only entertainer I ever saw in Hexam (I didn't go to Germany) Gimme the sick bag all this talk of folk's this and folk's that

Ah! John Boy, as I have said before, we made our own entertainment in those days.

Shelldrake wrote:

Ah! John Boy, as I have said before, we made our own entertainment in those days.

I will refrain for answering that in case I offend people"god bless banking"

John Boy, what's going through that mind of yours - typical cook, always thinking of the preferrable.

This is going to date me, but the only entertainers I saw in BAOR were singer Dorothy Squires and her brand new husband Roger Moore (1953) ... she was 12 years older than him and I guess his marriage to her was more than a 'leg up' than a 'leg over'

Len (Ciphers)

jimsigs1 wrote:

John Boy, what's going through that mind of yours - typical cook, always thinking of the preferrable.

Doth the youth allude to the Five Fingered Widow, perchance ?

I know the army cooks were skilled exponents of the old Five Knuckle Shuffle.

One can only hope they washed their hands frequently !

"Oh danzing in mien lader hosen on a samstag nacht down at ze NAAFI

brum wrote:

jimsigs1 wrote:

John Boy, what's going through that mind of yours - typical cook, always thinking of the preferrable.

Doth the youth allude to the Five Fingered Widow, perchance ?

I know the army cooks were skilled exponents of the old Five Knuckle Shuffle.

One can only hope they washed their hands frequently !

You must have been spying on them cooks then .... were you

You had to keep an eye on 'em.

You never knew WHAT was going in the porridge !

brum wrote:

jimsigs1 wrote:

John Boy, what's going through that mind of yours - typical cook, always thinking of the preferrable.

Doth the youth allude to the Five Fingered Widow, perchance ?

I know the army cooks were skilled exponents of the old Five Knuckle Shuffle.

One can only hope they washed their hands frequently !

They did, normally in the soup.

The Beverley Sisters came to do a show for us in 15 BOD in 1948/9, they came into the WO's/Sgt's Mess afterwards, great night. Just the twins though, Joy never came.

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The Beverley Sisters

I didn`t realise they were that old..How time flies..

Here you are Gordon..



Teddy and Babs.

'granny' wrote:

Here you are Gordon..



Teddy and Babs.

I'm beginning to wonder what Joy was up to !

They haven't changed a bit!