Where did I live in Munster

Odd question I know, I lived in Munster 1966 - 1969, (I was 10 when we left), my Dad was an accountant for Naafi and we lived in officers quarters - I cannot even remember the regiment we were attached to sorry. Went to school in a barracks. I'm trying to locate where we lived on Google Earth but the town does not look familar and I do not remember our street name.

Sorry chaps - long shot.

Gwyn

I've had similar experiences when getting into a Taxi after a night out!

That`s understandable in your case shelldrake....You have so many homes..

I know.........sigh.

. . . and kicked out of most of them, no doubt !

(How come Desperate Dan is now in civvies ?)

Gwyn

A possible option (I was stationed in Munster at roughly the same time)

The main families NAAFI in Munster was in York Barracks in the Albersloh area to the east of the city. There was a large officers patch alongside the barracks and there was a BFES Primary School (York School) in the nearby Loddenheide military complex (My future wife taught there for a time).

To find the locations mentioned take the L586 Alberslohweg east out of Munster.

The Loddenheide complex was one of the first barracks to be closed after 1993 and the site is being redeveloped but is readily recognisable being roughly opposite the huge gasometer in the area of what is now Egbert Snoek Weg, Willy Brandt Weg, An der Loddenheidebusch.

Continue along the L586 under the railway bridge and York Barracks is/was on the south side of the road. The NAAFI and large SKC Cinema was/is in the top right hand corner of the barracks.

The OMQ s were built along Wieandweg, Kelten Weg and Angelsachsen Weg alongside the barracks

Hope this is helpful (other option might be the Oxford Barracks area to the west of the city but I not familiar with that area of Munster.)

brum wrote:

. . . and kicked out of most of them, no doubt !

(How come Desperate Dan is now in civvies ?)

That's Soapy Soutar. (Same cartoonist).

Shelldrake

Notice you are back in Camberley

Have you been ejected from Kyrenia following the Russian takeover of Cyprus (the Business Section of today's Daily Telegraph makes an interesting read), officially there are now 50,000 Russians more likely 100,000 living on the island which is seen as the place where a quick buck can be made. The Chinese too have realised with easy regulations on the grant of Permanent Resident and therefore travel to other EU countries this is the quick way to the rest of Europe

JPW, not ejected per se but our 90 day Visa was about to expire, so it was time to leave. We could have left the Country for a few days before re-entering for another 90 days, but sometimes, when they think that you are trying to beat the system, the authorities only give you a Visa for a few days. Another way to remain in Northern Cyprus would be to apply for Temporary Residency which, if granted, has to be renewed every year. As you can imagine this costs money - two periods of 90 days is enough for our needs. There are plenty of Russians in the South, the present Government is Communist and welcome them with open arms (they have recently negotiated a low interest loan of several billion euros). I haven't noticed many Chinese in the North but plenty of prospective house purchasers from Iran, Egypt, Syria and Turkey. The are of course plenty of Filipino ladies in and around South Nicosia!!

Shelldrake

According to the DT article there are even more ladies of easy virtue of Russian origin to be found in Limmasol.

You may wish to call for volunteers to form a fighting patrol to go an investigate the next time you are in Kyrenia

JPW, I shall bear that in mind. Our esteemed FM will lead the Reece Party.

Shelldrake wrote:

The are of course plenty of Filipino ladies in and around South Nicosia!!

Yeah, ugly though, ain't they ?
Look like they were smacked in the face with a cricket bat, most of 'em.

That's why Gordon should lead the Reece Party! He has had some experience down Bugis Street -he will be able to separate the Men from the Boys.

JPW wrote:

The OMQ s were built along Wieandweg, Kelten Weg and Angelsachsen Weg alongside the barracks

"Kelten Weg", Ja

"Angelsachsen Weg", Ja, Ja, good Teutonic tribes.

"Wieand", is that part of the set ? (I can't figure that one out).

Wiegandweg is north of Keltenweg...

Ha Ha great thread. I was lost and now I am found - thanks JPW. It was one of those Taxi, where to, home, where's home, near a Spar, there are 20 Spars in Munster . . . Once I found Oxford Barracks and Billerbeck I was ok, we lived in Gronauweg - bit different now of course. I met an English speaking Munster family in the uk a little whle ago and they were desperate to know where I had lived because when they were kids they had played with some English army kids near a camp and one of the army dads had taken them for a ride in an armoured vehicle (Pvt Jimmy Saville, no I jest). I will take a bit more notice in my next life.

Keep up the banter - love it!

Gwyn

Now then, now then!!

We lived in No1 Wiegandweg (Officers Quaters) from 1986 to 1988. Just over the wall from York Barracks and just up the road from the main NAAFI

JPW wrote:

Gwyn

A possible option (I was stationed in Munster at roughly the same time)

The main families NAAFI in Munster was in York Barracks in the Albersloh area to the east of the city. There was a large officers patch alongside the barracks and there was a BFES Primary School (York School) in the nearby Loddenheide military complex (My future wife taught there for a time).

To find the locations mentioned take the L586 Alberslohweg east out of Munster.

The Loddenheide complex was one of the first barracks to be closed after 1993 and the site is being redeveloped but is readily recognisable being roughly opposite the huge gasometer in the area of what is now Egbert Snoek Weg, Willy Brandt Weg, An der Loddenheidebusch.

Continue along the L586 under the railway bridge and York Barracks is/was on the south side of the road. The NAAFI and large SKC Cinema was/is in the top right hand corner of the barracks.

The OMQ s were built along Wieandweg, Kelten Weg and Angelsachsen Weg alongside the barracks

Hope this is helpful (other option might be the Oxford Barracks area to the west of the city but I not familiar with that area of Munster.)

There was also a primary school in Oxford Bks, I attended it for about 8 months, Ian.