queens jubilee parade 1977

sorting some stuff out before and came across a real blast from the past.i found the program from the silver jubilee at sennelager along with the sixth sense from the following week.great day as far i can remember,never forget the dust.i was a manager at shloss neuhaus at the time and got my ticket in the ballot of civilians.as i said a great day and reading the program and sixth sense brought back some great memories.graham.

graham wright wrote:

sorting some stuff out before and came across a real blast from the past.i found the program from the silver jubilee at sennelager along with the sixth sense from the following week.great day as far i can remember,never forget the dust.i was a manager at shloss neuhaus at the time and got my ticket in the ballot of civilians.as i said a great day and reading the program and sixth sense brought back some great memories.graham.

Any chance of a scan of the front covers Graham?

Paul.

paul ,having trouble with printrt/scanner but will give it a try in the morning.graham.

graham wright wrote:

paul ,having trouble with printrt/scanner but will give it a try in the morning.graham.

No problem, thanks Graham.

Paul.

Hi Paul,

Somewhere in the loft I have one of the presentation porcelain pint mugs that were issued as a commemorative. If I can find it, would you like some pics?

Morris

Here you go Morris. Click on the image for a bigger picture. Used thumbnails as images are quite large at original size. Paul.

Spent weeks painting and polishing up our 432's for that. I didn't go for some reason but I understand the dust was something else. Bit pointless all that bull then!

Hey!!!! Anything that you guys can put on about that parade would be fantastic, I had loads of stuff from back then as I was on the Parade and shook hands with her Maj, but in 84 a divorce came along and all my memories went up in flames,,,,sad how some people can be isnt it?

Locator wrote:

Hi Paul,

Somewhere in the loft I have one of the presentation porcelain pint mugs that were issued as a commemorative. If I can find it, would you like some pics?

Morris

Most certainly Morris.

Paul.

hi i was on the parade in 1977 with my 432 crew and yes it was

very dusty still got my mug i was in 15sqn rct it was hot.

jock aitken B.E.M.

jockaitken wrote:

hi i was on the parade in 1977 with my 432 crew and yes it was

very dusty still got my mug i was in 15sqn rct it was hot.

jock aitken B.E.M.

Jock,

Edited your profile to narrow down the page again.

Paul.

should have scanner back to morrow,wish i still had the pics i took on the day,the sober ones anyway,too many changes of address and divorce years ago means a lot of things have gone awol.graham.

with a bit of luck and the wind in the right direction should have pictures of the jubilee program on this forum in the next couple of hours.graham

We had a Queens silver jubilee parade at 16 Bn Bicester but what made this particular parade a bit special was the fact that HRH herself attended. We had two drill Sgts from Pirbright (Welsh Guards if memory serves) spend a couple of weeks putting the Battalion through the routine for the parade and it must be said, they were very good at what they did. No bawling or beasting, they just knew how to teach drill and when they had finished we were bloody good. I was pleased to be picked for the guard of honour even though this meant extra drill, but we were inspected by HRH herself (I didn't realise until then how short she was)

We were told the Battalion would be awarded five Jubilee medals (for a Battalion of 600!) I have no idea if this was the case or not. I certainly didn't recieve one, and I don't know anyone else who did.

In later years the silver jubilee medal was (in my experience) seen as something of a joke. I did once or twice see it on officers chests while on parade but fortunately for them, at a glance most people couldn't identify it.

help cant get past stage 3 to post scans of silver jubilee parade....graham

graham wright wrote:

help cant get past stage 3 to post scans of silver jubilee parade....graham

Which way are you trying Graham?

Paul.

no box appears paul as in stage 4....graham

graham wright wrote:

no box appears paul as in stage 4....graham

Do you mean this stage:-

"4) Where file is written you will find a box with Search or Durchsuchen next to it. Click on it and find the image you wish to import."

If you are having problems you can, if you wish send them to me as jpeg preferably (not pdf) and I will upload them for you. I will try and find out if there is a problem with Mac and this programme. I have just tried to find a vontact page for servimg with no success!!

Paul.

how do i send you a jpeg imagepaul?graham

graham wright wrote:

how do i send you a jpeg imagepaul?graham

PM on its way shortly.

Paul.

Paul,
Noticed you were at Barnard Castle,I did my initial training there in 1947 with 67 Tng Regt.Were those Nissan Huts cold,we used to walk along the nearby railway track to pick up coal as the issue ration would'nt have warmed ones big toe!
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Don

For some reason, the images will not load on to this page at the moment. I will have another crack at it later.

Some load, others do not. Or one loads and shows, but disappears when another is loaded. But I have set up a new page on the main site and it can be found her:-

http://baor-locations.com/eventsandparades.aspx

The page is only in its infancy at the moment, but at least you will be able to view the images from Graham.

Paul.

thanks paul you have done a great job on my images,look better than they do in real life.graham.

graham wright wrote:

thanks paul you have done a great job on my images,look better than they do in real life.graham.

Thank you Graham, that is very kind of you. I thought it was the best way to get them "in view" so to say.

I still have not cracked the problem as to why they would not post, but I will try again.

Paul.

Yahoo.... Did it.... How??.... Have not got a baldie, but they are posted....

Click on the thumbnails for a bigger image (the Sixth Sense is in two pieces - top one first) or go to the page mentioned before. Now I think I will go and get (when I have the pennies)

Paul.

donald wrote:

Paul,
Noticed you were at Barnard Castle,I did my initial training there in 1947 with 67 Tng Regt.Were those Nissan Huts cold,we used to walk along the nearby railway track to pick up coal as the issue ration would'nt have warmed ones big toe!
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Don

Donald,

The brick built huts in Barford Camp were just as cold in 1970. Central entry door in one side with a room either side, and a toilet/hand basin in the middle. One gas heater in each room (when it decided to work that is). Some of the Nissen huts were still in use, but I don't think any were used as living accommodation.

The LAD area (on the opposite side of the road from the camp) now seems to have been demolished, as do the brick built huts at the bottom end of the camp. As far as I can recollect, and using Googlemap, the camp is still relatively complete, although it could be in the process of demolition. Still seems to be a few Nissen huts standing, as well as the Cookhouse and some of the Battery Offices.

Paul.

Paul.