norton 1926

Hi Rumster, what is a fag end rear light look like I have one about 1 inch D and about 2 to 2 half inches long with a window for number plate light, all so I have 2 pillion seats I think thy have 4 springs nearly square with a very small lip on the back. hope you under stand this. gordon giles

hi scott I was at 5 inf workshop in vitten annen near dortmound from 1953 to 1955, I cant remember seeing them only the ones jn for repair, I was in the recovery unit we had a ward le france for lifting, look after yourself not a lot of 5 inf lads left. was you at dortmund after thy moved from vitten annen.

hi peter i have a disk with some of my army photos on it, i will check to see if the centurion is is on it and i could send it to you i will be in touch later gordon

yes it was a mk2a antar i loved driving it, as i remember it was a 60 ton sankey semi trailer, the dyson was a 50 trailer, i think i am wright ! old age and all that, it is over 60 years ago that i drove one.

the side skirts were sum times removed

hi peter c,you canlook at my photos of a antar with a centurion tank on trailer at 5 inf workshops witten annen (pronounced vitten annen ) germany and one on the road,the photos are taken by me between 1953/55.antar 54/55. you can look at my photos on scammell an d antar photos bt gordon giles hope you like them.

i was at 5th inf workshop reme Witted Annen near Dortmund in 1953-1955 i dont remember this half track, was it before this date. i know thy moved to Dortmund a few years later.

welcome mark to the forum from farsley

sold my 1920 770cc B,S,A V twin to get marrid

I think it is a triumph model H, very nice photo thank you.

The belts on the Triumph forks was supposed to stop the forks going forward if the spring broke but it did not work. The bike with zu on the tank looks very much like a Triumph, Possibly he put a name on the bike himself like they did with tanks and wagons. Very good unusual photos thank you.

I transported one of the 1st conquerors to come into germany beween 1953-55 with a antar. you can see them on my photos that andy fowler put on for me.

I have been a few times to Skipton castle it is well preserved a very good day out, I live at Farsley ,NR Leeds no to far away

you could say your champ had a sting in its tail

I liked you photos of you renovation. the inside of the cab brought back memories I was recovery mechanic in 1953-55. By the way I was second driver on 06-BD-41, until I got my scammell 06-BD36. you can see 06-BD41 on my photos. keep up the good work.

welcome to the forum Ray , I am a new member and they made me most welcome, I served at 5 inf work shop r,e,m,e. at witten-annen, nr Dortmund 1953-1955,in recovery section.

thanks Tony, I will watch it should be interesting I like WWI air craft, I have a sparking plug from a 1916 air craft. when I was a apprentice mechanic the men who trained me had something to do with the interrupter on the machine guns. he gave it to me.

when I was a recovery mechanic a long time ago, I seam to remember we always towed with an A frame or a tee bar, very rarely with a straight bar only for pulling things about. there were two air hoses that that connected between one scammell and the other for brakes and steering.

hi again, some more info on photos. I am stood in front of our antar with a corporal stone we had just got it :-D . there are two men one standing and one sat down with a sten gun he was my mate Gus faller he was from clydebank looks like he is on d.r. duty the scammell is camouflaged as we were on an exercises. there is a photo of our ward la france and our pioneer I was glad they took me off the pioneer and put me on to a explorers then on to the antar. the two men sat on a sleeper the one on the right was one of our lads he was from London and was a good boxer the other was r.a.o.c. I think they were in our camp as well. and one turning a old Sherman tank over end to end one winched it up the other lowered it down on the winch brake then visa verse,it was part of our recovery test. an other one of the guns we towed out with there staff Sargent. and the pioneer we had to pull out as well. one of me trials riding with out helmets not compulsory then. the ambulance that run off the road and we had to recover luckily no one body was in side and no one was hurt badly. one of me in my full d.r. dress on my matchless which I crashed badly but again that's another story:-(. two of the lads in front of a shrine,there was quite a few of these on the roads in Germany then. one checking out the pioneer we pulled out. I will enlighten you with some more details later. if there are any questions I can help you with i will try to answer for you.

its about time I told you about some of my photos that some of you have shown an interest in, so if you are sitting comfortably I will begin. I am the sprog in the century box :red: . all the scammell explorers in the mud were taken on our driving test for our craftsman's 1st class recovery course done at the tank training ground at the 11th hussars at iserlohn I think, (the old brain isn't what it was). the man stood with his daughter I think was a Sargent brown. the 5 men standing and one bent down were members of the m.s.o.(mixed service organisation)thy were polls,Latvians, russians, ukrainians, and others displaced during the war( got drunk a few times with them drinking vodka and schnapps)all good guys, thy did general duty's and dog guards (with vicious alsatians) in our camp. I am on the motor cycle photos dispatch riding and convoy duty on a matchless 350cc. one is of a bike we built from a b.l.rd.(beyond local repair) bikes, we had 2 more like this and messed about on camp with them, we used to go though the village up in to the near by forest no one stopped us as we wear in the army. the others are of me trials riding and scrambling on my works b.s.a. 500cc DB34. the two guns and the scammell pioneer and I think a matador,were bogged down we got them out, but that's another story. will write some more later. hope I haven't bored you too much :yawn: .

I enjoyed your photos of the conqueror it brought back a lot of memories. did you see the conqueror in my photos. it was one of the 1st batch to come into Germany in late 1954 or early 1955 I think. there was 4 or 5, I cannot remember exactly it was a long time ago. we transported it from hamburg to witten-annen nr Dortmund

I tryed rivet counting kept falling a sleep. so took up watching paint dry,found it moor interesting.

I liked the photo did they have enough tea and sandwiches. one weeked we went camping and swam in the mohne and the sorpe dams, as you say they were good days.