Gerry275

Yup We think post war, My wifes Grandad is in civies. He was in WW1 and then reme- poss. civilian help. Had a message from Tunnard on flicker- he was reme and he said "Colchester" for location. Gerry

Just been handed (by my wife) a letter re Establishment scheme for industrial employees dated Apr.'53 Signed Lt. Col. REME OC 6 Comd Workshops REME Colchester Gerry

Thanks- It is a good pic (shame hes not working on my jeep:cool2:)

Hi Guys, My wife found this pic of Monty inspecting- in amongst her late mothers photos. My wifes granfather was Arthur Payne, "short bloke in cap and white shirt on front row" Arthur was in WW1 and worked in Reme workshops (poss Camo painting) during WW2- lived in Colchester- transfered briefly to luton then back again to Col. Anyone have any ideas on When, where or why this event took place? Any help appreciated.:-) Gerry

That as they say will be the choice of the owner. But this is a dillema that i am deciding on with mine- we wanted an American jeep- it turned out mine was used by the British, rebuilt by the British, renumbered by the British sold by the British and later I will return it to M1501237 - I am still looking for that elusive pic of it in service (or as 49Yh39):nut: I look forward to the debates on it not being original- This was a debate that evolved in the RS Escort world. End of the day Enjoy your Motor.:wow: There as some fantastic military conversions out there, would you return them to "factory Spec"?:undecided: Just my thoughts. Regards Gerry

We use either APC for parcels or Systematic for pallets, at work!!! Both good Gerry

Totally agree!!! I did some smaller bits last summer, it took ages, needs a big compressor and what a mess!!! Pay a mobile.

Dave I received an email this morning-appologising for the spam email yesterday! Must be polite spammers. Hope you got it sorted mate Gerry

Ted, Just looking again at those pics reminds me of the stories of having to keep moving the kit to different runways as the wind changed direction.

Nice Pics Ted- Thanks. I will show them to Dad when he comes over Sunday. Heres another from Pembrey ( ) Gerry

Sorry Mark no!! Dad was an MTM in 233ocu and was then trained on the Diesel Generators on the American Ground approach Radar- He still wont talk about it quoting Official secrets!!!! When they were not putting aviation fuel in motors to take around the track, they were on their Motor bikes. I have a great pic of his BSA Gold Star.

Ahh- not sure about inspection (but i do know the Equipment in need of work was taken out of sight,and hidden in the wood at such times) I will ask, but not sure after all those years if Dad can recall.

Sorry about that- it was the end of a tiring day.:yawn:

Clean and tidy

Dave, go to johns link for wiki- if you go down and blow up the blue icons for units by clicking on them- arrow appears on the Marine fighter-attack squadrons and also the all weather versions of above. Gerry

Dave, try posting same on EAVFG FB page, Martin H (the other one) may be able to help. Regards Gerry

Steve- those snow people are something else- as always attention to detail is amazing!

Wayne, you certainly have lots of people following this thread. Good on you.:-)

:-D Nice one!!!

Thanks- Started there 1980 in hols, before i left school 83- been there ever since (apart from a yr at college)

If you really want to know- Director and Estate Manager at Beth Chatto Gardens ltd www.bethchatto.co.uk holding NeBosh health and safety and environmental health and safety certificates. and chainsaw certs My wife- has started selling womens 40's fashion accessories (facebook- finishing touches~40s style)

not sure if this will work- http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=614&q=fordson+e27n&oq=fordson+&gs_l=img.1.6.0l10.1296.4468.0.8374.8.7.0.1.1.0.62.412.7.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.LHnVHa1ihaI#hl=en&tbo=d&nfpr=1&site=imghp&tbm=isch&spell=1&q=fordson+e27n+tool+roll&sa=X&ei=szPvUIiRMaO40QWFlYDACA&ved=0CEwQBSgA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=cae41e109218344f&biw=1366&bih=614 there is a pic of a tool roll. I have had a look on http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/boards.cgi - it might be worth registering and posting. sorry no more joy!!!

Hi, got the tax renewal today for the GPW , no big deal- oh but says needs MOT cert :nut: which ran out Dec. Phoned DVLA to be told, that i need to download V112. found it online, you have to take it to P/O. our P/O shut and gone, tried next village- no sorry try town. Helpfull assistant- sorted. although was advised that this will be required each year- shame in this day and age the system acknowledge this. (Oh I had the garage Pre mot her on safety grounds) maybe an mot might be easier.:nut:

Try this link- http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?27872-Copper-bronze-escort-mk1-rs2000-from-mod-ruddington&highlight=RS2000 There is one about Gerry