Scammell and Antar photos taken in 1953 - 55 by Gordon Giles

[RattlesnakeBob]

Absolutely wonderful photos...many thanks for sharing them!

They're very reminiscent of my ol' Dads photo album from the same sort of time and his days in Korea and Malaya with the Royal Engineers....I'll head over to see him tomorrow and ask if I could possibly share them with you all......

..watch this space! and once again many thanks !

[croc]

They almost never have a vehicle of their own but may have seen pictures in books but not noticed the writing! :nut:

They may have even been unfortunate enough to have read a book but been unaware that the authors 'facts' might be wildly inaccurate...

[norton 1926]

A Farsley lad eh?

 

I'm round the corner in Idle

 

A Conqueror and an Antar in the same picture are a recipe for greatness :-D

 

Fascinating - thanks for sharing

hi I go to idle regularly to 5 lane end shopping center. are you member of the famous idle working mans club. glad you liked the photos, unfortunately I didn't get a camera until late into my service as I could not afford one.I bought it with my cigarette allowance as I did not smoke,I used to get 1 mark for a 20 packet of senior service htay cost 1 shilling a packet, and there were 12 marks to the pound.

[norton 1926]

They may have even been unfortunate enough to have read a book but been unaware that the authors 'facts' might be wildly inaccurate...

thank you for informing me about rivet counting ,it sounds very exciting I might take it up as a hobby. (just joking) :cheesy:

[antarmike]

Rivet counting is not a hobby, it is a way of life......Once you take a pop you just can't stop....

Edited July 5, 2011 by antarmike

[norton 1926]

the photo of the church army canteen van, is what I considered was the most important vehicle in the British army.:cheesy:

the 6 men 5 standing one bent down in a group are members of the mixed service organisation,thy were polish,Latvians,

ukrainians,russians,etcetera displaced in the war, thy did guard duties with dogs, and general duties. I am the sprog in the

guard box. :red:

[mjstubley]

the photo of the church army canteen van, is what I considered was the most important vehicle in the British army.:cheesy:

the 6 men 5 standing one bent down in a group are members of the mixed service organisation,thy were polish,Latvians,

ukrainians,russians,etcetera displaced in the war, thy did guard duties with dogs, and general duties. I am the sprog in the

guard box. :red:

 

Church Army Canteen. Replaced by Wolfgang :-D (photo from the 1RTR.net website)

 

I know it's only a picture of a Merc Van, but this is takes me back to my childhood following my dad round BAOR when he worked for Plessey

 

Currywurst or Frikkies for tea most nights, most days spent climbing over 439's - happy days

 

Another photo that reminds me of nice times in Germany is the pic of the Mohne Dam. I'm told by my parents that I was once found at the age of 2 throwing pebbles into the Mohnesee after escaping from the campsite we were staying on, Apparently caused a full scale 'babyhunt' for 3 hours :blush:

[norton 1926]

Church Army Canteen. Replaced by Wolfgang :-D (photo from the 1RTR.net website)

 

I know it's only a picture of a Merc Van, but this is takes me back to my childhood following my dad round BAOR when he worked for Plessey

 

Currywurst or Frikkies for tea most nights, most days spent climbing over 439's - happy days

 

Another photo that reminds me of nice times in Germany is the pic of the Mohne Dam. I'm told by my parents that I was once found at the age of 2 throwing pebbles into the Mohnesee after escaping from the campsite we were staying on, Apparently caused a full scale 'babyhunt' for 3 hours :blush:

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.

[norton 1926]

 

Rivet counting is not a hobby, it is a way of life......Once you take a pop you just can't stop....

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

[tankie88]

Wolfgang........the man who always knew where you were before you did.

[norton 1926]

Wolfgang........the man who always knew where you were before you did.[/quote

ever one knew were I was before I did. ( particularly the wife ):blush:

[norton 1926]

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: .

[norton 1926]

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.