berni Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 i had never heard of shrivenham untill coming back from Beltring with LLoyd in his jeep ( russ was being driven home in the Jimmy as he couldn't drive with his bad foot). and lloyd asked if we could organise our new years road run to the MOD site there. when i got home i tried finding it on the internet but didn't know it existed let alone how to spell it so i put the idea to the back of my mind untill it came up again in conversation. well, as it happens a couple of weeks ago i had a phone call from John C asking if i could make up numbers for a trip to Shrivenham he had wangled (my ears pricked up at this) and ask a few mates up to about 20 altogether. first phone call was to lloyd who got 2 jeeps with 8 bodies with no effort at all & i got another 14 without too much effort. we arrived at Shrivenham MOD site in Wiltshire, not far from swindon, about 10.30 am and after signing in we went through the gates. the first shed we stopped at was full of armour (woo hoo big toys to play with) and the only provisio was that we didn't take photos inside the warrier or chally 1 & 2. also ,& this is the worst bit, because they are all runners we weren't allowed to play with levers or press buttons ( my living nightmare) i sat inside 1 of the tanks & was confronted with so many knobs & switches etc it was driving me crazy not being able to touch anything. i am 1 of these people who will pull, prod,twist,flick,open,close & move anything not fixed in place. we had an hour to climb on & in everything in 2 halls. next it was on to the large gun armoury, again we weren't allowed to play with moving parts but our guides were quite happy to open, close breeches & show us how these big guns worked ( they didn't loose any fingers in the process) after tea / coffee & biscuits we moved on to the small arms armoury. now then we could play with everything in here as long as we could pick it up. there was UK,US,german, USSR etc. it was wall to wall metal there was also a couple of hundred pistols in display cases. this was a pretty amazing place & being so up front to so much was great. we also got to have a drink in the officers mess, which was so cheap it was fab, after a meal and a chat in the nearby pub we eventualy got home about 6.30 pm. the day was fantastic and i also met Great war Truck, hi tim too( you are so much younger than i pictured). here are a couple of pictures from the day, http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06023.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06017.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06001.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06005.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06024.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06010.jpg[/img] this was my favorite, called a tavern11, it is a us made UK vehicle http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06009.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06044.jpg[/img] http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/berniep/shrivenham06042.jpg[/img] i took about 40 pictures so the above is just a few samples. ta Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hi Berni Looks like nice toys. Like to play around with some of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hey Jack - looks like we found another destination for a HMVF day out!!! :-) :-) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Actually, I was thinking the same Neil :-D ........Berni Berni BERNI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Hardyferret Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 When can we go Jack ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 When can we go Jack ???? Berni...........Jerry said WHEN CAN WE GO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 i don't know..... i think you can only get in with a private invite from someone stationed there. i think thats how it works. another trip may be planned in 2008 but you could try being a bunny boiler & donning a mini skirt & high heels & chatting up a squaddie :-D in the meantime though i'll try & find out for you cheers Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 From time to time Friends of the Tank Museum had trips there. Some years ago I joined the Friends soley for access to these sort of trips. Because it depends on the goodwill of an individual to exploit a contact within an establishment I think it tended to be a thankless task & they don't seem to happen anymore. But the most memorable for me were two trips to AVD Ludgershall. In those days the Fuuchs NBC vehicles were the lasted acquision, of not much interest to me nor were MBTs but to see fields upon fields of Pigs, Frrets, 432s as far as the eye could see was amazing. I took a lot of photos but that was pre-digital & if it was now there would be gigabytes taken. Other memorable trips were BAEE & VD Ashchurch. The other benefit of being a Friend was free entry to the Museum. But given that the trips have ceased & one ticket buys you entry for the year seems no great advantage being a Friend sad to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Hardyferret Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 you could try being a bunny boiler & donning a mini skirt & high heels & chatting up a squaddie Berni do you mean Jack or Hardyferret :? In either case the mental picture this idea brings to mind ................Ughhh :-o :shocking: Its not good :schocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Not a problem...............I will do anything for HMVF :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 [quote Not a problem...............I will do anything for HMVF :cry: ANYTHING ???? :? :box :oops2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-nick Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 My sister in law visited here last week, I've used MOLDIV app on my iPhone to give the images some clarity as the originals were quite dark-also taken on an iPhone. I've tried to group the images together by relevance as they were sent to me in a jumble, no copyright on these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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militant-nick Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I couldn't see how to delete the attached smaller images if anyone is able to do so where the larger images have been posted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Another way for us to see equipment we are never going to have access to. Thank your sister in law for taking the time to photograph and to you for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-nick Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Thanks John, will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcollection Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Thanks John, will do. Good pictures, I've been there a few times in the past but never got the chance to sneak any pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Batchelor Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I spent a month there in their machine shop as part of my degree course and we got to spend an afternoon looking around everything from small arms to tanks, didn't have a camera in those days sadly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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