robin craig Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Does anyone have any information on the Ferret located in the TA Centre on Somerford Road, Cirencester, Glos. It is also the home of 1329 (Cirencester) DF Air Training Corps., If you are looking for it on google use the ATC name as your search as the TA Yeomanry unit pops up in a location called Highbury house just down the road and is NOT where the Ferret is. It is visible on Streetscape. Last I saw of it, likely 1997, it was a shed, in a sad state so I can't believe it has gotten any better. I know Matt will want to know all the details. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Someone must live nearby to Cirencester to have a look? R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Does anyone have any information on the Ferret located in the TA Centre on Somerford Road, Cirencester, Glos. It is also the home of 1329 (Cirencester) DF Air Training Corps., If you are looking for it on google use the ATC name as your search as the TA Yeomanry unit pops up in a location called Highbury house just down the road and is NOT where the Ferret is. It is visible on Streetscape. Last I saw of it, likely 1997, it was a shed, in a sad state so I can't believe it has gotten any better. I know Matt will want to know all the details. R Hi Robin Just to let you know that talks are going on at the moment about the ferret being restored. I will keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Podesta Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Hi, here are a couple of photos of Ferret 01DA20, I visited it a couple of months ago in Cirencester and had a chat with a visiting PSI there, he told me that someone was going to look at restoring it. I also had a good look at it, the turret was welded up but you could see in some holes down into it and it looks in a pretty bad state, some relatives of mine who live nearby told me that it is still on its plinth on the front gate, so nothing has been done with it up to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 There is always hope. Thanks Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toner Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Would be good to see it on the road again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsaunders06 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 As of today Thursday 12th Nov the ferret is gone from its stand in TA yard . Hopefully for restoration and not disposal . martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 As of today Thursday 12th Nov the ferret is gone from its stand in TA yard . Hopefully for restoration and not disposal .martin Thanks for the update.........I got a feeling it's in good hands...Hope to hear more about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsaunders06 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Ferret is now back on its plinth and has been cosmetically restored , this was the end of January with our local paper reporting it had stood there since 1989 after being presented to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Squadron of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry . The work cost almost £4000 and was carried out by Track and Wheel in Buckingham and paid for by the RGH benevolent fund . The Ferret is named Gallipoli in memory of the men of the RGH who fought and died there in WW1, it also carries the markings of 22nd Armoured division of the RGH which fought in the dessert campaign in WW2 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/14221983.PICTURES__Army__tank__returns_to_Cirencester/ http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Army-Reserve-welcomes-Ferret-gate-guard/story-28618725-detail/story.html Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFC1943Fl.Lt. Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Looking good. Nice go know some people care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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