timbo Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 For those of you who served - the opportunity to reminisce....so far have seen some footage of Centurions, Ferrets, QL's...just finishing it off on iplayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Yep, certainly reminded myself of my time there 1956 / 58. REME Workshops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Great programme!!........found it by accident and very much enjoyed it. My younger cousins were there off and on from about 1979 til 1990 ish one in the Infantry (Gloucesters) ... t'other in Chieftain Tanks.....(Guards ...can't remember now..was it the Coldstreams ?? :undecided:) anyways ! ..good prog!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northrecce Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nj3xx/Timeshift_Series_12_The_British_Army_of_the_Rhine/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Outstanding programme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Some nice Abbots in DBG too .... :-) Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northrecce Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I never new the British army used U.S. reo style whistler trucks? . Could it be 50 missile battery royal artillery that was in the programme using them?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I also found it by accident, a great show. Nice to see period footage of postwar vehicles! The Humber Pigs in N.I and the Ferrets were great! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 It was a good programe remember those days well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I never new the British army used U.S. reo style whistler trucks? . Could it be 50 missile battery royal artillery that was in the programme using them?. I'm quite prepared to be shot down in flames by our missile experts, but I thought it was an Honest John missile and Reo type launcher. 24, 39 and 50 Regiments, RA., all used the Honest John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 a lot of the black and white footage was taken form the documentary done on 17/21 lancers shots in late 1960s' - sadly no longer available on iplayer however did anyone record it? I can't get decent definition on iplayer to be able to see the VRN on the CVRWs that appear in the last 10 minutes , one of them appears to be xxFDxx but there are 2 others at least anyone have any ideas how to improve picture quality, I know you can't download to keep the programme or copy it but I'd dearly love a couple of screen shots to use as stills as part of a display board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Great program can't believe how close ww3 was! Would of loved to be over Germany in 1950 with a low loader! Getting all the old tanks/trucks/and god now what else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 In the mid 1950s myself and two telecommunications S/Sgts travelled from our workshops (6.Armd. Hamm) myself doing the driving. We took a 3 tonne truck (I seem to recall that it was a Fordson V8, workshop bodied) We travelled to the 17th/21st Lancers, they were stationed at that time on the East German Border at Brunswick (Braunschweig) We stayed there for a few days to complete our task. Whilst there I witnessed something that I found quite ammusing at the time. I was sitting in the NAAFI having some refreshments and listening to the records on the very ornate dukebox. All of the guys in there were 17th/21st, apart from myself and a few other REME (LAD) guys. A trooper walked up to the dukebox and stood contemplating what songs that he wanted to play (You got 3 records for your coin) just when he had deposited his coin into the machine, a much bigger guy who had been standing behind him, just pushed him to one side and selected his choice of record. I remember that they were all Elvis Presley records, Elvis was very popular at that time, in fact I think that Elvis had just arrived in Germany to do his service with the US Army....... good days.....good times... good memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 In the mid 1950s myself and two telecommunications S/Sgts travelled from our workshops (6.Armd. Hamm) myself doing the driving. We took a 3 tonne truck (I seem to recall that it was a Fordson V8, workshop bodied) We travelled to the 17th/21st Lancers, they were stationed at that time on the East German Border at Brunswick (Braunschweig) We stayed there for a few days to complete our task. Whilst there I witnessed something that I found quite ammusing at the time. I was sitting in the NAAFI having some refreshments and listening to the records on the very ornate dukebox. All of the guys in there were 17th/21st, apart from myself and a few other REME (LAD) guys. A trooper walked up to the dukebox and stood contemplating what songs that he wanted to play (You got 3 records for your coin) just when he had deposited his coin into the machine, a much bigger guy who had been standing behind him, just pushed him to one side and selected his choice of record. I remember that they were all Elvis Presley records, Elvis was very popular at that time, in fact I think that Elvis had just arrived in Germany to do his service with the US Army....... good days.....good times... good memories. Why does the brain go mushy when you are in your seventies............. Jukebox, Jukebox, 100 times, Jukebox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northrecce Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 a lot of the black and white footage was taken form the documentary done on 17/21 lancers shots in late 1960s' - sadly no longer available on iplayer however did anyone record it? I can't get decent definition on iplayer to be able to see the VRN on the CVRWs that appear in the last 10 minutes , one of them appears to be xxFDxx but there are 2 others at least anyone have any ideas how to improve picture quality, I know you can't download to keep the programme or copy it but I'd dearly love a couple of screen shots to use as stills as part of a display board Its still on the iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00jrhyh/Tuesday_Documentary_Death_or_Glory/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Honest John in the Firepower museum Woolwich a few years back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northrecce Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Cheers Andy. I really don't know why i act surprised after all the M.L.R.S. is sat on a bradley chassis . And we had the M107 M109 in service with the royal artillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I can't get decent definition on iplayer to be able to see the VRN on the CVRWs that appear in the last 10 minutes , one of them appears to be xxFDxx but there are 2 others at least The one in colour moving through the trees on its own looks like 10FD54 but the angle isn't clever so the first two digits may be wrong. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 a lot of the black and white footage was taken form the documentary done on 17/21 lancers shots in late 1960s' - sadly no longer available on iplayer however did anyone record it? I can't get decent definition on iplayer to be able to see the VRN on the CVRWs that appear in the last 10 minutes , one of them appears to be xxFDxx but there are 2 others at least anyone have any ideas how to improve picture quality, I know you can't download to keep the programme or copy it but I'd dearly love a couple of screen shots to use as stills as part of a display board If you have a wii attached to your telly and a wifi connection you can watch it on telly. The quality definitely isnt HD but it is a much more pleasant experience than watching it on a crappy pc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I never new the British army used U.S. reo style whistler trucks? . Could it be 50 missile battery royal artillery that was in the programme using them?. They were actually Internationals with Continental petrol engines. I had done some refurbishment on the Honest John launcher now at Firepower and a missile supply truck that they had. I believe the vehicles were passed on to us from the US, not brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 The Abbot driving down a road with others is (or was) 07 EB 10, anyone know what happend to this one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The Abbot driving down a road with others is (or was) 07 EB 10, anyone know what happend to this one ? I've already looked that one up! The old Abbot Database shows it as in private hands and "Clive requires REME manuals to finish this Abbot". There's a photo of it sitting alongside some other vehicles somewhere that looks suspiciously like the REME museum at Borden, so landyandy and friends may know more? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppy Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The Abbot driving down a road with others is (or was) 07 EB 10, anyone know what happend to this one ? My Abbot...............I mean the goverments, was 08 EB 10 last heard of being restored and sold on.........? I have got a picture somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 08EB10 is currently owned by yours truly, so any photos or other info would be greatly appreciated! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmon Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Why does the brain go mushy when you are in your seventies............. Jukebox, Jukebox, 100 times, Jukebox. You should have kept quiet Ray I thought Dukebox was a German version but there again my brains going mushy in my early 50's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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