Jack Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Now who was the fool who took the gas axe to them :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Didn't know where else to put this. Vogezen July 1940. From my personal photo collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy1944 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 to bad the german tanks are all cut to pieces, its worth milion's now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 You have to wonder what all of that metal was used for, but I'm betting the value gained from it's re-use were far greater than the value of a museum piece these days. It's sad to say from a restoration point of view, but at the time that much metal was probably worth a lot more in terms of getting civilian life running again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 The situation in the Channel Islands in 1945 was that they were bankrupt. the variuos ordnace left behind, esopecuially mine feilds, ment the tourist industry and farming could not get back to normal. So most of the stuff was dumped. People did not want to remember at the time. The states of Jersey did store some equipment in a tunnel at L'Aleval, with a view to future display. However following a fatal acident in about 1964 when two young children were killed in the tunnel it was emptied by a team led by colnel Blashford -Snell, and sold for scrap or dumped. Liberation Day , May 9th is not nessacarily a celebration for all Islander's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Blashford Snell - there was a man. Whilst researching my book I stumbled across this page: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1514628/Ken-Mason.html It refers to Capt The Rev Basil Pratt. He was padre to 15/19H when I joined in Omagh in 1976. There was a disco every week (Friday? Traditionally Army discos are on a Thursday so as not to interfere with the weekend, but on ops in NI I am sure the disco was on a Friday.) On my first disco night I stood in the crush for beer in the NAAFI lounge (the queue was marginally shorter than in the bar) and found myself with an extremely close view of the back of the leather jacket in front of me, emblazoned "HEAVEN'S ANGELS". Stood in the queue, its wearer turned and, not recognising my cherry-boy face, introduced himself ebulliently with Sandhurst accent and hand outstretched as far as possible in the crush. "Hi. The name's Pratt. Basil Pratt. Pratt by name and Pratt by nature." What a great welcome to the regiment. We stood and talked (well, he talked) for longer than was absolutely necessary. He great stories of his adventure with Blashers two years earlier. But what stuck in my mind was. "The leathers? I ride a BMW R90 (which was as big / good as it got in the 70s). Did you know, I can pull up at a red light and sit there for 30 seconds waiting for them to turn green without ever putting my feet down. Low centre of mass and perfect balance." If I had had any doubt before, there was none now. At the end of the tour and we returned to the mainland, first thing I did was buy my own bike. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Great pic, Jack. :-D Just think, there must have been these sort of 'dumps', all over the place immediatly post war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBed Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 and to think today a couple of turret hatches off a panther might buy you a small house today:whistle: graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Because the gas axe was taken to the rest! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 Blashford Snell - there was a man. Whilst researching my book I stumbled across this page: Hi Neil - have you told us about your book? Come on, spill the beans!!:cellphone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Hi Neil - have you told us about your book? Come on, spill the beans!!:cellphone: Yes I have told you about me book. I have finished about six chapters up to and including my return from Omagh where I had been section rifleman. Started on Tidworth as a Scorpion crewman and came to a stop last September for my daughter's wedding. Never got going again. I had hoped to clock up a couple of weeks'worth on the holiday that I am just back from but ... It will be called "A Tracked Armoured Car" due to recce crewmen spending their lives explaining to civvies that a CVR(T) is not a tank, it's ... Don't hold your breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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