Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Parade ground used to be full of 101s and LT/WTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 View from the 15th floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Nice chappel lets hope it survives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 humm am i detecting some 28dl in this post :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I would hope the chapel would stay also but it does not look good to have it completely emptied as well ???? How many flats will be built on the site now ? How many stories will the building be ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 humm am i detecting some 28dl in this post :-\ I am defently not a member honest,no really i am not,ask my mum,ask anybody.i am to old,really i am.:-D:-D:-Dits defently not me in the picture,its not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I would hope the chapel would stay also but it does not look good to have it completely emptied as well ????How many flats will be built on the site now ? How many stories will the building be ? Dont really know much as yet,but it was sold for some collosal price,i did post before the crash but lost the info now.but we dont live far so will keep an eye out.we were there last week no work started yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
younggun Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I am defently not a member honest,no really i am not,ask my mum,ask anybody.i am to old,really i am.:-D:-D:-Dits defently not me in the picture,its not. yea i belive u :-\ i could put some greenham commen pics up but thers no way that ive done eny of this urban exeploring honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I hope the chapel was a listed building... If not I would alert British Heritage Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 English heratige !! They can be as much use as an ashtray on motorbike. Your right it should be preserved, proabably the best person to pester at the moment is Boris Johnson, he's looking to make a mark as the new mayor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Last I heard the site had been purchased by an Islamic corporation (???) and, without wishing to get the dreaded "P" word involved, if this is the case then the likelihood of the Chapel being preserved is somewhere around zero!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Awesome pics dude. I know 28dl aswell but im not a member.You done MoD Longcross yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Awesome pics dude. I know 28dl aswell but im not a member.You done MoD Longcross yet. I know not of what you speak.rule one do not speak of fight club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Last I heard the site had been purchased by an Islamic corporation (???) and, without wishing to get the dreaded "P" word involved, if this is the case then the likelihood of the Chapel being preserved is somewhere around zero!!!!! Thats interesting Niel,will watch this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Last I heard the site had been purchased by an Islamic corporation (???) and, without wishing to get the dreaded "P" word involved, if this is the case then the likelihood of the Chapel being preserved is somewhere around zero!!!!! Of course we have to tell our soldiers that using a sacred book as a target at the firing range is a no-no, but destruction of one of our places of worship is clearly acceptable... I may be stupid but.... Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Careful mate - things are starting to stray into the dreaded twin evil realms of Politics and Religion........ Suffice it to say it will be interesting to see what happens to the barracks site in general and the chapel in particular!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I'm no expert (as you all know) - but I doubt if an important church like this one would bite the dust. It's been around longer than the modern blocks and would be considered heritage, surely?? The Garrison church at Shoebury has survived the long since departed khaki corps. But, I admit I've never seen it open. Interesting subject. My father in law says never discuss politics and religion. But saving a barracks church is a campaign issue in my humble opinion. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 How long till the Cenotaph is removed because it 'offends' someone? this is genuine following an event. Chris. "I Had the bad luck to be in Gloucester on Saturday, April 19, and I was sickened. It was some sort of so-called heritage event and I saw some really terrible stuff. It was basically not believable, just so backward and reactionary. Haven't we made any progress in thousands of years? It was all about guns and soldiers. The noise coming from the docks was dreadful. Where were the minorities? It was just white supremacists, which is what those guys in the red coats were, their job just to walk all over people with brown skin. Lots of the so-called "entertainment" was people in armour doing fake fights. What a terrible example to set vulnerable kids? Those people were just thugs. You might as well get hoodies to give one another a good kicking. But what really got me was that ethnic minorities and other vulnerable communities were totally excluded. I would like to have seen an ethnic person go up to that lot and say: "I want to join in and wear a stupid costume like you". That would of made those so-called 'Warriors' look totally embarrassed and they would have said 'No' anyway. If they must do this stuff in Gloucester, let's be positive and pro-life! There are loads of things they could do instead of so-called "glory" and battles. There was a great story in Gay Pride magazine. It was about Nelson's sailors who were gay. On one ship they were called "The Mollies" because the ship was the Molly Rudge. They were sick of abuse and discrimination so when they captured a cargo of clothing they all put on women's clothing and refused to fight the French any more. They put their captain in a boat and said their cat was the captain now and sailed off to Yucatan where they started a gay colony called Molliania which sadly was wiped out by native Americans who were victims of racism so couldn't be blamed. Why not enact that down the docks? There was never an RN ship called the Molly Rudge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I notice the keys are missing for the ammo bunker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I remember the gym - we used to play 5-aside in there during winter months!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I remember the gym - we used to play 5-aside in there during winter months!!! Well done mate hope most of the memories are good ones,but have you still got the key to the ammo store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Cool gym. Could have a footy match in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Well done mate hope most of the memories are good ones,but have you still got the key to the ammo store? :rofl::rofl::rofl: We had our own mate, around in the Duke of Yorks - all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff in there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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