8 platoon C company

[daibeer]

Hi Beano
Not C company mate, good clean living bunch of lads. And it was scotty blair pooping on siggy in his new white suit bought from the cookhouse the night before we went on our first leave if i remember right. AND gerry was there making sure we were on the square ready for the superbus. Been waiting for a long time to get rid of us so he could chill. Poor Gerry! What a man
regards
Dai

[griff029]

I remember a big scrap under the gym between 7 and 9 platoons. I think that kicked off after an altercation between Benny and Tom 31 over a girl in the NCO's room. 8 platoon sort of divvied themselves down the middle. Toilet sinks full of blood afterwards.
Appalling living conditions. Low pay. Violence. the good old days. There would be a parliamentary enquiry about it these days. Times have changed I guess.
In Derry, remember sneaking off down the Fountains to a tea stop for some whiskey on New Year's Eve 1978 with Gauvain. There was hell on. I remember Paul Nash just clocking me one for it. End of story. Wouldn't happen nowadays.

wasshael

[Barry69]

I Griff in 86 we were still popping in for a cuppa there funny enough Guvs and Paul were on the same tour "Must like the Place I guess

[Richards 47]

I remember hiring a bus to pick us up to go to a Rinteln Disco one Saturday night. Of course it was run through the "Little Green Apple Club" that Jinx and I had founded in our ultimate wisdom. Sam Moon had organized his group "The Flowers" W*****s Anyway the bus was picking us up at 1900 hrs and we were all in the Zur Post at 1100 hrs. We all swore there would be no Alcohol until 1700 hrs? I think the first round of drinks were bought at 11:15 hrs. The next step was everyone had to purchase and wear a funny hat!
There were every kind of hat you could think of, Baby bonnets with fuzzy ears. etc etc. What a great time. Dai Beer said to me at the Reunion this year and I quote " How the Hell did we ever survive Lemgo"
Great times, Great People, Great Memories.

[Barry69]

Yer Lemgo so many memories the Post as mentioned The Dap Bar Sammy's Bar the Students Bar the Das Ding and the Spiks Bar had a tab there well a mat on the shelf Oh and a place we use play darts comp's in don't remember its name.

Oh and Pizza Place by the Dap Bar, Got pulled once me and Scouce Whitlow for riding a bike back to camp the two of us by the Filth sorry the German Police, such nice guys they went for our story that we found the bike in the road and were moving them as they were a hazard, now the fact we were picking our selfs up for the10th time so p..... it would of been quicker walking back, but then the Pigs arrived Red Caps and em they did not believe a thing funny enough but they took back to camp and all was forgotten, only it was now 2am and Mouse Coopers Cinderella curfew was on and we were late oh ****!

Happy Days


PS what ever happened to that bike

[alun(lofty)sharpe]

I think the place we played darts in was called "al-fonzes" Barry, but cant be sure mate.

[ap1]

A couple of other possibles, but cant remember the names...The bar opposite Bills?????

The one up at the Pads behind the barracks. And also the "Jukebox".

[daibeer]

Bar opposite Bills was maria's

[CARL PUGH]

Dai, wasn't the bar opposite Bill's was Walters, and Al the one behind the pads was Jimmy's ..

[Guvs]

Hi Carl.
Where the hell was Maria's bar ??? wasn't that opposite Bill's bar ? tell you what I cant remember Lemgo let alone what happened there !!!