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hehehe Racing floor polishers up the corridors in 91

Actually burnt one of the things out.

Pretending to ice scate with yellow dusters on your feet, stacking beds on top of wardrobes, Making bed packs (does anyone at Halton know what a bed pack is nowadays),

MFT at NAM, luffeNAM. Mile and a half in boots with the old SLR (now thats what i call a rifle) 5 blanks and having to crawl forward a few yards to retrieve the BFA.

Memories best time of my life honest.
 
Parky said:
hehehe Racing floor polishers up the corridors in 91

Actually burnt one of the things out.

Pretending to ice scate with yellow dusters on your feet, stacking beds on top of wardrobes, Making bed packs (does anyone at Halton know what a bed pack is nowadays),

MFT at NAM, luffeNAM. Mile and a half in boots with the old SLR (now thats what i call a rifle) 5 blanks and having to crawl forward a few yards to retrieve the BFA.

Memories best time of my life honest.
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When were you at Swinders? Was there Jul-Sep 91. The Thor Run in 30 Deg C, sweating like a sweaty thing!
 
Parky said:
hehehe Racing floor polishers up the corridors in 91

Actually burnt one of the things out.

Pretending to ice scate with yellow dusters on your feet, stacking beds on top of wardrobes, Making bed packs (does anyone at Halton know what a bed pack is nowadays),

MFT at NAM, luffeNAM. Mile and a half in boots with the old SLR (now thats what i call a rifle) 5 blanks and having to crawl forward a few yards to retrieve the BFA.

Memories best time of my life honest.
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Of course they do! Unlike the Army who now have duvets in Phase 1.

Had my pack launched out of the window a few times, probably not a good idea to sugest to the Cpl that my boots were better than his!:PDT_Xtremez_30:
 
Parky said:
hehehe Racing floor polishers up the corridors in 91

Actually burnt one of the things out.

Pretending to ice scate with yellow dusters on your feet, stacking beds on top of wardrobes, Making bed packs (does anyone at Halton know what a bed pack is nowadays),

MFT at NAM, luffeNAM. Mile and a half in boots with the old SLR (now thats what i call a rifle) 5 blanks and having to crawl forward a few yards to retrieve the BFA.

Memories best time of my life honest.
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I hope you are not the Parky I am thinking of?


Boil in the Bag?



Failed Lecky?




Anyhow,



Swinders was ace.

Not like the tree hugging human rights training with a little bit about "how shoe polish can give you cancer" course



Rifle butts in the back of knees,

punch ups,

Black eyes,


Loadsa fun.

What happened to the new breed then?

Whinging to$$ers.

TW
 
Yikes i mind I joined up in Jan 91 the day the gulf kicked off , we had 2 hard DI, as for names I cant mind or what flight , was blue beret badges or something , but some scouse SNCO was my main DI and some wee jock hard **** was the corporal. Names I never been good at but they got the job done and if i meet them now Id buy em a beer , at the time utter ****os
 
BillyBunter said:
Yikes i mind I joined up in Jan 91 the day the gulf kicked off , we had 2 hard DI, as for names I cant mind or what flight , was blue beret badges or something , but some scouse SNCO was my main DI and some wee jock hard **** was the corporal. Names I never been good at but they got the job done and if i meet them now Id buy em a beer , at the time utter ****os
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Did the wee jock have ginger hair?

He was a stormer mate.


Parky,

We must have just missed each other.

TW
 
aye he did TW, I for the life of me trying to mind the names


He i belive was an ex prison warden , but them were the days when discips done it all.

Sgt Scouse and Cpl Ginger wee hard bloke

I need help with names here, many years at Trade group one and alchohol has damaged brain
 
BillyBunter said:
aye he did TW, I for the life of me trying to mind the names


He i belive was an ex prison warden , but them were the days when discips done it all.

Sgt Scouse and Cpl Ginger wee hard bloke

I need help with names here, many years at Trade group one and alchohol has damaged brain
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Can you remember BOB, the big barrel chested blurk who marched his troops along while himself wearing studded boots?


Will never forget Sgt Green and Cpl Walton.


If you two read this, Greenie, I remember you crying at the demise of 3TS.



We were the last ones to pas out as 3TS.





TW
 
Parky said:
hehehe Racing floor polishers up the corridors in 91

Actually burnt one of the things out.

Pretending to ice scate with yellow dusters on your feet, stacking beds on top of wardrobes, Making bed packs (does anyone at Halton know what a bed pack is nowadays),

MFT at NAM, luffeNAM. Mile and a half in boots with the old SLR (now thats what i call a rifle) 5 blanks and having to crawl forward a few yards to retrieve the BFA.

Memories best time of my life honest.
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Burnt out????? The floor bumper I'm talking about was a metal brick a hinge and along wooden handle! Burnt out indeed!

Somebody tell him....:PDT_Xtremez_14:
 
BillyBunter said:
aye he did TW, I for the life of me trying to mind the names


He i belive was an ex prison warden , but them were the days when discips done it all.

Sgt Scouse and Cpl Ginger wee hard bloke

I need help with names here, many years at Trade group one and alchohol has damaged brain
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Jock Meston was the Cpl and Sgt Boyden was the scouser, they were my DI's on my intake.
 
bigfella said:
Burnt out????? The floor bumper I'm talking about was a metal brick a hinge and along wooden handle! Burnt out indeed!

Somebody tell him....:PDT_Xtremez_14:
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We had them as well but we had 2 Floor polishers per block too, one person using it the other standing on it to give better down pressure, Unless we were trying to ride the things that is.:PDT_Xtremez_14:
 
Parky said:
We had them as well but we had 2 Floor polishers per block too, one person using it the other standing on it to give better down pressure, Unless we were trying to ride the things that is.:PDT_Xtremez_14:
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The floor bumper I recall was the smallest bloke in the room inside a grey blanket being dragged at a run up and down the centre of the room:PDT_Xtremez_30:
 
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BJW said:
The floor bumper I recall was the smallest bloke in the room inside a grey blanket being dragged at a run up and down the centre of the room:PDT_Xtremez_30:
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LUXURY You only had to do the centre of the room, We had to stack our beds on the wardrobes and do under them.

Pre Health and safety when peeps upstairs were hanging out of windows to clean the outside even though they were "advised" that they didnt have to.
 
We had a Sgt Taff Jones on our intake (10Flt Dec 90-Jan91)no Cpl for some reason. He was a brilliant bloke we were his last ever intake before his de-mob. Laid back most of the time but as most DI's a right b*stard when he needed to be.
 
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Got there Dec 90 for 1 week then given some pocket money and sent home for 3 weeks xmas grant. Got back to swinderby to watch the gulf war from the Newcomers Club in between the constant drones of "She's My Cherry Pie" by Warrant.

I think i was 9 Flt (mixed). I also vaguely remember the Farm "Altogether Now" as our anthem. Passed out on Valentines day with parade in the hangar as it was foooooking freezing out side.

Remember spraying furniture polish by the doors and watching one of our DIs nearly go A o T. He had a sense of humour failure that morning.
 
docbombhead said:
We had a Sgt Taff Jones on our intake (10Flt Dec 90-Jan91)no Cpl for some reason. He was a brilliant bloke we were his last ever intake before his de-mob. Laid back most of the time but as most DI's a right b*stard when he needed to be.
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Brilliant! is he on two?
 
CTID said:
Got there Dec 90 for 1 week then given some pocket money and sent home for 3 weeks xmas grant. Got back to swinderby to watch the gulf war from the Newcomers Club in between the constant drones of "She's My Cherry Pie" by Warrant.

I think i was 9 Flt (mixed). I also vaguely remember the Farm "Altogether Now" as our anthem. Passed out on Valentines day with parade in the hangar as it was foooooking freezing out side.

Remember spraying furniture polish by the doors and watching one of our DIs nearly go A o T. He had a sense of humour failure that morning.
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That's the same dates as me, The bloke who won most improved for PT was an ex Wales 10,000 Mtr champion and the lad who won most improved for GDT an ex pongo. Never could work out how they'd improved though !
 
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