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Having taken into account the current COVID restrictions that currently apply in the different parts of the UK, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 reunion.
The Chairman Nick Butler will be heading up the Fan at 0930 hrs on Saturday the 15th May and he will lay a BAFC wreath on behalf of the Club at the summit.
He will also toast The Fallen.
If other members wish to make their own pilgrimage up the Fan at their own risk please follow the relevant COVID restrictions that will be in place.
As a Club we are not able to accept liability for members safety and well being over the weekend of 14/15 May. Our Clubs insurance that normally covers Fandance will not operate this year.
Update to follow reference Aldershot 10 Miler on the 20th November 2021.
...........................................................................................................................................................The 10 Miler will be held on w/e Saturday 23rd November 2024..................................................................................................................................
Dave,
There was one lad who fainted on his horse just as he was about to go past HM, he was stretchered off poor lad and his horse led away. Listened to the RAMC Major afterwards they have started a new policy of making soldiers take more salt and less of a big fry up before the parade as in the old days, as the stomach takes all the attention and the brain and other parts of the body take nothing, making lads faint.
I did notice three more change arms and stand at ease's put in, so it must be a big thing nowadays to try and stop people collapsing.
Good job they never came to Rushmoor arena for the Colours Parade in 1974. We had all been on the piss until 3 in the morning before the parade, but at least we kept the lads who were worse for ware standing upright ha ha! It was like the Wooden Horse film where a dummy was held by those either side
Did,nt see that Gil. A bullshitting bastard like me wudda used the excuse that the sight of HM med mi swoon with ecstacy and I lost control of my senses.
Dave,
There was one lad who fainted on his horse just as he was about to go past HM, he was stretchered off poor lad and his horse led away. Listened to the RAMC Major afterwards they have started a new policy of making soldiers take more salt and less of a big fry up before the parade as in the old days, as the stomach takes all the attention and the brain and other parts of the body take nothing, making lads faint.
I did notice three more change arms and stand at ease's put in, so it must be a big thing nowadays to try and stop people collapsing.
Good job they never came to Rushmoor arena for the Colours Parade in 1974. We had all been on the piss until 3 in the morning before the parade, but at least we kept the lads who were worse for ware standing upright ha ha! It was like the Wooden Horse film where a dummy was held by those either side
Love it. I bet they could smell the Guinness belches farts and fumes from Queens Ave.
"If they control your speech.....they control your life" Me
Did,nt see that Gil. A bullshitting bastard like me wudda used the excuse that the sight of HM med mi swoon with ecstacy and I lost control of my senses.
That,s that poor fukkers chances o bein on future Birthday Honours lists fukked then. Mine wo scuppered years agu when lobbin from owd Argosy, Queens Inspection early 67 I landed like a bag o shite on the tank tracks in front of a much younger Liz n Phil n scowlin Farrah The Para!
He was a Major who fell off his horse and the horse landed on him, unconscious on recovery and still not well. No doubt someone will have it recorded and it'll go up on Youtube!
He was a Major who fell off his horse and the horse landed on him, unconscious on recovery and still not well. No doubt someone will have it recorded and it'll go up on Youtube! https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...-soldier-falls
I've put it up above Gil, although it's from a long distance.
That,s that poor fukkers chances o bein on future Birthday Honours lists fukked then. Mine wo scuppered years agu when lobbin from owd Argosy, Queens Inspection early 67 I landed like a bag o shite on the tank tracks in front of a much younger Liz n Phil n scowlin Farrah The Para!
Were those Tank Tracks a rough as they normally were Dave ?.... There must have been a few shagged up knees and ankles. Or did 9 Sqdn gallop to the rescue and flatten it all before hand ?
"If they control your speech.....they control your life" Me
Dave,
There was one lad who fainted on his horse just as he was about to go past HM, he was stretchered off poor lad and his horse led away. Listened to the RAMC Major afterwards they have started a new policy of making soldiers take more salt and less of a big fry up before the parade as in the old days, as the stomach takes all the attention and the brain and other parts of the body take nothing, making lads faint.
I did notice three more change arms and stand at ease's put in, so it must be a big thing nowadays to try and stop people collapsing.
Good job they never came to Rushmoor arena for the Colours Parade in 1974. We had all been on the piss until 3 in the morning before the parade, but at least we kept the lads who were worse for ware standing upright ha ha! It was like the Wooden Horse film where a dummy was held by those either side
we were told to keep clenching the cheeks of our arse and wiggling our toes .............nice
gonna try to put pics up good i dunnit remember my post about Normandy pilgrimage ? well heres one of the old coach driverby the sign of Breviile its full name was breville sur monts it was on high ground up the road from Ranville as a result it was flattend the length of the high st. gerry made sure all the fighting was hard but this one was patricularly nasty ,a lot of men died taking this village.
other picture is of the Farmer whose orchard the tall bloke was in when mortared. the other is the Tom who took a round thro the bum flap of his smock,wounded but all important bits intact
Were those Tank Tracks a rough as they normally were Dave ?.... There must have been a few shagged up knees and ankles. Or did 9 Sqdn gallop to the rescue and flatten it all before hand ?
I was on that one Tone, the Sqn's job was to set off the improvised explosives during the assault on Flagstaff, we had laid out charges to simulate mortar and aircraft cannon fire, looked pretty impressive on the evening news. Laughed at old Dave's situation, one of ours Wally Clift, landed in the static water tank so no doubt that went down well as well !
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