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26/03/2024 7:02 pm
Might as well start the old 9 Independent Parachute Sqn RE off with a Bang!
29/03/2024 1:41 am
As usual Sqn is first in, Bob.
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29/03/2024 10:16 am
At least we can post on here without wondering if it's going to reach anybody at all Steve.
30/03/2024 12:48 am
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30/03/2024 5:19 am
Yes but 2 Para made it safe albeit hard to use
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30/03/2024 12:32 pm
😀 😀 😀 That's because like me you were an AIPT Ian!
31/03/2024 1:16 am
True Bob
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31/03/2024 12:33 pm
I'm pleased they issued us with red and black pullovers Ian, if it had been red and black spots we would have looked like Ladybirds mate. Couldn't have lived with that!
01/04/2024 9:49 am
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01/04/2024 11:34 am
Just so it doesn't confuse anybody these geezers a wearing red and blacks! Do they still wear them anybody know?
02/04/2024 8:58 am
Just so it doesn't confuse anybody these geezers a wearing red and blacks! Do they still wear them anybody know?
Bob, anytime you see PTI's these days, they're wearing skint tight vests mate.
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02/04/2024 10:55 am
Track suits in navy blue were worn a lot during the winter months. But daily activities certainly kept you warm Don. At the end of the day a mixture of tea leaves mixed with linseed oil was spread on the gym floor and the AIPTs used to place an upturned top off a vaulting horse filled with weights after being placed on an old blanket. Attach toggle ropes to it and gallop up and down the gym floor which made it shine like shite on a barn door. Old Des Browning the QMSI used to yell,keep going lads it's good for the blood. 🙄 🙄 🙄
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02/04/2024 3:12 pm
Don, was Jock(John Phillips) still in the Sqn when you were in he was on the same AIPT Course as me in 1965. Jocks 3rd from the right middle row.
02/04/2024 4:01 pm
Don, was Jock(John Phillips) still in the Sqn when you were in he was on the same AIPT Course as me in 1965. Jocks 3rd from the right middle row.
Yes Bob, he died last year mate, i'll send that pic to his daughter.
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03/04/2024 11:22 am
Don I'm sorry to hear that mate, John was a good lad and loved his football. He will be sorely missed by all. RIP buddy!
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