Where were you born, where are you now?

BlueSpice said:
locoblu said:
Take it you were following the Army around ? which regiment ?? sounds interesting.
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Guards (hColdstream ence all the southern based postings for ceremonial duties) :)
Yes, it was pretty interesting, and being an army brat had its moments.
Are/were you a fellow army brat/serviceman?

My biggest regret is that all that moving around meant dad and I never made it to a City game together before he died, though we did share City in his last couple of years, in other ways :(
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No never in the Army but one of my best friends recently left the errmm dare I say it Ahem !!!! the First or Grenadier Guards, so i`m well aware of the rivalry between you lot, yes your postings jumped out at me. In june A bunch of us (14) did a 300 mile sponsored cycle ride from Dunkirk to Nijmegen (bridge too far) following mostly the `March`s` route, I and one other guy were the only `civvies` but were treated fantastically well by your boys for the efforts we put in, all that drinking was well earned. They even did me the massive honour of letting me lay a wreath at the Menin Gate, very moving..
Shame about you and your dad and city, brought you up right though :))
 
locoblu said:
No never in the Army but one of my best friends recently left the errmm dare I say it Ahem !!!! the First or Grenadier Guards, so i`m well aware of the rivalry between you lot, yes your postings jumped out at me. In june A bunch of us (14) did a 300 mile sponsored cycle ride from Dunkirk to Nijmegen (bridge too far) following mostly the `March`s` route, I and one other guy were the only `civvies` but were treated fantastically well by your boys for the efforts we put in, all that drinking was well earned. They even did me the massive honour of letting me lay a wreath at the Menin Gate, very moving..
Shame about you and your dad and city, brought you up right though :))
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LOL Yes, we love-to-hate the Grenadiers but it's a fun rivalry - not aided by the general public's idea that a Guardsman has single buttons (Grenadier) and a red plume in his bearskin (Coldstream) (A bit like a layman thinking ManUre play in sky Blue (or vice versa))

Well done on staying the pace and earning the respect of the soldiers - you'd have known if you hadn't! Really pleased you enjoyed it. I'm very proud of what my dad did for 22+ years and still watch Trooping the Colour with a proud tear every year, and celebrate the regiment's day (St George's Day) in his memory.

Ahem, sorry, for hijacking this thread people. As you were ...........
 
Gelsons Dad said:
Sheffield, Barnsley, Singapore, St Annes, Doncaster, Newquay, Forres, Oxford, Sigtuna (Sweden), Lisbon, Amman, Basel, Zurich.
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