paul stacey
master brummie
Fine looking young chap.Jackie.
Most N/S blokes said they hated it at the time, but i reckon most of them enjoyed the experience. I was a Regular & at the beginning i hated it & consequently paid many a visit to the guardroom, but after a while i began to enjoy it. I was in Germany the same time as your brother early 60`s & it was brilliant.My older brother was one of the last to do N/S. He hated every minute of it and they made the last ones do an extra 6 months. He was in the Royal Warwickshire so local regiment. He did twelve months in Hong Kong and the rest in Germany. That was the very early Sixties.
in 1965 I decided to join up and he begged me not to because he hated it so much. As it happened I loved it and if I was 18 now I would do it all over again.
When I joined late 65 there was still a few ex N/S who became regulars after there initial service ended.Most N/S blokes said they hated it at the time, but i reckon most of them enjoyed the experience. I was a Regular & at the beginning i hated it & consequently paid many a visit to the guardroom, but after a while i began to enjoy it. I was in Germany the same time as your brother early 60`s & it was brilliant.
Well said Paul, we should be thankful for what we have little or much! Sometimes when the chips are down it's too easy dwell on what we don't have!Just reread this thread, we had great banter a few years ago, sad we that so many have passed on, I really enjoyed their stories, still time marches on, been hospital myself a couple of times over the past 2 years, and it is an eye opener, best and kindest regards to all on this site, we were lucky in many ways, managed to see a bit of the world, and have great mates as well.