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Terry, I had a similar experience to that. The reason they put my insurance costs up after retiring was they assumed that because I was not working regular hours, I would be doing more leisure driving therefore more miles. Like you I soon changed.

Smudger, do you remember the RASC marching song. Well, it was ours anyhow. If your wagons in a ditch, never mind. If your wagons in a ditch, never mind. Get a tow rope and a chain, and pull it out again, If your wagons in a ditch never mind. I can still see our SCM singing this at our...

Anyone remember the DENNIS family from that area, I did my National Service with John Dennis. Wonder if he's still around.

22 Coy. RASC, Middleway Camp, Taunton, Somerset. September 1956 to June 1958 I would post a picture but for some reason I'm unable to do so.

22 Coy. RASC, Golden Hind on a Green Background.

The one tonner was a normal long wheelbase, they also came as a short wheelbase with a reduction box fitted, and usually carried bowsers or radio shack on the back. Also used in many different configurations. The one I had was originally a radio truck destined for Hong Kong, but was never...

Anyone remember the Austin K9 lorries, I had one until a few years back.

We used to make tanks with a cotton reel, a match and elastic band. Great they were too.

Thanks Lyn, keep in touch. ray

Are there any good folk who live near the King Edward pub? If so, when this pub is demolished, could anyone get me a piece of it, even just a house brick. Something to put on my Dads grave. I'm sure he spent more time in there that he did at home, (Only kidding) but that was his watering hole...

Me too, Erdington way, where were you?

Hopscotch, a game played many times. I now live in Lincolnshire, and on occasions spend a day in the MUSEUM OF LINCOLNSHIRE LIFE, in the City OF Lincoln. In one of the large display areas they have, someone has chalked a hopscotch game on the floor. If you stand back and watch, you would be...

Tip Cat it was in the Gravelly Hill, Minstead Road area. We also played what we called DUCKERS, played the same as green bowls, but with great big stones, (Or rocks as we called 'em)

Re: National Service Pay Just looked at my Army Book 111, Certificate of National Service, and according to my CO's comments I was "Clean living and SOBER in my habits" He obviously didn't see us coming back to camp on a Saturday night absolutely bladdered.

You say you cannot recall that big building next to the pub, well, for a couple of years in the early 1960's we lived in Upper Webster Street (4 Back 43) and I can't remember that pub. Must have driven past it many, many times. Must be getting old.:ambivalence:

Another little event that happened whilst I was driving ambulances down in the West Country. I had to pick a sergeant up suffering with some awful gut problem. This particular sergeant was one of the hateful kind that no one liked. I had to take him to Portland Bill where there was a medical...

Isn't strange how with the numbers of Brummies that were called up for N/S at more or less the same time, I only ever knowingly came across two other Brummies during my two years. One was an old school mate who I meet at Blandford, who came in a month after me, the other was at my work unit, 22...

Volunteering never did me any harm while doing N/S. I had my Father and six brothers go through the military system before me so I learnt a lot of wrinkles on what to volunteer for or not. The best was volunteering to help in the other ranks mess during the evening when it had to be cleaned...

Is that corner field still there?

Glarnies, remember them well. Better than the small ones, could do more damage.