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    Donbogen reacted to paul stacey's post in the thread Coldstream Guards with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi all, Yep, our T S Michell, was also, bumpering corridors at 3 am. Shining parade was the norm , in my time.
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    Donbogen reacted to Gerry Cannell's post in the thread Coldstream Guards with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I was going to say lots of Happy memories.....but .... Thanks for posting all these blasts from the past. Here is another picture for...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Spiceal Street.
    This photo is labelled as a passage off Spiceal Street.. If one looks at the 1886 and 1950s maps, both seem to indicate only one passage...
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    • spiceal street 1886.jpg
    • map spiceal street 1950s.jpg
  • Gerry Cannell
    Gerry Cannell replied to the thread Coldstream Guards.
    I was going to say lots of Happy memories.....but .... Thanks for posting all these blasts from the past. Here is another picture for...
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  • Gerry Cannell
    Gerry Cannell reacted to paul stacey's post in the thread Coldstream Guards with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi all, Yep, our T S Michell, was also, bumpering corridors at 3 am. Shining parade was the norm , in my time.
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Gravelly Hill Gravelly Hill North with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This postcard is labelled 'Gravelly Hill', but is it Gravelly Lane given that it's signposting Perry Common off to the left ? Can't...
  • Morturn
    I think your right Viv it was Gravelly Hill prior to being completely demolished to make way for Spaghetti Junction. The car on the left...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Gravelly Hill Gravelly Hill North with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This postcard is labelled 'Gravelly Hill', but is it Gravelly Lane given that it's signposting Perry Common off to the left ? Can't...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey replied to the thread Coldstream Guards.
    Hi all, Yep, our T S Michell, was also, bumpering corridors at 3 am. Shining parade was the norm , in my time.
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Gerry Cannell's post in the thread Coldstream Guards with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yep! We all went through it. I was at Caterham, then onto Pirbright before joing the 3rd then into the first.
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Constitution Hill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Building on the picture of Constituion Hill, here we have Rileys at #23, at the junction with Henrietta Street, also once referred to as...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Constitution Hill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think this might have been on the opposite (west) side of Constitutuion Hill to the shops mentioned in post #2. Wondered if the Taylor...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to aggie2347's post in the thread Coldstream Guards with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Recruit training sRecruit Training Shining Parade from 1800hrs to lights out 2130hrs. With Trained Soldiers supervising. Although this...
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Constitution Hill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Building on the picture of Constituion Hill, here we have Rileys at #23, at the junction with Henrietta Street, also once referred to as...
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Constitution Hill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Is this the group Pedro, near the junction with Henrietta Street ? So well preserved. In fact, there seems to have been quite a lot of...
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