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Dave P.
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Date Posted: 19:05:21 04/14/05 Thu
Jim, I saw the message from Taff Tarr thanks. I sent him an email letting him know that I tend to stay close to 'home' these days so, hopefully, we'll get a bit of input from him on this site too (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, Clive!).
Chris, I am of the same mind as yourself with regards to Lippstadt. I don't know the reason or the why but it does seem to be the spiritual home of a lot of guys, particularly those who served in 42 Regt. I certainly identify most with the place, as being the happiest time of my service. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that I was so young?
Some of my fondest memories are from when I lived in private accommodation in, for a short time, the Wolf Gasthoff and then, a bit later, in a private house just at the back of 49 Bty gun sheds. I remember, as a newly wed, testosterone filled, rampant, young buck (my wife wants to know where he went to?) and the consequent panics nearly every morning, as I realised I had about ten minutes to get on parade, the scramble for the hole in the fence that was my private entrance into the Bty lines. It would have taken 15/20m minutes to walk the official route and come through the main gate but I still can recall some mornings, cutting it fine and still getting dressed as I came from behind the battery charging shop. If it had rained the night before I was probably in the shit, literally, as the ground was like a swamp and it was almost impossible to keep the mud off my boots. So, I usually got a rifting and ended up doing many a guard because I couldn't keep myself under control. Oh! for those days again......................................................I don't think!
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