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Subject: 'The Londonderry Air'

Author:
Jim Martin

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Date Posted: 13:55:46 03/06/05 Sun

Operation Motorman was the name I believe that the Ruperts called it!..Early hours of the morning laying on some patch of wet ground in full Riot gear,awaiting the order to advance into this estate called Creggan. Paddy as always knew we were there!...Going in,listening to the dustbin lids and dogs barking alerting all and sundry as to our presence. Paddy had been as usual a naughty boyo'and had been ripping up paving slabs and had put mini-barricades across most of the roads leading into the area. We were to support the Royal Engineers who were to remove them! Paddy as usual was in Riot mode and decided to cause us as many problems as possible. On Creggan Hill we got hammered from both ends! They were throwing everything at us except the kitchen sink!...We responded with CS gas and rubber bullets. The air was filled with CS gas smoke! Paddy had a andidote against this!...a hankerchief dipped in vinegar that appeared to work better than the bloody gas masks that we were wearing!...Eventually we dispearsed down towards this place called 'the green' where we had some respite from the Rioting!...I remember when we pulled out going back down into L'Derry itself being somewhat bemused by the amount of squaddies pouring out from the area in question from all these different units!...What a sight to behold they were!....It's truly remarkable how these things stick in your mind,even after all these years! Don't you think?.........

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