A few reminders

[El Prez]

I have a few photos taken from a different viewpoint of the 'troubles'. I was fortunate to spend my tours in a relatively safe environment, and even had time on occasion to take some happy snappies.
Ponder and remember.

Gerry's mates decided that the OP was bringing the quality of the neighbourhood down, so they decided to takethe OP down, WRONG!

[harry hackedoff]

Mate, Alan Titchmarsh is going to have a bastard of a job with that front garden

[barrybudden]

My Dad got friendly with one of the Army Pilots he took him and my Mother out in his cab so they could see their house from the air.

I dont think his bosses were to happy.

[El Prez]

Sept 19th 1977, A busy night for one and all. Andy O'Pray may remember this one. They actually wired the handles of the petrol pumps open at the garage and let fuel drain into the mains drains! The garage is top centre of the photo, so you can see just how much consideration they gave to the safety of "Their" citizens. It is not true to say the Irish are thick (speaking as a Mick) It is true to say they are psychotically (word?) thick.
The following is a copy of the official log. The next morning I was so knackered that when my toast jammed in the toaster at the Sgts Mess I rammed my knife in to loosen it and got a lovely tan!
BETWEEN 1915 AND 2037. A TOTAL OF 4 CITYBUSES AND AN ABANDONED CAR WERE SET ON FIRE IN THE ANDERSONSTOWN AND TURF LODGE AREA
ERF WAS 1 SHOOTING INCIDENT NOT INVOLVING SF. THERE WERE 3 ARRESTS 1. BOMB HOAXES, 3. FALSE ALARMS, 2. PLANNED SEARCHES, 11
45 Cdo RM. BETWEEN 1915 AND 2037. A TOTAL OF 4 X CITYBUSES AND 1 X
CIVILIAN CAR WERE SET ON FIRE IN THE ANDERSONSTOWN/TURF LODGE AREA 1 ~15 1 X SINGLE DECKER CITYSUS WAS SET ON FIRE ON THE SPRINGFIELD. TO THE N OF ROUNDABOUT 1 AFTER 1 X NK GUNMAN CARRYING A RIFLE HAD ROBBED THE BUS AND ROBBED THE DRIVER. AT 2000 1 X SINGLE DECKER CITYBUS US WAS SET ON FIRE AT THE GLEN RD TURNAROUND GR 282715 BY 2 XHOODED YOUTHS WHO BOARDED THE BUS AND ROBBED THE DRIVER. AT 2034 DOUBLE DECKER CITY8US WAS SET ON FIRE OUTSIDE THE PEOPLES GARAGE GR 29957355 BY 3 X NK YOUTHS WHO BOARDED THE BUS ON THE FALLS RD AND ORDERED THE DRIVER OFF, WHO WAS TAKEN BY TAXI TO THE FALLS RD DEPOT, AND THE BUS WAS DRIVEN AWAY. AT 2034 AN ABANDONED CIVILIAN CAR WAS SET ON FIRE OUTSIDE THE BLESSED OLIVER PLUNKET SCHOOL. AT 2034 1 X DOUBLE DECKER CITY6US WAS SET ON FIRE AT THE JUNC ANDERSONSTOWN RD/FINAGHY RD N BY 2 X NK YOUTHS WHO BOARDED THE BUS AND ROBBED THE DRIVER. AT 2100 PETROL WAS POURED ON THE ROAD OUTSIDE THE PEOPLES GARAGE.AND.THEN SET ON FIRE. RUC ANDERSONSTOWN ARE INVESTIGATING
HUGH MCGUINESS (28) (RC) (18 DEC 48) 1 5 GLENALINA PK AND MICHAEL DARGAN (24) (RC) 27 BALLYMURPHY CRES WERE ADMITTED TO RVH WITH GSWS TO THE LEGS, HAVING BEEN SHOT OUTSIDE KELLYS BAR
SPRINGFIELD RD. RUC ANDERSONSTOWN ARE INVESTIGATING

[El Prez]

Scrambled to a shooting involving the 45th Regt of Bootnecks one evening I only just allowed the engine and gearboxto coincide before departing, in my keeness to get there. Consequently when I got back the clutch was a tad out of harmony with the rest of the beast.
The REMEs were really happy bunnys and did the strip and swap without a word of complaint or comments about my parentage or failure as a Phantom Pilot.
We got there really quickly!

[Si Capon]

Bandit country
Own goal
Early `88

[barrybudden]

A mate of mine was in the REME working on helecopters he said every now and then they would have to put this secret kit on a chopper and they would fly it round and a few days later there would be an own goal.

[Si Capon]

This one was caused by them shifting the bomb from one van to another...

Not carefully enough as it turns out

[El Prez]

A mate of mine was in the REME working on helecopters he said every now and then they would have to put this secret kit on a chopper and they would fly it round and a few days later there would be an own goal

If I told you about it I'd have to kill you.
Need to know and all that.

[El Prez]

Fort Monagh and Roundabout 2.

Nice toe cap

[Si Capon]

Bit more work required on that toe cap lofty!!

[barrybudden]

Next thing you know they will be asking for compensation, well there families will anyway.

http://www.victims.org.uk/20-11-02a.html

[El Prez]

For those with a sense of humour......the RRRdine
for all others this is the monkey puzzle called the Ardoyne, nice place for a bijou meal and post prandial stroll.

[El Prez]

This bloke was brills. He only ever answered to his callsign and never gave away state secrets. Naughty boy flying in a woolly pully. Severe risk of damp armpits, and bobbles.
We were in the middle of following some of Gerry's eejits when the phot decided to do his artisitic thing. Basatrd didn't check my lighting, make-up or give me an explanation about the scene and my motivation. I very nearly asked for a body double, but he was still pigging out to get in shape.