General Notice - Not going to expand that - those who have a need to know already know .... and observe. Obviously someone with a problem, damaged ego, thwarted career, or just plain pond life from the very beginning of his serving time who is unable to understand the role of monitors and believes t...

A general reminder that also those who servedtheirt National Servoce deserve recognition - I've just received this :- "You may be aware that there is to be a debate in parliament on the ‘Covenant’ tomorrow. The recent medal review has demonstrated the recent government rhetoric has not material...

:lol: Tab - now you're doing it ! That was the Uncle ..... Fee - The "Buffs" are an order - and in Carlisle they did good work and were mainly comprised of former servicemen. MY Uncle was a member :D George Scott, former Manager of the London and North Eastern Tea Company down on the main ...

Please do pay attention Wholley - read the entry again lad ... Huh...

Many good leads on the National Service periods here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscripti ... ed_Kingdom

Ancestry .com do a fair show too - I'll take a look there

:D Good point that Tab - Strewth - the obvious, unless it's a replacement medal I can just about remember my hat size, 6 and 7 eighths and my boot size 10 and a half - we all took the same size back then - at least that's what was handed out :-) I seemed to have the same measurements as our "Ri...

Nice one - ta muchly :P I have browsed through some of the more popular threads and see some names I enjoy input from and value their comments and banter. I will be more active in the future, my lively life allowing :-? and will do my best to be a bit of the "glue" needed. Otherwise I am p...

No - I'm still here .... it's only cancer Miserable fate this page has suffered - and such nice people... To make it work again - subscribe ! I come in now and then when I'm not busy sticking plastic tubes into my pleasure bit ... Bionic Bootneck - but I DO come in ... and, yes, I am old - but I am ...

Just spotted this - a bit old (me too)

Fi - you ought to try the Buffs in Carlisle

Most ex servicemen in and around Carlisle, Harraby etc were active and staunch supporters of the Buffs

I did my first "Sea Service" in Hammonds Pond

Ah ... love you for that ! There are so many upside down chevrons on here :-) Grand input - and good points. But I still don't know many stripeys or sergeant majors on this forum. We are still very much lower deck :-) I note that you became dissilusioned with the site after only a few posts - sad - ...

Hello Tom -

If you wish you can 'phone Tom Salt, Tony's brother, who is Chairman
of Truro RMA -

I'll pm you his number if you wish - come back on this link

best 'aye
Trog

Another misunderstanding ...

My post was 'borrowed' from another forum -

Hence the "Quote" - "Unquote" bits ...

bit of fishing .....

@ Dubious Dick and Walter Kovaks ..... there is more ....

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This beggars belief.

A mate alerted me to this.

Thankfully this scam has been exposed, but what was the cost?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxArxIgB ... r_embedded

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@ danialclarcke I imagine that you are talking about stress as in civilian life an that all are open to experience it. The type of stress that we attempt to help with in our own way here on this Forum is not to identify any symptons - that is the area of the sufferers GP - our roll is to point the s...

Feel free to apologize .....

We don't need this - not here or elsewhere on this Forum

Hello Louise,

As said on Fakebook Combat Stress is the place to go for assistance.

I suppose that he has already spoken to his GP for a diagnosis ?

I'll look for a Para colleague here and will be back.

Keep in touch with him and talk him through - we'll be back