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The reference to the Boat House in Hereford is a reference to a scene in the film 'Ronin' where a character played by Shuan Bean is exposed as a Walter, because he does not know the colour of the boat house in Hereford, is there one ?? I'm sure Lorraine will know.

Why would there be a boathouse at Hereford? Isn’t it an airfield?

also, Ronin = A VERY GOOD FILM

Always,

This is a reference to the old camp, called Bradbury Lines, then Stirling Lines. To get into town you had to cross a bridge over the river Wye.

Before all the publicity,you could often see people from Boat Troop splashing about.

Isn't the new Stirling Lines an ex-RAF camp but it's not an airfield (unless it pops out of the ground Thunderbirds style, but I thought Mr Hoon had canned that to cut costs).

In my last job in the RAF I was the 'Desk Officer' for RAF Hereford. It was the location for the Supply Branch training courses, the Secretarial Branch Training and Chefs training. It is NOT an airfield.
I began the process of closing the station, but my successor finished it off! I wasn't surprised to see it was 'bought' by the Army as they now have more ex-RAF Stations than there are RAF Stations!

No, I didn't get a cut of the sale price!

Regarding this Tw*t, he sent me a PM while i was labouring in Reading for my uncle, wich asked me questions like : why are you so intrested in being fit, and why have you not tried to join SF, and then went to tell me how hard he worked to be a member of the SBS etc...wich I have to admit I did believe him because I tend to believe what people say, some say I'am gulable and I think they are probably right now.
Then he posted on open forum about me, dishing out weird abuse, wich you have seen, and wich pissed me off a treat.
Thanku to matty and bird who stuck up for me on the open forum.
Cheers lads

SP10122

You are correct that Sterling Lines are now at Credenhill, an ex RAF base.
The camp opened officially in 2000, with a big open day for ex regiment people with a curry that was outanding even by the ACC standards.

The RAF camp never had any runways, so why it was there I don't know.

The problem, even with the rebuilt camp (paid for by the Sultan of Brunei according to rumour control) was that it was surrounded by a council house estate. A big worry regarding terrorist bombing.

A shame realy as relations between Hereford and the Regiment, in the old days when no one had heard of the SAS were outstanding. Members of the Regiment played for the Hereford football team and put on displays of free fall parachuting on high days and holidays.

It seems remarkable today but at one time, no one had ever heard of the Regiment. They fought a war in Oman and no one ever knew!!!

Chunky

RAF Hereford was located at Credenhill and is the 'ex-RAF Base' in question. It was never an airfield. Not all RAF Stations are based on an airfield, and it's a bit like the Navy shore bases still being called HMS Sultan or whatever.

Back in the 1950s RAF Hereford was the No 3 School of Technical Training which took in Boy Entrants and Administration Apprentices.

I remember the Officers Mess was across the road, and separate from, the protection of the main RAF Station. I wonder if that's still the same with the current occupants!

Rotary,


No it is all in the perimeter fences, they rebuilt the exissting then built a new one about 12 foot in to allow the dogs to roam around.

Leaving Hereford it is all on the left hand side of the main road.

No probs jonboy, reading posts from nobbers like that pisses everyone off so I thought I let him know hes a tw*t.

cheers
matty

As a new member to this forum and having read back to the original question i.e. is this guy a walter?!
Well all I can say is that anyone who has done any SBS service would know that the canoe used was Klepper! How thay can convert that to a clipper defies imgination. Anyone who has paddled it a few miles would definately know that!
The man is a walter!!

me thinks we may have found an SF expert here lads!

15 posts all in the SF sections and threads. sneaky beaky join the hunt for every walter on the planet, this is a good place to start, we get loads.

However, I'm always a bit suspicious of someone whos first words are

I am a former Royal Marine. I am also former SBS ( 20 years,) I have great reservations about he way theSBS are going

I can imagine this is why chuncky was the first to jump in with a reply.

but for now the benefit of the doubt will do for me as your user name isn't something like "grrrr my balls are massive"

so welcome to the forum and have a great time with the ridiculous threads.

Only being RAF I can't really comment about how much you guys know and dont know about Special Forces... But I will anyway!!!, this guy is a total clusterfu*k!!! If he could just get his spelling right, tell me how many SBS men were killed in the Falklands and who killed him/them then i may be convinced! Also, name the operation the SBS launched with SO19 in the early 1990's in London. The SBS are pretty close knit so a WO2 would definitely know the answer (and I can spell where i'm based as well!!!) :fadein: :fadein: :fadein:

Hello cpljon,

When asking questions of a suspect Walter you need to ensure the answers cannot be found in the public domain.

As I take it you know the answers to your two questions, may I take it that these were found within the public domain.
Perhaps various articles on the Falklands and even the odd book, Good Guys Wear Black, or some such title?

The point is to have a question that is so obscure only those in the know would have the answer or even understand the question in the first place.
And never give the answer in an open forum.

Unless you know the person yourself or of them from a confirmed source you have no idea who you are conversing with!

Rover