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Windsor Barracks
My dad was a soldier in Windsor barracks in the 1950s. I was born in 1954 and when I was 5 went to Spital school across the road, which I loved. I loved living in the barracks too. There was no health or safety rules, we had complete run ...Read more
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Bowerham Barracks
I remember living there in the married quarters when the war was over and my dad was posted there, must have been 1946. My dad was in the Kings Own Royal Regiment and we lived there for quite a short time and I went to school in ...Read more
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Dancing Lessons
It was 1952 and the NAAFI Club held dancing lessons. Now, trying to learn to dance in hobnailed Army boots was impossible, but I did chat up a NAAFI girl and arranged to meet her after her work, which I did. She had, to me, an ...Read more
A memory of Aldershot by
Royal Military Police
I was in the Military Police stationed at Inkerman Barracks in 1962. It's a shame most of it has gone.
A memory of Knaphill
Reminiscences Of Portsmouth In The Late 1930s
I was born in Portsmouth in 1933. My family and I lived first in Lyndhurst Road - about which I don't recall too much - then later in Merrivale Road. I remember very clearly where Merrivale joined ...Read more
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1955 Raoc
Hello, my main memory was of Cpl Colman in charge of our barracks, he was hard, but fair, especially as I wrecked his room one night for a prank and he gave me cookhouse duties, but it could have been worse. My twin brother Paul was ...Read more
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The Police Station & Cinema Advertisements
The memory from 1948 reminded me of my first and ALMOST ONLY experience of a cell. My parents were friends of Cliff Hayward of Bolton on Dearne and his family. Cliff was a Police constable on the ...Read more
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Dreggy
Dreghorn Drive 1970's. I live next door to Guido Bott, friends were Anita Ravenscroft, Ami Straiton, Janice McKay, matthew Fife, Sean McCoy, Christine Cummings, The Watsons ecky. Bill was the odd job man, Barry Burns dad was ...Read more
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Rye Mill Cottages
My maternal great grandmother (or possibly Great Aunt), Mrs Curtis, was of Romani (Gypsy) descent and lived in one of the row of cottages that fronted the Rye (Pann) Mill on London Road, High Wycombe, opposite the Trinity Church. ...Read more
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Payne Family Knaphill / Bisley
I have enjoyed reading the 'Memories of Knaphill' contributions, and though I have not lived there myself, my Payne family did, so thought I might share a few of their memories! In the 1890's, Captain George Payne and ...Read more
A memory of Knaphill
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The barracks overlooked the town and sea.
Many impressive buildings, such as the barracks shown here, have been built to accommodate them.
The killer, a soldier from Botley barracks, was convicted of murder and subsequently executed, his body hanging from a gibbet on Curdridge Common.
Notice the army barracks on the hill beyond.
The trainees slept in the barrack-type accommodation seen in this picture.
It sits near to Brompton Barracks, and now forms part of the Black Lion Leisure Centre.
The barracks, close to Westgate, contain several interesting military museums.
Taunton has had a long connection with the military: a cavalry barracks was built as long ago as 1796.
The killer, a soldier from Botley barracks, was convicted of murder and subsequently executed, his body hanging from a gibbet on Curdridge Common.
In the distance is Barrack Hall, occupied by a garrison of troops during the Napoleonic Wars.
Many impressive buildings, such as the barracks shown here, have been built to accommodate them.
Situated on Durnford Street, which runs parallel to Stonehouse Creek, the Royal Marine Barracks were built in 1867 using a mixture of Plymouth limestone and granite from the moors and originally housed
It stands on the far right of this photograph, which gives a general view of the barracks.
The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other.
The former Peninsula Barracks stand on the site of a medieval castle which was destroyed after the Civil War.
At this time a Bank Piquet, soldiers from the Brigade of Guards, marched here every evening from Wellington Barracks to stand guard.
The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other.
One of the most distinctive features of Brompton Barracks is this very unusual variation of more common equestrian statues, with General Gordon, mounted on a richly caparisoned camel.
The buildiing, the oldest purpose-built barracks in England, was completed in 1759.
Situated on Fulford Road, the barracks were originally built around 1795 for the 14th Regimental District and the West Yorkshire Regiment.
York was a military centre, and over 1,000 men were stationed here when the barracks were built.
Known as the Burmese War Memorial, it commemorates 19th-century battles fought by the Somerset Regiment, whose barracks were nearby.
The barracks blocks were connected by a huge glass roof, the purpose of which was to enable the troops to engage in drill during wet weather.
Across the Witham, Avenue Road becomes Beacon Lane and passes the old barracks of 1858 and 1872 of the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia, now occupied by an auctioneers and valuers.
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