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the Allen Jones Collection

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Scouse Jones has supplied us with this great collection of photos which should jog the memories of some of our 'older' Hawks. Allen now lives in New Zealand. He served with the Regiment 1958-1964. B Sqn. Berlin-Bovington-Tripoli.

Part 1 - How we travelled:

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Part 2 - Berlin (1)
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B S q n h o s t e d b y M a j o r E n g l i s h . C p l
J o e ? o u r e x c e l l e n t c o o k . V a r i o u s t
r o o p i e s o n n i g h t s o u t . J e f f ? A n d W a
l l y n o t q u i t e c a m m e d u p . F a r e w e l l t
o B e r l i n . M o r e t o c o m e .
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Part 3 - Berlin (2)
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Excellent........them wer't days.
Glad we didn't have to wear blues in our tanks - lol.
ATB
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Hi Pinky. Thanks for the review. The Blues were mainly worn by the gunner and loader. Not sure why. Also the gleaming armour was courtesy of gallons of petrol with some oil added. Just saying :D
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Hi there,
I did 3 years in Berlin 85-88.
Lots of parades and the b-llsh-t that goes with it.
It wasn't a bad posting but we did have a power crazy OC, a mad as a hatter 2 i/c and an un popular SSM.
Loved visiting East Berlin though..........the history and all the bars of course.

All the best
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Great photos, more please. The only downside, it just reminds me of how old I am :D :D
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Hi John. Thanks for the comment. No problems mate, lots more photos coming up.
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Hi Allen,

I couldn't recognise any faces, unless that was a young Lance Cpl George Kirk in one photo behind a trophy.

I did however easily recognise the Trabbie ! Now what were you doing with a Trabbie ?

I never served in Berlin, but did pass through Checkpoint Charlie to meet up with an American Ranger friend who worked for Dixi. We toured the old East in his duty vehicle. Strangely, years later, I ended up buying a farm near Nauen, not far from the old Tank and Artillery Ranges Dalgow Doberitz- Fahrland, which we had previously 'visited'. From there I bought the last produced Trabbie Kubel at the IAA, it was brand new and had never been registered. This turned out to be it's shortcoming because I was never able to get it registered after reunification, exhaust emissions, etc.. and so I later sold it. Not before my wife and I had had a few outings in it. On one, testing its top speed on the then brand new Nauen Bypass, at 100kph the bonnet flew up leaving me driving blind until I could pull over. Ah the memories, thanks !
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Hi Bill. Great to hear from you. Sadly names now elude me. I can definately recall my loader, Alan Thompson and George Power(he was national service and later went over to the States and completed 38 years in the US Army, tanks of course).
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