seasoldier
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HelloHi all,
Kev Barrell here (former RM 24481) ... not a Bandie .. but one of the Green-hatted community & regular contributor to "Once a Marine Always a Marine" ..
I'm a former J/Mne,so have a few ex J/Bugs & J/Musns as friends from Deal in 1966 ...
Corps pished ? ... Respectful of "Our" Bandies ? ... you bet I am (and proud of it) ... 
Best regards,
Kev .... 
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sticky blue
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Hi Kev  and welcome to bedlam - We all wear or wore the same cap badge - happy posting - don't let the b*s*a*d*s grind you down 
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seasoldier
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Thanks Stix .. no probs .. I've been insulted by experts in my time ("Pink Jim" Pollitt) for one .... 
Cheers,
Kev.
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lesbryan
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| sticky blue wrote: | | Hi Kev and welcome to bedlam - We all wear or wore the same cap badge - happy posting - don't let the b*s*a*d*s grind you down |
Hi kev we have already said hello .But i did not wear a badge i wore a name ||| lets sse some posts  
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bootybandy
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Welcome Kev. I wore a badge because I could remember my name, unlike Les who was normally so p1$$ed he had to have a name in case he forgot it.
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admin
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Welcome Kev, I know the OAM site fairly well.
Don't be a stranger, this lot often need a DL to keep them in check 
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seasoldier
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Thanks for the warm welcome fellers ..
It's nice to know the old Corps "family" spirit lives on ... whatever our Branch or SQ ..
Cheers,
Kev.
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Hornblower
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Hi Kev - welcome aboard!
It was strange in our end of the block at Deal, M wing, to see you lot coming and going at the other, C wing,
To me the two ends were a bit like England & France - you don't like the thought of liking them, but as soon as you get to know one personally you find they're not such a bad bunch after all!!
We didn't mix much - apart from the raids up & down stairs with loaded pillow cases - but I never had any real grudges at all. As has already been said, we're all under the same cap badge when all's said and done and I have always been extremely proud of the 'fighting' branch of my Corps. After all, my Dad was a combatant under the Globe & Buster during WW2.
Post plenty mucker! 
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seasoldier
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Hi Hornblower,
Yes .. I remember those raids & clattering up & down the stairs in Parade Boots .. much to the chagrin of old Bert Fuggle (the civvie block sweeps) ...
As you say were weren't really all that different ... we wore our teenage zits with a poorly executed war-like expression ... whilst you lads always seemed that much "smoother" & more laid back ...
Though I must confess to entertaining homicidal thoughts towards certain J/Bugs .. usually around 0600 daily ... (only kidding fellers) ... 
Cheers,
Kev.
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admin
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| seasoldier wrote: | | Though I must confess to entertaining homicidal thoughts towards certain J/Bugs .. usually around 0600 daily |
You didn't need to if I was duty bugler mate... you'd have done me a favour as I was usually committing musical (I use the word musical VERY loosely) suicide by blowing the thing
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sticky blue
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
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RAB
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| seasoldier wrote: | | much to the chagrin of old Bert Fuggle (the civvie block sweeps) ... |
Hi Kev.. Welcome aboard mate...You were my era as well, in fact I ended up marrying one of your lads' sisters. He joined with me in September '67, and his name was Jim Boyle...
Old Bert Fuggle had many different problems with us at that time..(especially the 'other' guys who used to buy the naughty magazines)..
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seasoldier
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Nice one Rab ...
Old Bert was the bain of my life on Saturday morning fatigues .. but in later years,I found myself feeling sorry for what we must have put him through ..
Ahh,the callowness of youth ...
Naughty magazines ? .. can't imagine what you mean ... and it certainly wasn't any of us chaps on the upper floors .. Capt Hurricane & "Maggott" Malone was more our bag ...
Cheers,
Kev.
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sticky blue
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| RAB wrote: | | seasoldier wrote: | | much to the chagrin of old Bert Fuggle (the civvie block sweeps) ... |
Hi Kev.. Welcome aboard mate...You were my era as well, in fact I ended up marrying one of your lads' sisters. He joined with me in September '67, and his name was Jim Boyle...
Old Bert Fuggle had many different problems with us at that time..(especially the 'other' guys who used to buy the | Quote: | | naughty magazines) |
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They weren't naughty, they were educational
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