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admin · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:20 am Post subject:

The Milton Keynes bowl gig where the audience outnumbered the conductor by 2 and one of them was in a pushchair... asleep! Needless to say, we did the march on followed by the march off!
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2nd Clarinet · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:20 am Post subject:

General Melchett · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:06 am Post subject:

We once (Scotland Band) did a gig in the middle of the rain forest to some natives in Guyana - My, how they loved the Pure Gold books and Tunes and Toasts! The booty driver was so worried that he kept the engine on the 4 tonner running......
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joe90 · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:32 am Post subject:

Hornblower · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

Would someone who went 'Down South' in 1982 like to recount the story of marching off a landing craft in full No 1's?

I'd love to hear it again and let others share it too. I wasn't there, so I'll leave it to someone who was - any takers?

In the event of nobody being able to spin the dit - use your imaginations folks, it was as funny as you can imagine...

(Well it was when it was told to me at any rate)
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General Melchett · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:19 pm Post subject:

That has also been done by Scotland Band off an LCVP from Fearless in '94. Not in No1's, just Banyan Rig for a Ship's Company BBQ on Tobago. The Beach recce wasn't too good as the march off the ramp ended up a good swim to the shore. I'll see if I can dig out some phots.
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Hornblower · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:

Cool!

I'd have loved to have seen it, but unfortunately my 3 week holiday in Tobago wasn't until 1996

Great place and I'd go again.

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MrJpig · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

There was the time in Gib when we got a 'lift' from Booty in his RIB due to the bus strike at the docks. Full Cerries holding onto whatever we could as we bounced across the harbour to HMS Invincible (I think) then we nearly lost Bandy when he slipped on the pontoon and nearly went between it and the harbour wall......who was that Bandy??
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Jimbo · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

I did a gig with BRNC band a few years ago in a pukka ancient Roman Colliseum, in Pozzuoli just outside Naples. Changing grots were just 'rooms' under the seating area, dusty as hell, redders and looking like it would fall down at any moment.

Still, we followed the gig with an all nighter/dayer and ended up adopting a stray dog, which we called 'Fish' - he followed us around all night and day, we even smuggled him on the tube train and took him for a ride! hehe

Couldnt get him into the NATO barracks though, you should have seen his sad little face as we left him at the main gate to go and get some quality head own ... aaaaaaahhhhhhh

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