Eden POW Camp

Jimbuna · 08-26-10, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ajrimmer42

awesome, love the place! Do they still sell the 'smells' in the gift shop?

They sure do but I didn't partake

ajrimmer42 · 08-26-10, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

They sure do but I didn't partake

Aww, I mean who wouldn't want their Kitchen to smell like Black Market Sausages, or their living room to smell like the Blitz??? lol

Schroeder · 08-26-10, 04:54 AM

@Jim
Will you finally hurry up man? We're waiting!
Those Brits are some lazy .....

(Hey, I'm German. The Tommies expect me to talk like that, my people have a reputation to loose.)

Jimbuna · 08-26-10, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

@Jim
Will you finally hurry up man? We're waiting!
Those Brits are some lazy .....

(Hey, I'm German. The Tommies expect me to talk like that, my people have a reputation to loose.)

Sorry mate, I've been out most of the day but it will DEFINITELY BE TOMORROW.

There's even a mock up of a U-boat interior....not the most detailed example but the sounds were great

TarJak · 08-26-10, 09:32 PM

Looking forward to seeing the next round. These ones were nice Jim. Might have to put that place on the visit list next time I get over the the UK.

Jimbuna · 08-27-10, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Looking forward to seeing the next round. These ones were nice Jim. Might have to put that place on the visit list next time I get over the the UK.

I never really fancied it even though both my kids went as youngsters and assured me I'd like it.

I'm glad I did now

#2 Updated with the V-1 pictures.

Schroeder · 08-27-10, 05:42 AM

Isn't it just a lovely missile. And I can even imitate it's sound....after having plenty of beans for dinner.

Well, I still don't see any military sense in all of our V-weapons but they were some awesome developments... if they had been used for productive and not destructive things.

Jimbuna · 08-26-10, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ajrimmer42

Aww, I mean who wouldn't want their Kitchen to smell like Black Market Sausages, or their living room to smell like the Blitz??? lol

LOL

Wolfehunter · 09-08-10, 06:33 AM

Amazing stuff thanks for showing it.

Oberon · 09-08-10, 06:54 AM

They don't make appliances like that any more Jim. I miss the old Bedford styles. I wonder if my grandfather ever used a Green Goddess.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-08-10, 07:53 AM

A selfless bit of advertising for your mates transport

I've been in a Green Goddess during the firemen's strike in about 2003, although it wasn't green at that time, horrible horrible things! Luckily I was only getting a lift to the mess in it. For the actual strike I was called for I was fortunate enough to be driving a crew-cabbed Transit flat bed with a BA crew/kit - I think the GG was only there to remind us just how bad it could've been!

Strike got cancelled before it started, I was quite looking forward to it - covering the N. Wales coast.

On another totally separate point (almost), the RAF BD monument - I've worked with guys from 5131 BD Sqn - they are embarrassed when called out as they have the 'blues-and-twos' blaring away but the law doesn't allow them to disobey any traffic signals! So imagine a crossroads with traffic lights, everybody stops for them and then gets so pee'd off that they don't move

. It just isn't right - welcome to the UK - once home to the world's common sense

Jimbuna · 09-08-10, 09:52 AM

The Police are also not automatically allowed to ignore the highway code and do such at their own risk.

If an accident occurs as a result of non-adherence they also run the risk of prosecution.

Their standing orders are that they can drive fast etc. if doing otherwise would hinder their response or impede their effectiveness to answer an emergency.

At all times the driver can be held responsible for any consequences coming about as a result of driving outside of the parameters of the highway code.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-08-10, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

The Police are also not automatically allowed to ignore the highway code and do such at their own risk.

My understanding was that red lights were to be treated as give ways, but I could be well off the mark here and talking my usual

cks. It's still embarrassing for the lads (and lasses) to just sit there till the green light.

@Oberon - I've never been to Deptford, but I'm guessing it's like most British towns on a Friday night, full of sober gentlemen escorting their ladyfriends home from an evening at the theatre

Oberon · 09-08-10, 09:52 AM

Ha, isn't that just typical Berbunch, I didn't know that but I'm hardly surprised, some of our regulations are so stupid you really would think it's a joke but sadly it's not.
To be fair on the GGs though, they were meant for the post-apocalyptic wasteland Britain (or Deptford on a Friday...heck...on ANY night...or day

) so I guess the ride quality would suffer a bit

Still, a reminder of what firefighters of the past had to use to deal with the fires they fought and the accidents they attended.

08-26-10, 04:54 AM	#3
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	@Jim Will you finally hurry up man? We're waiting! Those Brits are some lazy ..... (Hey, I'm German. The Tommies expect me to talk like that, my people have a reputation to loose.) __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

08-27-10, 05:42 AM	#7
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Isn't it just a lovely missile. And I can even imitate it's sound....after having plenty of beans for dinner. Well, I still don't see any military sense in all of our V-weapons but they were some awesome developments... if they had been used for productive and not destructive things. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

09-08-10, 06:33 AM	#9
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	Amazing stuff thanks for showing it. __________________

09-08-10, 07:53 AM	#11
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	A selfless bit of advertising for your mates transport I've been in a Green Goddess during the firemen's strike in about 2003, although it wasn't green at that time, horrible horrible things! Luckily I was only getting a lift to the mess in it. For the actual strike I was called for I was fortunate enough to be driving a crew-cabbed Transit flat bed with a BA crew/kit - I think the GG was only there to remind us just how bad it could've been! Strike got cancelled before it started, I was quite looking forward to it - covering the N. Wales coast. On another totally separate point (almost), the RAF BD monument - I've worked with guys from 5131 BD Sqn - they are embarrassed when called out as they have the 'blues-and-twos' blaring away but the law doesn't allow them to disobey any traffic signals! So imagine a crossroads with traffic lights, everybody stops for them and then gets so pee'd off that they don't move . It just isn't right - welcome to the UK - once home to the world's common sense __________________

09-08-10, 09:52 AM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Police are also not automatically allowed to ignore the highway code and do such at their own risk. If an accident occurs as a result of non-adherence they also run the risk of prosecution. Their standing orders are that they can drive fast etc. if doing otherwise would hinder their response or impede their effectiveness to answer an emergency. At all times the driver can be held responsible for any consequences coming about as a result of driving outside of the parameters of the highway code. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-26-10, 09:32 PM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Looking forward to seeing the next round. These ones were nice Jim. Might have to put that place on the visit list next time I get over the the UK.

09-08-10, 06:54 AM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	They don't make appliances like that any more Jim. I miss the old Bedford styles. I wonder if my grandfather ever used a Green Goddess.