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Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:55 pm

Did you watch the Trooping, and afterwards, thought the children stole the show, the Queen looked, good, wish I had what she was on, :rolleye11:
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby Penny » Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:14 pm

Watched every minute. How does she do it. She looked lovely. Pray she will make 100.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby twin1947 » Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:43 pm

Yes i also watched it
Was lovely to see the Queen she looked happy and smiling and chatting to lois was lovely to see.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:44 am

Yes, though she lives a different life to most of us, she is human, and was nice to see her talking to the little ones, and also them talking to her,
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby laurie53 » Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:52 pm

I am always conscious of the fact that some of those guys would have been on parade, in full kit, since 5:00 AM in order to be in place on time.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:51 pm

My son was a Grenadier Guard 1978 to 1992 and was in 2 Trooping colour, in them days the uniform was very thick and heavy think now it is a lot easier to wear, but remember him saying it was a long day, went to a dress rehearsal when he was in it, think they do 3 rehearsals in full dress.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby Penny » Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:40 pm

I bet your lad is very proud of his past, always sounds super but not an easy job at all.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Fri Jun 03, 2022 3:46 pm

Oh he is, there little cottage in Devon has flags flying.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby laurie53 » Fri Jun 03, 2022 7:40 pm

My son was a Grenadier Guard 1978 to 1992

if he was a foot guard at that time he saw some hard soldiering.

Give him my respect.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:26 am

laurie53 wrote:My son was a Grenadier Guard 1978 to 1992

if he was a foot guard at that time he saw some hard soldiering.

Give him my respect.

laurie, send me a PM with his name and I will see if my sone knows him
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby laurie53 » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:59 am

widget wrote:
laurie53 wrote:My son was a Grenadier Guard 1978 to 1992

if he was a foot guard at that time he saw some hard soldiering.

Give him my respect.

laurie, send me a PM with his name and I will see if my sone knows him


Widget

my quotes didn't show up

I was referring to your son, not mine.
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:48 pm

Sorry confused, thought you had a son the same as mine, ha ha
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby laurie53 » Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:05 pm

Mine was a bit later but they might have overlapped in the gulf where he was a mercenary:

In addition to his standard salary of 36,000 plus allowances he will also getting 3000 pounds at day while the shooting was going on!

Your boy wouldn't be getting anything like that:
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby widget » Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:04 pm

My son was in Ireland when all the trouble was there, then Germany, Kenya, can't remember anything more
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Re: Trooping the Colour

Postby laurie53 » Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:00 pm

Like me, he probably considers himself fortunate to have escaped the Falklands, Bosnia and Helmand province.

I did Ireland time too.
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