Pull Down The Berlin Wall

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:15

Ronald Regan Still Rocks Berlin « Bettinainclan's Blog

3 Jul 2009 ... My hotel is in the former East Berlin about half a mile from the Brandenburg Gate the place were President Ronald Regan gave the famous ...

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I was There the same time this speech was made @ remained until after it came down !!!

yenibob


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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:20

Berlin is my favourite city. Even better before the wall came down.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:21

I totaly agree there , i was stationed there for 10 years Loved it. !!!

Lilli



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:23

I lived in Berlin and think it is a lovely city. I have a piece of the wall. My father was in the forces there and we were allowed to go to the east side to shop. It was so much cheaper.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:25

Where did you live lilli?

Lilli



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:27

Hi NCMan we lived in Charlotenburg. Where were you based x

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:33

In Charlottenburg @ the Olympic Stadion, i was in ''BRIXMIS''

yenibob


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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:40

Smuts Barracks, but lived in Spandau.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:43

Were you with the Armoured Sqn or the Royal Engineers ?

yenibob


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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:44

Sappers. I used to lead flag tours so we have probably met.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:45

I used to do Flag Tours when i was in 62 Sqn.

yenibob


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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:47

Happy days, Dirt cheap meals at the Moscow or the Stadt and having a wander down Karl Marx Alle.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 09:57

those were the days. x

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 10:28

Even better living as we did most of the time, in Potsdam in a huge house waited on hand & foot but still doing our job in the old DDR.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 10:29

What years were you there then Bob ?

NCMan



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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 12:04

Back to the top.

yenibob


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Message Posted:
28/01/2011 17:25

1985-87. Brilliant life, FRIS Free phones, almost everything on the Senate (including my car).



Not forgetting the Yacht club and Garden parties at Villa Lem.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 07:56

We were there @ the same time, & all you have said very true, but a plus for me we had the Mission House In Potsdam .

yenibob


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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 08:40

Nearest I got to Potsdam was Glienicker Bridge (there is a great beach near there).

NCMan



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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 08:54

Yes that's true ,If you ever go back for a look see you have to go to Potsdam , the whole of Berlin has changed 100%

Carndi


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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 09:56

I was there 75 until 78 and stationed at Gatow.

My wife misses FRIS. I miss Shultize beer. Did you ever do the Shulti visit.

The bodies of 4 RAF aircrew from the war,found by the East Germans,were handed back to us at Glenicia Bridge ( normally the hand over point for spys etc ) by a Russian detail and I was NCO ic the detail which was an experience.

Anyone take the military train up to the zone ? Breakfast 1/4d , lunch 2/-d and a 4 cource dinner 2/6d. Sitting there eating and swilling our wine whilst the East German and Russian soldiers looked on.

What about BAFFS. Still have some ?

My wife want to go back for a holiday but I am not so sure revisiting places can some times be a dissapointment.

Having the wall round the city made it extra special in some ways.

yenibob


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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 10:15

We buried Spandau Prison at Gatow.



Baffs were finished before my time.



Did the Train a few times, still have a bottle of wine as a souvenir.



Don't go back, it wasn't at all the same when we tried it (we had no right to expect it to be!).

NCMan



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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 11:20

Oh yes the Bafs mega memories , i to was there 74 -77 with 62 Sqn R.C.T (BTroop )Based in the Stadium.



The train was run by 62 Tpt & Mov sqn i have the plaque here with me which used to go on the out side of the train, as it did its last journey on my last tour there, & yes i to have two botts of wine 1 Red 1 White & the Menu.



1 of our guys from BRIXMIS was the supervising officer when Hess died & the prison was demolished by the Royal Engineers of 38 Sqn.

yenibob


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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 11:26

There were 4 supervising officers. British, French, Russian and American, all of Colonel rank. Each brick was checked and counted before being taken under arms to Gatow. Nice new Naafi was built in it's place.



I was the safety officer for the job and still have a little souvenir from Hess's cell.

NCMan



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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 11:30

Yes you are right they built a great NAAFI on the site, they renamed the Barracks the Hilton in fact they have a hotel in there now where you can stay.

yenibob


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Message Posted:
29/01/2011 14:05

The Hilton was the tower block accommodation in the Barracks. It was always called Smuts, after the great South African General.