Reply With QuoteYour hooves look nice and shiny !
In 1975 I appeared in short film which went on general release with "The Man Who Would Be King", starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine. My Oscar nominated performance is shortly after 10:30.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Your hooves look nice and shiny !
I was expecting a link to a porn website.
Much dissapoint.
.......007 found it harder to blend in when undercover in suburbia.......
On a more serious note, it must have been a great experience to be part of that. ;-)
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Filmed in the days when you could drive straight into a military establishment car park without so much as a barrier in sight!
So the only filmed evidence of your military career is in a pub?
More seriously, it looks impressive.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
I really enjoyed that, thank you. What a privilege to be part of something so unique.
Eddie, can I ask, did you have regular military training alongside all of the ceremonial work? Or would this have been something you’d be assigned to for a period and then go back into a regular unit?
You never told me you were a film star!
Cheers,
Neil.
I only had 10 months in The King's Troop, almost 9 years in regular units.Originally Posted by alfat33
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
That was the WO's and Sgt's Mess, not a pub!So the only filmed evidence of your military career is in a pub?
More seriously, it looks impressive.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Maybe tone down the eyeshadow next time but I like the blouse.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Have you been watching this?
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1w...jestys-cavalry
I used to attend meetings at Wellington Barracks occasionally and, as long as I was wearing a suit, carrying a tightly-furled black umbrella and had a fairly short haircut I would normally get in without ID and would usually get saluted as well. The last time I did this was probably around 2011/12.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
My father was Kings Troop RHA in the 1950's.
So clever my foot fell off.
Somebody would have known him when I was there, people often spent 20 years plus in The King's Troop.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Very likely - he loved it. He actually was quite a competitive showjumper beforehand, so did all the musical drives etc - standing up in the saddle, pulling guns, charging around on his extremely large army horse named Henry...
So clever my foot fell off.
I know Eddie, but the so-called ‘bon mot’ wouldn’t have worked
My apologies
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
My maternal grandfather was admitted to the Cadre Noir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadre_Noir) in 1909 or 10. During the war he was moved to the ‘Cavalerie Blindée’, the armoured cavalry, i.e armoured cars and the first Renault tanks.
Before entering the CN, he was preparing to be a jockey (small guy, 5’3).
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Oh yes...in the red sweater, with the large gold heart necklace! How jaunty!
The scourge of St. john’s Wood , the fields behind Wormwood Scrubs and my bit of Ladbroke Grove back in the day.
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