Oddball tank designs at Bovington

[Rheged]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-43468105

Is there a secret cell of Whiffers at the Tank Museum??


Later, I think that the item below is what it's all about

http://www.tankmuseum.org/whats-on/exhibitions/bovexb64638

[zenrat]

Is this one an early Churchtank?

[NARSES2]

Ah, could be worth a trip down there 

I like the Tank Museum, need to persuade one of my mates though as it can be a bit of a pain by public transport. Still "lads day out" 

[kitnut617]

Erm, that would be Bovington, my old stomping ground (found my future wife there too)

[NARSES2]

Erm, that would be Bovington, my old stomping ground (found my future wife there too)

Nice part of the world mate, just a little difficult by train.

Still it's Tiger Day IX on the 28th April and Tiger 131 will be in action to "celebrate" the 75th anniversary of her capture. Need to chat with the lads 

[Thorvic]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/London+Borough+of+Croydon/Wool/@51.0907727,-1.6917169,9z/am=t/data=!4m19!4m18!1m5!1m1!1s0x487600a574c2f65b:0x40eae2da2ec6810!2m2!1d-0.070062!2d51.3679705!1m5!1m1!1s0x487255350d8e4bb7:0x80e019ce3ce42a8!2m2!1d-2.225127!2d50.6784324!2m3!6e1!7e2!8j1524913200!3e3!5i1

There you go 

[loupgarou]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/London+Borough+of+Croydon/Wool/@51.0907727,-1.6917169,9z/am=t/data=!4m19!4m18!1m5!1m1!1s0x487600a574c2f65b:0x40eae2da2ec6810!2m2!1d-0.070062!2d51.3679705!1m5!1m1!1s0x487255350d8e4bb7:0x80e019ce3ce42a8!2m2!1d-2.225127!2d50.6784324!2m3!6e1!7e2!8j1524913200!3e3!5i1

There you go 

Funny! When I did my first visit to the tank museum, in 1969, I was staying in Croydon (south) to study english. But I did the trip with my trusty Fiat 500 station wagon and slept in it on the museum premises. No barriers then. I should still have a photo of my car parked among the tanks exposed in exterior. 

[Captain Canada]

Neat stuff. Thanks !

[NARSES2]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/London+Borough+of+Croydon/Wool/@51.0907727,-1.6917169,9z/am=t/data=!4m19!4m18!1m5!1m1!1s0x487600a574c2f65b:0x40eae2da2ec6810!2m2!1d-0.070062!2d51.3679705!1m5!1m1!1s0x487255350d8e4bb7:0x80e019ce3ce42a8!2m2!1d-2.225127!2d50.6784324!2m3!6e1!7e2!8j1524913200!3e3!5i1

There you go 

Cheer's Geoff. I actually saw that station when I searched yesterday, never noticed it before for some reason ? 

Anyway it looks as though there will be 4 or 5 of us going down. Some nice pubs around there 

[NARSES2]

Funny! When I did my first visit to the tank museum, in 1969, I was staying in Croydon (south) to study english.

Small world  We may well have been drinking in the same bars/pubs ? A couple of the ones we drank in were frequented by Croydon's then quite large ex-pat communities.

[kitnut617]

Some nice pubs around there 

Watch out for the Scrumpy ---

[loupgarou]

Funny! When I did my first visit to the tank museum, in 1969, I was staying in Croydon (south) to study english.

Small world  We may well have been drinking in the same bars/pubs ? A couple of the ones we drank in were frequented by Croydon's then quite large ex-pat communities.

I was a nice boy! I didn't spend time drinking in pubs. All my free time was used looking for model shops and visiting all the Popular Book Centres of London to get a complete collection of Astounding.  Still hae them.
Anybody wants a (near) complete set of old science fiction magazines? 

[Weaver]

Erm, that would be Bovington, my old stomping ground (found my future wife there too)

How many roadwheels does she have?

[kitnut617]

Erm, that would be Bovington, my old stomping ground (found my future wife there too)

How many roadwheels does she have?

Well she was into motorcycles --- so two   

Her Dad was in the REME and was stationed there between overseas postings, she didn't go with the family the last time they moved 

[NARSES2]

All my free time was used looking for model shops

Ah Modeltime in St George's Walk was the main one back then, but there were a couple of others and BMW's was in Wimbledon 

Now ? None at all