NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 20 JULY 2009
Hi once again and welcome to this week’s newletter of new items on Miliblog.
Some more nice vehicles have been added this week, including some Aveling Barford 690 Dump Trucks in British Army service in the 1970′s and some more nice old Bedford RL trucks. One shown below is an RAF Public Address bodied version. Is that monument in the background on Southsea Common in Portsmouth does anyone know ? Next we have a nice Challenger Mk3 Tank taken at the Army Day at Uttoxeter Racecourse, in Staffordshire in June 1996. The chap who was the Clerk of the Course at the time was an ex-army Major, who persuaded the army to have a wonderful Army Day during one of the race days. At the time I worked as a finance controller for a catering company that provided all the racecourse catering and so had the opportunity to take various photos and go behind the scenes over the years. Next sample below is a Samson CVRT ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle) and looks from the stone wall to be taken in The Cotswolds area of the UK. A nice relaxed photo with the soldier smiling on the top.
Lots of Land Rovers, or ‘Landies’ as they are known, give years of service to our armed forces and on miliblog we have many photos of them in Army, RAF and Royal Navy markings. Once they are on civvi street, of course they are snapped up for all sorts of reasons, from a continued working life to one of being pampered as an enthusiast’s pride and joy. Shown below is a good looking Landie Lightweight which looks a credit to it’s owner.
Wel to those that made the War and Peace Show at Beltring these last few days, I hope the weather was kind with lots of sunshine. Miliblog would liked to have been there but with family commitments we could not. Maybe next year ! Meanwhile we will wait and soon see the photos in Military Machines International and Classic Military Vehicle magazines.
Well back to the trusty old scanner and see you soon !
Cheerio !
Simon
Aveling Barford 690 Dump Truck (00 FZ 48)
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Public Address (81 AV 47)
Samson CVRT ARV (91 KB 64)
Challenger Tank Mk3 (79 KF 03)
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (Q 671 FLE)
