Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:32:21 GMT

This thread has now been closed as the video and pictures have a thread of their own here where any further comments will be welcomed.

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:04:21 GMT

Another batch of really good pictures, thamesweb, thankyou.....Fantastic, sunny weather too. You have captured the atmosphere very well and the crowd-shots show just how much the people appreciate and support the troops..what a parade, and I'm sure you were, as you said, glad to be there to witness it. Thankyou.

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:39:45 GMT

This morning I went up to the town, on a very warm and sunny day, to watch the parade. Herewith my report, video and pictures.

The moment the troops emerged from Victoria Barracks in Victoria Street the crowds, and they were substantial, started clapping, cheering and waving. It was impressive. I filmed the parade from on high in the multi-storey car park, and after they had passed walked up to the Guildhall across Bachelors Acre and through the Castle Hotel Car Park. After a few...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:57:07 GMT

I tried your link, but all I could see was the Guildhall and the second link there wasn't working, so I clicked on another link (on their page), chose Eastbourne, live, and there, ironically, was my own town's seafront, next to the TGWU building. Didn't like the skip full of black binliners though!!!! But, the sky is blue and the sun's shining....good weather for a parade in Windsor...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:50:28 GMT

Thanks, as usual, thamesweb, yes, I've tried a variety of sites on Google. The one I used for the Royal Wedding at the Guildhall isn't working, nor are others I've tried. The Castle Hotel webcams are out-of-action too. Well, half-an-hour is long enough, so I'll wait for your video and pix. and I'm confident they'll be as good, if not better, than you always provide us with. I did read on the Windsor and Maidenhead Express site that the guardsman who lost a leg in...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:24:07 GMT

Several webcams have been discontinued but this one, set up for the royal wedding, still has an image (after a moment or two). The view is of the Guildhall and Curfew Tower so would provide some images of the parade coming up the hill and into the High Street from River Street... IF it is a current view. It seems though to be an archive frame. My concern is that it was operated by STREAMDAYS and their own web pages state that the Windsor webcam is no longer operating. So I think it is...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:04:48 GMT

As I can't be there, I'm going to see if I can find a web-cam that's on the route they're taking. I did this when Prince Charles was married, and on my previous laptop I could take stills, so let's hope The Castle Hotel have kept the webcams they had then.

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:36:51 GMT

The 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards have recently returned from a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The parade will leave the barracks at approximately 11.15am from the Sergeant's Mess Gate in Victoria Street. From there the route will be - Victoria Street, Charles Street, Goswell Road, Barry Avenue, River Street, Thames Street, High Street, Sheet Street, returning via the front gates of the barracks in Sheet Street at about 11.35am. The parade is taking place after the...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:09:07 GMT

There is quite a market for these pictures especially if they are high quality and it sounds they are.

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:30:07 GMT

Yes, that's a coincidence.....my brother enlisted, joined up whatever it was called then, in 1953, then worked for Rank at Denham til he retired. Photos and films were always his 'thing', he was taking black and white pics. on day-outings when at Grammar School and has some really great ones of planes taking off at Heathrown when it was called 'London Airport' - there's even a bit of a picket fence in once of them, that's how old they are! Planes and time flies,...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:17:11 GMT

Thanks, thamesweb, I clicked on and watched the Royal Standard, then it was gone, but, what I meant was, it was a lovely moment, and enough, really, to keep this 'distant' Windsorian happy. I shall definitely be clicking on again and again, no fear of that.....I think it's great and don't remove it, well, not yet anyway...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:06:26 GMT

I watched the standard for a few seconds, then it was gone...

Well, yes, but I thought 10 seconds was enough... You can always play it again!

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (exred) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:53:45 GMT

Pat such coincidences ! my uncle was FAA he enlisted 1947 and was at Yeovilton , Corsham HMS Royal Arthur , Ganges , RNAS Condor Arbroath , RAF Muharraq , Aden crater the list goes on . He spent his last days as a customs officer at Faslane checking out those naughty submariners & Coalport bound ships .
One of my earliest memories was him putting me in a Hawker Hunter at an Air Day and i even have the pic of the day which i posted to the museum which now looks after the little...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:20:02 GMT

You know, you were very privileged to have seen all that - we visit any aircraft museums that are local to our holiday destinations, (if that's grammar). As we go to Dorset every year, where my sister-in-law lives, it's always The Fleet Air Arm Museum for lunch.....it's handy coming back from Street, in Somerset, and we've only chosen one day when it's not been open..........but, we weren't disappointed, for there, right in view of our car, was a Harrier Jump-Jet...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (exred) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:09:16 GMT

My neighbour was for many years a BA flight engineer on Concorde and I quiz him regularly on various aspects of the marvel it was , he informs me the Olympus engines were first used by the Vulcan bomber ( and was it not good to see that fly the other day !! ) , I had the good fortune to visit the fleet hangar at Heathrow as part of fire service cross training in July 1995 and see close up the magic of it all , I also saw the testbed Concorde in it's long term frame being vibrated ,...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (exred) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:57:42 GMT

Good to see Windsor welcoming the troops back and I agree Pat some piccies on forum would be luvly jubbly

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:58:35 GMT

Must give you a lot of satisfaction being involved with such a magnificent piece of British air history. We watched 'The Final Touchdown' and were all very emotional. My 2nd cousin worked for many, many years on the maintenance of Concorde at Heathrow.....he was davastated when it all came to an end. He sent me the BA newspaper with a middle spreadsheet photo of 'The Final Touchdown', which I clipframed and put on the wall....we still can't believe it all happened....is...

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:21:38 GMT

Glad you enjoyed it. Was at Duxford again today checking out the second prototype Concorde there, G-AXDN. I've been involved in rebuilding G-BBDG (first pre-production Concorde) at Brooklands since 2004. Great fun, and made great friends in the process. We were washing her last week, and next week we will continue getting the flight simulator working again...

Yeovilton is the home of the first British Concorde prototype. G-BSST.

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (Pat Larkin) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:51:34 GMT

Good for you, and even better for the Forum.......Brooklands is a fantastic place to visit, we went last year, well worth the entrance fee. We also visited Yeovilton in Somerset, (Fleet Air Arm Museum), they had a 'part' of Concorde there, we were able to walk into the fuselage(?), we hadn't realised how narrow it was.....but that's another story!!!!

Re: Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:45:18 GMT

Usually on a Saturday I am involved with Concorde at Brooklands, but Delta Golf can wait until the afternoon!

Very Warm Welcome Home for Windsor troops Saturday 26th April 08

feeds@yuku.com (thamesweb) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:16:04 GMT

The Royal Borough is to welcome home more than 500 Windsor soldiers who have been serving in Afghanistan at a special parade to be held next week.

Troops from the 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards, based at Victoria Barracks, will take part in a welcome home parade through the town on Saturday April 26.

Mayor of the Royal Borough, Cllr Leo Walters - who first called for a parade to welcome home soldiers serving in Afghanistan last autumn - will take the salute at the...