Thanks for the really good pictures of Windsor. In the Curfew Tower view, I spotted some people walking up past St. George's Chapel........you really know
how to take a good photo. I sat and figured out where these views were in relation to the Windsor I knew. Thanks again.
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Posts: 39 (04/13/08 04:26:32) |
Thanks Pat I was very privileged to have been allowed to snap them while on duty , and im sure forum member Mayor of Bexley will testify that bouncing around
at 100ft on a wonky ladder is something to be experienced .
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Posts: 38 (04/16/08 08:40:18) |
I'm sure The Mayor of Bexley will back up your story!!!! I take it that you were a fireman after leaving the service, that's IF the photo is of you as
a guardsman.......!!!
I've been trying to sus out which regiment you were in - my husband is an ex-Irish Guardsman, although he was born in Windsor, and he can tell which Guards you were in from the number of buttons and their sequence on the tunic. Blowed if I can...........My late Father-in-law was in the Irish Guards too, he was a CSM., a really lovely man. He was stationed in Victoria Barracks, as was my Grandfather, Josia Elliott, was an ex-Coldstream bandsman, so you see we all have connections with the guards.......I would hazard a guess that most of Windsor's population have 'come down' from guardsmen.......we were just sitting here trying to think of any friends, from when we lived there, who's fathers weren't in the guards......? Back to your photos, can you please tell me how I can 'save' the photos you sent to The Forum. I would like to save them to my photos folder, I've sat here trying to think of a way and now I've run out of ideas - we're off to get fish and chips, so I don't have time. Thanks for any tips you can give. |
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Posts: 986 (04/16/08 12:04:50) |
On my Mac it is easy to select a picture and save it to the Desktop, optionally with a new name. I am sure PCs can do it easily too... but I can't tell you
which button it is!
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Posts: 40 (04/17/08 06:56:52) |
Thanks Exred.......My grandson says 'it's easy', so, when he can spare me 5 minutes of his time, he's coming round to show me what to
do.....don't hold your breath!
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Posts: 41 (04/17/08 06:58:48) |
Sorry, I meant, 'thanks thamesweb'.......
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Posts: 32 (04/17/08 23:07:15) |
Does JUNE, JOEY and TERRY mean anything to you
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Posts: 50 (04/18/08 07:34:09) |
I have a sister-in-law called June, and her brother, my brother-in-law, is Joe or, as he was called in his younger days, Joey Larkin. His actual first
Christian name is 'Terrance'. I have a feeling you knew them way back......??
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Posts: 51 (04/18/08 07:38:18) |
My husband, Tony, is their brother, by-the-way.
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Posts: 41 (04/19/08 09:39:50) |
Hi Pat , I was 1st Btn Scots Guards 69-75 then joined Fire service and served in Windsor & Slough and i have to say i chose my careers well as i worked
with very positive people and to this day i reap the benefits of those years .
Re saving pics try this ; !! do not go to the photo album and do this !! (1) Go the topic where pics are and select a pic , . (2) Right click on it (3) select "Save image as " (4) up comes a box asking you where you want it saved on " your PC "and you chose which directory / folder on your PC you would like to put it . Job done Pat 
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Posts: 58 (04/20/08 03:55:13) |
Thanks, exred, my husband was right in that he looked at your tunic on the little pic. and said 'I bet he was in the Scots Guards' - takes one to know
one.......he was 'in' long before you though and chose to serve in his Dad's old regiment, the Irish Guards, for three years, rather than get put
into some other 'mob', (his words), during the conscription days. I remember when we were walking round near the river on a Sunday, as most
'courting couples' did in those days, and he said 'Oh ......, here comes my old Sergeant Major', and he said, 'his name's
'Dinger' Bell, well Sgt.Major Bell'........we talked for a while and 'Dinger' asked my husband 'how's your Dad
then?'.........it turned out that my late father-in-law, was HIS Sgt. Major when he first joined up. So as my husband just said, 'my Dad chased Dinger
Bell, then Dinger Bell chased me'.....it went full-circle.....All I can recall about him was that he was HUGE, and being only 5'1", it's
something that sticks in my memory. My husband reckons, too, that 'Sgt. Major Brittain, the one who became very popular in comedy films etc. was a piece
of cake compared to a few sgt.majors that 'trained' him......mmmm....I'll have a go at saving your pics. and let you know how I get on......IF it
goes pear-shaped, you'll be able to hear me from where you are!!!.......I sent thamesweb two great photos that my sister-in-law took in Windsor of H.M.
The Queen and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, when they opened the new home for elderly Windsorians, (on the Dedworth Road), and the new shopping precinct.....I
wasn't too confident that I'd be successful, but, I sent them by e-mail, and, well, you can see the results of that for yourself, as he put them
straight on the Forum..... by-the-way, a friend of your's, 'Mayor of Bexley', has left me in a quandary, having posed the question which you can
read on this page......My husband thinks it's someone who lived in Albert St. when they were very young, then moved into Bexley Street, later joining the
Fire Brigade....I'm looking forward to his reply - so watch this space......as per usual, my husband will be right - well, it goes without saying!!!!!!
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