Just a thought albeit a pretty useless one - Do as I did and go on google earth and print an aerial copy of it before they update it into a building site. Just type in the old postcode and it will take you straight to it.
On a personal note, I wasn't one of the corps favourite sons and my time in apprenticeship wasn't very pleasant, but I do have some good memories of the place and I appreciate some people will find this year particularly painful.
Of course WE ALL KNOW that the echoes of Paddy O'Shea, Baz Ash, Reg Hill, Chris Mahoney Dave Hankins and many more still rattle around the parade square and will do for many, many years.
Even now over 30 years on I still twiddle my toes in my boots if I'm stood in one place for more than 5 minutes and I still don't stand with my hands in my pockets and hate those who do. I haven't touched a pan in anger for over 15 years but my nails are always short. I rarely complain about the food people serve me because I realise what it takes and how easy it is not to get it right. I make the most of my time off because for most of us a day off was as rare as rocking horse s**t(unless you played sport for the corps). Like it or not gents St Omer is genetically in our blood now and we take that with us.
On a lighter note, sad that I'll never learn if the grey squirrels managed to run the red ones out of the trees behind the blocks next to the canal and what's the bet that some of the roaches find new homes in these new accommodation blocks!
Major Wilson(Rtd) - military history teacher in the 70's apprentice side - will his omen of Chinese flip flops coming over the hill toward us become fact? Was Brian North really doing a sideline in cheap mattress filling and toupee repair? Guess I'll never know now...
Topic: Demolition starts at St Omer (Read 9666 times)