Following the end of hostilities in 1945 The Life Guards, the senior regiment of the British Army, were stationed in Goslar in the Harz region of … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Germany 2016, 6; Herford and Home
Continued from page 5, Belsen and Hameln Both car and driver were in need of fuel so I went in search and was delighted to find a petrol station in … [Read more...]
Germany 2016, 5; Belsen and Hameln
Continued from page 4, Stölln and Luneberg Breakfast was needed and a drive into (and around) Munster found me outside Café Plüsch in … [Read more...]
Germany 2016, 4; Stölln and Luneberg
Continued from page 3, Potsdam and Berlin A few minutes after leaving my camp site I drove in to a very small village called Stölln and was … [Read more...]
Germany 2016, 3; Potsdam and Berlin
Continued from page 2, Goslar and the road to Berlin The following morning I drove on and was relieved to discover a public loo on Grossestrasse in … [Read more...]
Germany 2016, 2; Goslar and the road to Berlin
Continued from part 1, Detmold The point comes when one has to get the show on the road and this was the day to set off on my tour. A very slow … [Read more...]
Germany 2016, 1; Detmold
In the early 1970s I had a stunningly unsuccessful career in the army. One of the places I was stationed was a delightful small town in Germany called … [Read more...]
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