The mick from Ulster , Sammy Conner , One of the best

There is no such thing as an ulster accent

@@professorminstrels6460 everyone has an accent, including a moron, like yourself I probably would describe it as the accent of a dickhead?

@@professorminstrels6460 There are two distinct Ulster accents. One is called Mid-Ulster English and the other, smaller one, is called Ulster-Scots.

I remember my dad talking about para depot in the 70s and the Monday morning routine being him and the other recruits stood at attention on the parade square whilst hungover NCO's walked the line and randomly punched them. No violence or bullying at all there!

I was in the Para Depot in the 70,s ( Jnr Para Coy). And yes that happened and much much more. It was looked upon as “hardening you up” You where a Para so had to be tough

Clearly toned down for the tv cameras present

My dad said that he joined in 73 and his only three words it was hard. Ncos were brutal back then. He used to say they played the winker song on the camp radio. It said I wink all day and all night. But translate that into British army humour it became something else.😅

@@DM-ur8vc Well it was a highly scripted British army lol Like when some muppet of an MP was visiting, you where told what to say lol

who cares

@@Stanly-StudTry not to be a twat all your life.

@@allanxxxxxxxx who cares

@@allanxxxxxxxx No

@@allanxxxxxxxx hurt your feelings dear?

Why dont they do that nowadays?

@@patriot4786 political correctness and fear of upsetting someone with harsh words . That's why todays soldiers wouldn't have hacked it 30 years ago , having said that they still do a good job and it's not their fault that times are changing .

@@kevinadamson5768 None of it has changed...

@@patriot4786 They do, idiot...

@@josephmorgan3382 nope, nowadays its soft..

Old school NCOs & soldiers👍

Was that in Oswestry? I spent an awful night there when going to collect an absentee of ours from the the Guard Room where the civie police had dumped him.

I'd say he was from Roscommon given his accent.❤

@@bastogne315 Pfft! That is incest levels of community! Respect, I suppose?

Did he go on to be a war criminal as well

Long way up, short way down. 2,3 up, 2,3 down Heels together, neck in the back of the collar and look up. Heels dig into the ground, arms shoulder high and look up, dig dig dig 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️

what was the.required height

@@PatrickJOHanlon Five foot nine or there about, I think. I am five foot seven. The bullshit in my lot was not much different to the Guards as it turned out.

Thanks for the reply

@@jimmyjohnson7027 My great uncle was 5foot seven , Coldstream gaurds ,3rd battalion killed at St Julien ypres in october 1914 . Name on the Menin Gate . The height restriction was taken off when they were running short of bodies to feed to the cannon . In fact he was in the the Gaurds BEFORE the 1914-18 war . I have heard the height restriction was used when they did NOT need the men . We always thought he was over 6ft untill , through Ancestory , we got his service record .

There are big gaps in military history. Write a small engagement for us and try to remember the details and document. Cheers mate!

Oh shut up

Went to Coldstream village last year on a visit. Very small and quiet. Nice little place though. Had to go because me Grandad ( Coldstreamer, who I never knew) was killed in the Salerno landings in 1943 under Mark Clark....(less said about him, the better). Grandad was 6"3', not sure how he died. Would love to have met him. Often think of him and his mates during that fateful time. I still have the MOD letter to me grandma about his death. He was 23 when he died. Yeah...looking up at you pops...N.

@@nmw6674 My grandfather was a Coldstreamer 3rd battalion, and he too was at Salerno and their subsequent campaign. He was wounded but fortunately he was able to return to his family at war's end. He was awarded the Military Medal in the fighting in the hills in the days after Salerno. Unfortunately when I was a boy I could never get him to talk about his time in the war, and I would so loved to have heard him tell me. It seems that the loss of comrades affected him badly. I too made a point of visiting Coldstream a few years ago for the same reasons that you did. I think the Coldstream Guard tended to be a Northern Regiment around that time, he was from Burnley. They were a tough bunch and it was passed to me that other regiments could not understand how they were required to have immaculate kit and boots whilst serving in the field. From what I have read Salerno was tough, very tough. It was so bad that Clark & Co considered withdrawing from the landing. When you hear about D-Day and invading Europe they only talk about Normandy but these guys went into Europe first! The terrain appeared to favour the Germans more than it did in Normandy. You should be very proud of your grandfather, as am I of my own.

hmmm, I think the modern army has acquitted itself quite well, with the Falklands, two Gulf wars and Afghanistan not to mention Northern Ireland.

Falklands was 40 odd years ago!!@@mjspice100

​@@caerleon87you missed the point

Perhaps..@@PeterNgola

Guards Depot, 20 weeks, June 1974. British and Canadian total of 33 years.💂‍♂️🪖⛑️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦

Do you remember it was called 'beasting'.

The only one in step😂 We were marching at Aldershot in 86 we were shocking a mate in front was getting screamed at marching like a “f,,,,g Rockhopper” we could not help laughing that stopped during the following beasting. 👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Have you worked with the current British Army? If you had I can tell you that they are still extremely good. No way would we won't conscription because it means we would have to take quite a lot of shit into our superb army

we still do bayonet training

@@TomTheGamer913 r u an army

@@leocy5060 good English there😂😂😂

It's the same now

Soldiers were soldiers because men were men, not namby-pambies like nowadays.

Those were the days…

literally the only thing that can save this country. and it always should have been a basic requirement to become an MP I can't even bend my mind to the level of stupid hat would want it any other way.

No it’s what you need and quickly. It’s your generation who let the uk go to the shitter. It’s not the young kids fault, it’s yours . No good bleating about it now. If conscription was so good for the country, how did it turn the UK into a 3rd rate dung hill and your generation let it happen

​@@greg_4201doubt if they could hack it now unfortunately

so is the SA80 🤷🏻‍♂️

It was long. Unsuited for fighting in a built-up area or deploying from armour personal carriers. Ammunition was taking up a lot more room than 556 rounds. It didn't have fully automatic capability which you need if you want to lay down some fire if you want to breakthrough and ambush or suppress enemy fire. It was ok for the 60s but by the late 70s it was definitely out of its time

@@Adam-if3zd Perfect for a bayonet though.

Due to the wooden framework inside their bearskins

Or Monty pythons skit

Spot on I was looking for Norman Wisdom

Why do they behave like that?

@@georgemulford2910 it was the culture, young men 16 years old were subjected to brutalisation that today would find the perpertrators in court. One lad was held down by two other junior soldiers whilst a third stabbed him in the stomach with a bayonet, no grudge or arguments, the 'stabber' wanted to know what it felt like to stab someone. Some juniors were tied onto their bare bed frames with buckets of cold water thrown over them, the kicker came when the shaver socket which most beds had as part of the overhead light for each bed space was wired up and turned on. Joining the regiment was also bad, new boys were subjected to abuse, initiations and assault, sometimes at the instigation of NCOs, occasionally by NCOs. Of course who could a youngster turn to? The chain of command for complaints had to go through the actual perpetrators, which usually resolved itself by threats, more assaults or extra duties until any complaint was withdrawn. Most youngsters did the minimum required and got out, the system doesn't work for junior ranks

@@user-he5so4gz4r I believe you. Why would that be the case though? Doesn’t seem very professional or honourable let alone morale boosting.

@@georgemulford2910 life was made hell for "sprogs" because people got away with it, the same was happening in childrens homes, borstals and behind front doors across the country. Even PIE(Paedophile Information Exchange) had influence within certain political parties, then you had Saville, Glitter, Rolf Harris and others within the entertainment industry. As for the army? I know particular regiments gained a reputation for brutalising and bullying recruits, the Welsh Guards were notorious after the Falklands war, this was long before 'duty of care' or child protection laws were brought in. I was 17 when an NCO would enter our 3 man room after getting drunk in the mess, he would stagger in, straddle our shoulders and kidney punch us, or try to tear the hair out of your head. This was at the regiment. Young,black,brown they were all fair game back then. I was determined my kids would never experience that, I've dealt with a lot of veterans over the years, and some have horrific stories to tell, with one or two still traumatised, and they're in their 50s and 60s!

@@georgemulford2910 Latent homosexuality. 🤣

absoloute bollocks lol

You have a point. Guards now are stubby and fat lol used to be tall and strong

​@@j.cheese34 did they only recruit lads 6 foot plus did they? 😂😂😂

@@shaneevans1753 yeah used to be a requirement

True. They were taller and smarter, can't deny that.

Mainly all instructors

Who cares

i was at caterham late sixtys lad was beaton up to get him out of the squad

MineBlock, I had a little chuckle about the "no violence" comment too. Is he shitting us? I had a drill cane rammed in my throat for flinching when a wasp stung me. I mean...how fucking dare I. 🤣🤣

John Tideswell was mine too...

Why?

No doubt about it. I did not serve (very bad eyesight) but I have been studying military history for nearly 40 years and is obvious that until the 1980s the British army was a formidable force, perhaps the finest army in the world. The people running the UK since the 1990s ruined everything.

The bullies get promoted so where's your proof in that??? I was a Guardsman I was friendly woth all the senior ranks not once did they try and bully me.

You only get promoted if you have talent...no bullying in my day but lots of honest feedback.

I was in the Scots Guards and certain people did get picked on, usually because they were useless or funny looking but no more than say in a factory or building site. I worked in a factory after the army and I would say there was more bullying there than the army, bullying is not big or clever but it happens everywhere not just the army.

You softy who cant bear being shouted cant be in the military..

Shut up, you pansy! What the hell would you know about it?

Where do you get the idea from? Have you had any involvement with British Army contemporary phase 1 and phase 2 training

@@Adam-if3zd I have no idea of anything connected to the British army, haven’t lived in that shit hole for 50 years now. See how they go against the Russians

in the Guards? or you mean society at large?

you didnt get back sqauded yuo were beaton up