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Fergie38
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Stirling Veterans Day
« on: Monday 22 June 09 13:25 UTC (UK) »
I thought this might be of interest to some of you.

In Stirling on Saturday and saw this wee pony called Cruachan



He was leading a parade.



Cruachan, the regimental mascot was being followed by him.
 

 
and he was being followed by them.
(not the clearest of shots but I was walking backwards at the time.
 

 
To keep alive the memory of guys like these.
 

 
They marched up hill
 



 
and into the Kings Park
 

 
to take part in a military display.
 


and  by than I felt knackered
but at least I got myself a veterans badge.

Cheers.
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #1 on: Monday 22 June 09 21:53 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Fergie for the wonderful photo's it has been many many years since I was in Stirling and for me "down under"they were great to see..how green everything is.
Lump in my throat  Cry
All the best Patvp
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Fergie38
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #2 on: Monday 22 June 09 23:19 UTC (UK) »
Glad you liked them Pat.
I titled the photo bellow as

                                      The pubs over there
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 12:25 UTC (UK) »
Great photos Fergie -  I would have loved to have been there but I didn't know anythng about it  Sad

Anne
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 23 June 09 14:45 UTC (UK) »
Stirling is like that Anne.

We have all sorts of things happening but it's as if the organisers wish the arranged events to be kept secret from the general public.

                                                 They knew about it of course   Wink



                                                        And so did they    Smiley



Cheers.
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 27 June 09 12:33 UTC (UK) »
Hi Fegie38,
thanks for the photos you have cheered up my winters evening in Melbourne.
The photos are superb what camera do you use.
( I bought a digital camera 8 years ago) and my photos are nothing like these.
Time to upgrade me thinks!
cheers,Billy.
Ps,Cruachans pal disnae look ah that happy!
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Fergie38
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 27 June 09 21:14 UTC (UK) »
  Hello Billy.
Nice to know that you got some pleasure from the photographs.
I have to agree with you about Cruachan's pal. even when I asked him to pose for a shot, he still managed to look like an unhapy chappie.




Not like the two gentlemen below. The guy on the left is clearly a natural poser. (that snap is an extract from a much larger photo)  The gentleman on the right is an Australian who I chatted to on the day. His name is John Gallagher and he had been a piper with his Australian unit.
         







'Right dress' before inspection.


The camera is a compact type Canon G9. It has now been sidelined in favour of the newer G10.

And now I suppose I'd better start thinking about deleting these photos before a moderator gives me a dressing down.

Cheers.
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Re: Stirling Veterans Day
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 28 June 09 12:21 UTC (UK) »
Thanks for more photos,
if that is Cruachans pal smiling!
Hopefully the fantastic kind moderator leaves these up for a wee while longer.
Unless of course the whole site crashes and they start pointing the finger,
many thanks, billy.
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