SAS L1A1 (but not really)

[Peter Laidler]

The Scouts certainly earned their keep in NI didn't they.... Mind you, I think as general work horses they were totally flogged to death by the time they were pensioned off. Like the single and twin pioneer 'taxis' in Malaya. I remember exactly where I was when NI all kicked off. I was in Oz, sat on my bed on a Sunday afternoon, writing a letter home when one of the diggers walked up the outside corridor, came in and told me that the paddies had started rioting in NI. I remember saying to him that it was probably IRA inspired/fomented and it'd all be over by Xmas............ Never been more wrong!

Maybe......, just maybe, someone will write the whole warts an' all story of the whole saga. Miami showband, central laundry, Welch Guards int breakthrough......... Nope, maybe not. Just best left unsaid