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First Name Last Name Message Old GB Date Red Grossinger Good site, informative, BUT some of the dates are wrong, for example, two photos shows the Freedom of the City parade, Iserlohn, being dated to 1970, that occurred in 1964 or 65, with the FGH (check the badges). I was there. LdSH were there in 70, I was there too but do not remember such parade. Keep up the good work. Red May 12, 2006 Harry Rice Many Gunners have fond memories of serving in 1 RCHA while stationed in Hemer. HJ May 11, 2006 Thomas Sturge First tour was as a single man, second tour as a married man with family May 9, 2006 Dale Kaechler Thanks for the memories. May 8, 2006 Marc-Andre Bouchard May 8, 2006 Gary Logan Served 17 years + in Germany. Met my wife at BMH Iserlohn. We have been married 43 years this September. We have two daughters and four granddaughters. Our eldest daughter married her German boyfriend and she lives in Schuttern. They run a "Gartnerei" (gardening business)....across from the Church in Schuttern. We now live in Kingston, Ontario. The best fresh water sailing in the world!!! We love to sail and enjoy our retirement. We visit Germany at least once a year. Lahr is still a very vibrant town... the Airfield has many new businesses. The Caserne is another matter...it looks derelict...weeds are growing up through the tarmac...the windows of the Canex offices are broken...the whole place is a mess. Looking forward to hearing from anyone who knew me!!! Gary. May 8, 2006 Serge Grenier Great site, keep up the good work. May 8, 2006 Alex Gillis Thanks for creating and running this site... it brought back some great memories. Unfortunately, we lost all of our memorabilia in a warehouse fire in 1974, so your site is particularly welcome. Elizabeth, Michelle and I were on the second last Boeing out of Dusseldorf in July 1971! May 7, 2006 John Duncan Dunsmore What a great trip into the past although you obviously do not have too much from the 53 to 55 era. Very well done! I expect to spend a lot of time on the site. Thanks for creating it. May 7, 2006 Matthew Miles GREAT SITE. GLAD TO SEE LOTS OF OLD FRIENDS May 7, 2006 Ken Jones GREAT MEMORIES - THANKS FOR THIS May 7, 2006 Monty Elliston I received this site info from Don MacLean and it really brings back a lot of good memories. Sure appreciate all the work put into it and hope it can be expanded with even more pics. Guten Tag to all the old friends out there. May 7, 2006 Grant Clarke Served with a great group of soldiers and tradesmen May 6, 2006 Chuck Shawcross Great site, pictures look familiar though I was rather young thanks May 6, 2006 Tony Soulis May 6, 2006 Gilles Nappert A well done site that brought back found memories. May 6, 2006 Peter Holt Good to see this site, I enjoyed growing up in the Ruhr valley! May 6, 2006 Douglas Dupuis May 4, 2006 Nancy Cook My years in Soest were the best, I still have very strong memories of my school days, sports I played (volleyball and basketball) and of the lovely trips we took when Dad got leave. I would like to say hi to Chris Kippan (nee O'Donnell) and her dad, Doug O' Donnell (in B.C.). Doug, also in the RCOC, served with my dad, Brian Brady at Fort Chambly. Chris and I never lost contact and her friendship is one that I value highly as the years have passed. Talk to you on the net soon Chris, Nancy May 3, 2006 H. H. (Ike) Euteneier Greetings All! I think I am one of the luckiest members of the Canadian Forces, having been able to serve a total of 14 years in Europe. I spoke the language, therefore I was a commodity sought after. I am now retired in the Comox Valley in BC. Cheers April 24, 2006 David Burton April 23, 2006 Stephen Maxwell Great site. Brings back lots of good memories. Would like to hear from anyone who went to school at Fort Chambly. Those were great years. April 21, 2006 Bill Macinnis love this site, brings back memories April 18, 2006 Trueman Sanford Hi again everyone. I could use some help. I'm trying to locate Carol McDonald or MacDonald who lived and went to school in 1962-64. She had a brother Andy. Thanks April 18, 2006 Brian Gauci It's been a few months since I checked out this site and after another look, here's a few of my impressions as a 6 year old kid. It didn't take long after arriving for me to start checking things out. Castles on hills, houses that looked like you could eat them, little red trains zipping around, buses with trailers, gliders silently whipping through the sky, hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes including zeppelins suddenly appearing in the sky looking like they'll be there forever and before you know it they're gone, a forest next door with plush meadows and water shooting out of the ground. For a kid from rural Manitoba this place was a positive fairyland. There was a candy machine on the wall of a building down the hill on Zeppelinstrasse, open 24 hours and better candy than I'd ever had before, well...except for that awful salt licorice, man that stuff was gross. I soon met friends and started doing stuff, before discovering the shortcut through the Felsemeer we'd hang around the corner of Zeppelinstrasse and Berlinerstrasse. Eventually an army truck would come along and stop at the stop sign, that's when we'd all jump in the back and swipe a ride out to the camp to go to the movies. Usually that's where they were going but after a couple of my buddys ended up in Iserlohn one day we discovered the Felsemeer, there was two or three ways through there and I knew them all pretty good after a while. I had a scooter and used to trip around all over the place. I also remember roller skating down the hill on Memelerstrasse and scooting down Zepplenstrasse in a street cart I bought off Paul Ferris. I'd take my dog for walks in the woods, there's a pic on the sight somewhere of the crossroads leading into the woods and we'd go to the first valley and I'd let her run around, one time when my Dad came with us he wanted to go up the winding road but half way up the pooch discovered the farm by the road and was soon doing it's K9 duty of chasing chickens, 3 hours later with my Dad's wallet a lot lighter our walk was over. In one of the overhead shots on the site I see ther's a building on Memelerstrasse that wasn't there when I lived there, that was the field where we'd fire off our water rockets. Once a year the fair would come and set up on a hill on the other side of Hemer, if you looked straight down Memelerstrasse you could see it in the distance, when you saw them setting up you'd block that couple of weeks off on your kid's calender "THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN!!!!) Now that I've taken up a good part of the page in the guestbook, I'll say goodnight. April 16, 2006 Hugh A. Morrison Would just like to say hello to any zipper heads of that time April 16, 2006 Trueman Sanford Hi everyone, just updating mail address. Such a long time ago , but such wonderful memories. It would be great to hear from any of you who shared this fantastic time. April 15, 2006 Ron Andrews Nice to see this, brings back memories. Nee more of this sort of thing for all CF Postings. Thanks for the great site and work. April 11, 2006 G. G. Spence Glad to here from anybody , especially D Sqn 53-55 , April 9, 2006 Fred R. Hawrish April 8, 2006 Peter O'Connor Had a great time at BMH Iserlohn. Very good social life. Very rewarding work. Enjoyed playing for the Rugby Team. Had a lot of good mates. Still see of them today. April 6, 2006 D. Cone what memories I have , are of a kids xmas party, getting stuck in a garbage can playing tanks, the trip over and back on a ship. dad was in the engineers, I remember the following the Upshaws, and Joe Vermette April 5, 2006 John Campbell it's nice to go back March 28, 2006 Terry Roberts Great site. Brings back a lot of great memories. I still correspond with one of our former interpreters who lives in Holenlimburg. March 28, 2006 Mel Ellis The best posting we ever had in 30 years. March 26, 2006 Bryone Ross Moved to Soest from Oromocto, NB. Played guard for the Soest Spartans basketball senior team. Now living in Petrolia in southwestern Ontario. Commute each weekend to work in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Would love to hear from any of the Spartans BB team or any Soester from grades 11, 12 13. Go Soest! Go Spartans! March 25, 2006 Glenna (Penney) Gilman Like Bob Hope, I would like to say "thanks for the memories". I was scanning the school pictures and had a smile that wouldn't stop. In fact some of the same people live and work in the same area here. I'm going to have fun with this site come Monday. Oh to be young for those few moments. Thanks again. March 23, 2006 Robert Burns It is with great sadness that I see the state of Fort St Louis in its ruin and I remember the days of its shiny, proud state under the rule of Canada's Black Watch. I often thought that it was ironic that in the years following the move south to Lahr that our parent Regiment The Black Watch (RHR) were housed in Fort St Louis but renamed by the British Army after a battle honour from the Iberian Pennisular War with Napoleon. I guess it is true that must not return because it is never the same. Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. Bob Burns. March 22, 2006 Howard C. (Howie) Pierce Arrived in Germany at 18 years of age in 1957 green as they come right out of the Ottawa Valley. Departed in 1971 as one of the last to close out 4 CMBG, in fact Tom Murchison BGen Gardner and Howie Pierce pulled the flag down for the last time. A tear rolled down my face thinking of all those years and the memories. If Canadians only knew how many of her lads grew up in this place we called home for so long. Yes some of my buddies didn't make it back home, but I can still see them for they never grow old. I can recall a New Years night standing guard at a TDM dump, guarding ammo in the rain and thinking to myself what to Hell am I doing here. I must have liked it because I kept coming back. March 21, 2006 Nancy Green Really enjoyed the site March 18, 2006 Bruce Soonias I was only three when we went over by boat, yet my memories are very clear. we lived just up the street from the stores called little Canada, on the street breslauerstrabe. great site March 14, 2006 Scoty ruhrmemories.com/guestbook-single-record-detail/?pdb=8378 all armoured 8-ch and rcd would love to hear from ya all. 1975-1986 ferretts..avgp..m113all,leopard also ssf-any info regards devils brigade,,,am doing a documentary right-o thanks with best regards,,, scoty brandt March 13, 2006 Peter Poser A great web site to revisit the past. March 12, 2006 Mike Verge I graduated Gr. 13 in Hemer in 1970.Received a degree in Economics from McMaster.36 years later my daughter Kimberly is graduating from Canadian International School of Hong Kong and has just been accepted to University of Southern California (Los Angeles). My Dad CWO Ralph Verge (RCR/RCASC) went on to become a Lt. Col. in the Commisionnaire Corp. Not bad for a couple of poor boys from Halifax March 11, 2006 J. Cheeseman Just looking for old friends from long ago. Margret Cheeseman March 11, 2006 Richard Kreis Enjoyed seeing the pictures and will pass along the Web Site to some old friends of the Battalion. Thanks many time over for the view of our past. Sandra and Dick Kreis March 10, 2006 Don Woodland February 27, 2006 Ronald Joseph McNulty We made many friends and are still meeting them at reunions February 26, 2006 Mel Pittman Enjoyed the memories. Great site and I invite all your surfers to visit the Canadian Provost Corps Web Site ( http://home.primus.ca/~cproc-mp/ ) where you will find more memories of 4 CIBG. February 25, 2006 Jim Howlett I served with both units 2nd and 4th RCHA. played hockey for the arty. in Holland, France, Belgium and all over Germany. Lived in second building from the top and believe there was a French battery in the Regiment. February 25, 2006
