Nah.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:49 pm25 on amazon.co.uk
Spear & Jackson, for when you're serious about revolting
..but of course by then you'll have a bazooka or two, I expect
Sandbags and milkmaids.
Nah.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:49 pm25 on amazon.co.uk
Spear & Jackson, for when you're serious about revolting
..but of course by then you'll have a bazooka or two, I expect
When the Greek v Turk trouble blew up in Cyprus, 1963-4, the most disconcerting thing was the instantly recruited Greek-Cypriot 'Policemen' who were put in the uniform of denims and a police cap, were given Sten guns and were waving them about with gay abandon.Undried Plum wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:28 pmI remember that in the mid-1970s Duncan Campbell obtained and published the emergency preparedness plan for Edinburgh in the event of nuclear war.
The plan was that the cops and the army would seal off the city at Barnton and Newbridge and at all the nodes along what is now the city bypass to prevent the townsfolk from escaping the wreckage of the city and marauding Lothian farmland in search of food.
He gave the details at a public meeting in The Playhouse following a showing of the then censored and suppressed documentary film whose name I can't immediately remember.
pp The War Game
The scariest part was that they were going to give GPMGs, Stens and SLRs to traffic wardens (forerunners of the present day Blue Meanies) to enforce the ban on escape and to imprison caught escapers in tennis courts.
Exactly the same thing happened to one of the Philipino draughtsmen who worked for me in Kuwait, except he drove into the office car park unknowingly with a gun in the boot of his car. he got arrested about an hour later when the army came to get their gun back. Normal procedure for Kuwait; whatever happens it's your fault! Was released fairly swiftly though.1DC wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:03 pmIn the sixties when the Nigerian civil war was on the causeway across the top of Lagos harbour had a road block at each end. Our Chief mate was coming across in a taxi with his wife, they were stopped at the beginning of the causeway, showed their passports and the taxi was searched.At the other end the taxi was stopped again passports were shown the boot of the taxi opened and all hell broke loose. One of the guards pulled a gun out of the boot and mate, wife and taxi driver were pulled from the car and made to lie on the floor while crazy Nigerian soldiers pointed guns at them and screamed and shouted unintelligible instructions. AS they became more and more agitated shouting was heard and a soldier came running down the causeway and claimed the gun he had left in the boot when he searched it. This caused great hilarity among the guards and when the mate, wife and taxi driver realised that they were no longer of interest they quickly got in the taxi and carried on back to the ship..