Carriers in Pounds shipyard

[ron]

Hi Niels,
I dont know about all of the items but a lot of them were saved. the price of steel at that time had fallen and the owner Tony told me that it was not worth it to cut them up at time,he also liked owning them, in fact tomorrow I will post a couple of pics of two Russian tanks that arrived whilst we were talking they were complete in all ways straight from the docks, no torch work had been done even had the crews helmits inside, the gates were closed work ceased and the tanks were given a try out around the yard, now thats what you call a great day out, Regards Ron

[RichardT10829]

unbelievable i remember my father telling me he once went to a scrap yard in the late 50's and they were stacked 5 high all melted down what an absolute travesty ! i cant believe how complete those T16's are its nuts, if only i could go back in time.

Richard

[carl brown]

Don't suppose you took any pics of the M10's that were in the yard at the same time. I am restoring one that used to be there many years ago and it would be good to see if I could identify it ?

[carrierbarry]

The yard at pounds is clear of all carrier parts.
When did you take those pictures?
They must be 15 years old

[ron]

Yes the pics were taken on one of my trips to the U K and they would be just a bit over 15 years old, but when you think of it that is not really such a long time ago,just a blink of an eye really, just goes to proove that NOW is always the correct time to save our history,that is really the reason I posted the pics to get people fired up, and restoring instead of just saying one day I will do it,time goes by and rust never sleeps,
Regards, Ron

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by ron

Yes the pics were taken on one of my trips to the U K and they would be just a bit over 15 years old, but when you think of it that is not really such a long time ago,just a blink of an eye really, just goes to proove that NOW is always the correct time to save our history,that is really the reason I posted the pics to get people fired up, and restoring instead of just saying one day I will do it,time goes by and rust never sleeps

Thanks for the pics, Ron! I recon they must be a lot older, though. When I visited Pounds Yard in 1985, they had started to clear it all out. Only some carriers were there, and a couple of Churchills. Your pics look like much more AFVs were still there. Will dig out my pics.

[ron]

Hi Hanno,
I thought that it was 1988 but could be wrong, it was quite a place wasnt it?
Regards Ron