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16-08-17, 09:13
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Good to see preservation work in progress. Well done, Perry!
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16-08-17, 12:27
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Hi
Thanks for that link. Great story. Good job, Perry.  My Holy Roller story starts about an hour before the regiment was to do a D-Day commemorative parade on a Sunday morning there in the park. I was their Transport NCO Reg Force Cadre at the time. Living in St Thomas and having a wife and 1 year old in tow, I arrived early in my parade best. The first thing I saw was that we were the absolute first at the park. Second, I saw the tank had been graffiti'd with anti-war slogans and other mind numbing tripe. Third, was the CO arriving and me watching the Co's eyes bug out. "MCpl, fix that!!" was screamed at me and I was off like a shot. Looking and feeling rather uncomfortable in DEU1A standing at the hardware store on Adelaide, I secured a few cans of flat green spray paint and raced back to the park. By then a group of Hussars had arrived and relieved me of my purchases, covered the offending scrawls and the parade carried on. I still can see the size of the Joe Murray's eyes in my mind. regards Darrell
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25-08-17, 16:12
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Well done Perry !
Robert
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27-09-17, 00:56
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It is now up to the city and the regimental association to decide how far they want to go to preserve this tank. I am pushing for a full restoration to running.
I am trying to shrink down some photo's of the interior that I took to post here. Hopefully in a couple of days. Perry
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27-09-17, 02:17
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27-09-17, 22:35
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A few photo's from the interior of Holy Roller in London's Victoria Park. An early M4A2, direct vision, S.N. 7606. It has sat here since June, 1950.
Last edited by Perry Kitson; 28-09-17 at 14:11.
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