Chiseldon Army Camp,Swindon (visted 1975) 2013

[klempner69]

My first ever explore at the tender age of 16 with a Halina Elektra 35mm.

This camp was demolished in 1975 and me and my mate took these whilst trying to keep away from the warden..it is a small album,but back in the day,the cost of photography was high so we only shot minimal!

My Grandfather used to drive a single decker bus from Swindon to Marlborough during WW2 and in his break in Marlborough,he would visit many of the public houses and often drove his bus back to Swindon quite inebriated and one night,he drove back through this camp forgetting he had a double decker and not his usual single deck bus..at one point there was a crash and he discovered he had hit some power cables that were too low for his bus ....

So that was Chiseldon Camp..I grew up playing round here from 1968 to 1975..even found Sub machine guns in one loftspace plus gas masks,which I still have.

Thanks for looking

 

[skeleton key]

Now this is a huge aspect of what this is all about 1975 splored dammed Epicness.

Well you manage to preserve through you images

"Sub machine guns in one loftspace plus gas masks," :beer:

Lovely stuff

 

[Perjury Saint]

Great quality pix there mate!! Your Grandad sounds a bit of a legend... :cool2:

 

[Wevsky]

Sub machine gun you say..

 

[Harry]

That's excellent, thanks for sharing!

 

[Scattergun]

Mate, your Grandad sounds like our school bus driver. And that was on single track road! These are lovely mate, I feel so young now..

 

[silverainbow]

That's epic Klemps, truly amazing mate, some really great pics there I guess you scanned them from the originals ?, Your grandad sounds like a top bloke, my old man used to drive the local school bus, all my mates loved him cus he used to let them all smoke bit of a rarity back in the 80's normally the rest of them would boot you off the bus :lol:

Thanks for Sharing

 

[Temple]

That's very nice! I love the old photos! what a great place to explore!

 

[Shush]

cracking old pictures Plumber! love em

 

[shaddam]

Now thats something special !, thanks for a blast from the past.. damn im young ><

 

[klempner69]

Thanks for the complements ..whilst wrestling with some bath taps earlier,kept telling meself "I am still young"..it didnt work :unfair:

 

[Nelly]

Thats great mate, taken with your box brownie?

 

[Dubbednavigator]

I wasnt even born then!

Nice

 

[klempner69]

Thats great mate, taken with your box brownie?

Thanks for all the comments..my camera then was a Halina Elektra 35mm,plus I had a Polaroid too,but dont tell anyone ok