I have just been going over some of my old photo's and found this one that has survived the passing of time rather well.
Taken at Fort Elizabeth Castle out in the bay near St Helier in Jersey.
Sometime in 1982 :tinysmile_angry2_t:
Hi Chris,
Yes I may be lucky to go home if I choose, but I would have to win the lottery first!
The property prices back home just keep going up and up, a lot more than I could afford.
You are right about the militaria, although there is nowhere near as much about now as there was 50 years ago. Back in the fifties and sixties it was literally everywhere, mainly German stuff left over from the occupation, as the saying goes, if only I knew then what I know now!! c'est la vie.
Mike.
Hi Chris,
My wife and I go back each year and stay with friends, meet up with all my old buddies and visit bunkers and tunnels etc. There are plenty about off the tourist track if you know where to look. The famous tunnel in St. Peters valley (Route De L'Aleval) seems to be open now for anyone to take a look, (a good torch and backup and a good pair of boots needed!!) not the Jersey War tunnels (underground hospital) Also there is the excellent Channel Island Museum behind the Chateau Plaisir pub at the end of the five mile road in St. Ouen, full of German and occupation memoriblia, probably the best on the rock, privately owned.
I must take some photos next time, never think of it really, being brought up with it all, I suppose one takes it for granted.
Mike.
Nice photo . Is that a french gun?
Well Mick I hope that his parents put those hidden goodies to good use and hopefully they will be in circulation as we speak:tinysmile_fatgrin_tHi Chris,
The tunnel complex you mention is the one I am talking about at Route De L'Aleval or as we locals call it, the German Road. In the old days it wasn't a road at all, just a valley with a track up the middle, just as the Germans left it. When we were there this year the steel gates were open. I know the guy who lives in the cottage opposite the tunnel, his parents (now deceased) lived there all through the occupation, they had a few stories to tell, and a lot of goodies hidden away!!
Mike.