Many thanks gents.........there have been some fascinating posts here. Particularly those of you who've shared your memories from the point of view of someone serving in hm forces at the time........and that is what I was after. Some of you have alluded to a link between increased world uncertainty and the wall coming down. I didn't want to say that.......but in actual fact, I've felt convinced for some time that it is no coincidence that since the wall came down, we've experienced unprecedented instability. I don't want to get into human rights or politics as such, but like it or not, we face a whole new set of problems now that we have free movement across European borders. The influence of the great Soviet "bear".....whilst posing the constant, and catastrophic threat of "MAD".......kept a lot of people in check. I for one would wind the clock back to more "stable" times.
I'll probably get shot with !!!!! for saying that but I'm convinced things were better back then.
Keep 'em coming gents..........fascinating stuff.
MD
