Operation Transfigure/Market Garden Seaborne Tail.

Hi Dave & All,

Bloody hell mate you keep this up and we will all be coming to you for 2 Para inform... Well done and great work and indeed we do need to meet up Me Ol China

Tom


Thanks for the compliment Tom, but I'm miles behind you guys

 

One minor fact Ive found out today is that, the day before the battalion left for France,they spent the day swimming in the Canning Town Lido which was adjacent to their transit camp.

This is the very same lido that my grandad and nan use to take me and my brother swimming as it was very close to there home. Im sure those visit there must have brought back many memories, but yet again he never let on.

Now looking for a photograph of the lido of around that time and the transit camp.

 

One minor fact Ive found out today is that, the day before the battalion left for France,they spent the day swimming in the Canning Town Lido which was adjacent to their transit camp.

This is the very same lido that my grandad and nan use to take me and my brother swimming as it was very close to there home. Im sure those visit there must have brought back many memories, but yet again he never let on.

Now looking for a photograph of the lido of around that time and the transit camp.
Is this the place Beckton Lido 1937 | The Newham Story
Beckton Lido 1937


The Mayor, Alderman Mrs. Daisy Parsons (centre) at the opening of Lido in Canning Town Recreation Ground, Beckton Road on 29 August 1937. The Lido was alway known locally as Beckton Lido.

 

And this a better pic of when it opened. West Ham Lido, East London | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

Is this the place Beckton Lido 1937 | The Newham Story
Beckton Lido 1937


The Mayor, Alderman Mrs. Daisy Parsons (centre) at the opening of Lido in Canning Town Recreation Ground, Beckton Road on 29 August 1937. The Lido was alway known locally as Beckton Lido.



Thats the place mate cheers

 

And this a better pic of when it opened. West Ham Lido, East London | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Thats a nice picture, can you imagine all those Para's splashing around in there

 

Nice find Jason! Well done..........

 

Canning Town Lido 1937

 

Thats a nice picture, can you imagine all those Para's splashing around in there
Just goes to show that places you take for granted come to be quite significant due to other events

 

Nice find Jason! Well done..........
Thanks mate, Dave said the magic words and I went a looking

 

Thanks mate, Dave said the magic words and I went a looking

As always Jas,it was most appreciated

 

Just goes to show that places you take for granted come to be quite significant due to other events


These minor details all add to the jigsaw puzzle and goes to shows that even in a time when young boys had to become men very quickly they could still occasionally let of some steam and have some fun.

 

These minor details all add to the jigsaw puzzle and goes to shows that even in a time when young boys had to become men very quickly they could still occasionally let of some steam and have some fun.

Indeed!
I bet the young ladies of Lincolnshire could testify to that fact! In fact in "From Delhi to Arnhem" (156 Para) there is mention of a member of the Battalion who was dating a young lady by the name of Margaret Roberts shortly before going to Arnhem. Miss Roberts went on to become Mrs. Margaret Thatcher! How history might have been so different!! ...........