9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0054
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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rHEsturith ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JounNAL Officers' Mess The main features of last year were the visit to Langenburg, the dance iri August and the move to Wolfenbuttel. ln tact, il i then said that a lot of Pimrns was drunk, a fair few ladies paraded and mentioned a few names, i could stop writing now and we would all be happy You would not be bored and I could nurse my hangover, However, there l5 a new Editor and, in the words ul Mrs Cornwall at Home Headquarters, ‘lie iriglttens me to death', and so i shall ramble on During last May we were lucky enough to be allowed to Troop Train in Baden Wurturriberg. The move down was lengthy it not tortuous, the weather was appalling but little could disguise the beauty of the countrySide and surrounding houses and villages, or the hospitality of the local people. As a study of human behavtour much amusement was derived from watching the officer heirarchy attempting to upstage one another With the quality of their headquarters and accommodation; shooting lodges to air bases to private suites in Schlosses leven a complete squadron undercover in one Schlossl. Fittingly the Colonel had the test laugh With the dinner party in Schloss Lagenberg, the home of Furst and Furstln Zu Hohenlohe Langenberg it was an evening of musrc, colour and pageantry, with a parade and band concert in the imposntg courtyard, iollowed by a glittering dinner, Itselt a masterpiece oi organisation by the Mess Staff and the Cooks. A large amount of Regimental silver brought down for the occasron was complemented and enhanced by the beautiful dining room and even more stunning ladies! 0n the next day a small team headed to Baden Baden for a day at the races. After backing three winners ’on the trot’, they invested heavily on the one Engtish iockey In the Steeplechase, the ‘coup' being thwarted tn the last stride! concoction With which to start the eventng rolling, an aeroplane With lots of empty seats and, as expected, a truly superb party, One of those very rare evenings where the main dance floor was still crowded well into the early hours. The less said about the discotheque the better, where the Rhythm Method was tried for the first time i this IS an ’iniokel’l. Plans tor the big dance were laid in some detail during the Autumn ot l982, reVised in the tollowtng Spring, totally changed the next month, and ltnally put into effect over one hecllc week in August. Davtd Strudley headed the committee, a motley crew of artistic genii whose main claims to tame were the biggest marquee you ever did see; a cabaret or extract from ’Apocalypse Now' during dinner which no - one actually saw, a red and yellow The umpteenth amendment to the dance plans meant that the party tell 52 Captain and Mrs N C Everard 5th March 1983 on the second day at the Hohne Polo Tournament. it was a memorable weekend, in blaZing sunshine throughout, culminating in a Royal Hussars barbecue which demonstrated a novel method of catering. It can be best summed up as whenever you opened your mouth. or indeed raised your eyes above the level of the table, you were liable to be ’otfered‘ any of a variety of what must have been deticious food, delivered at near supersonic velocity “'1 |
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