That explains much of what I saw in the building.
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That explains much of what I saw in the building.
For thoses that would like to see Bart do its thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNG1tUS64r4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNG1tUS64r4
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Its always great seeing one out and about! A couple of years back I was at the museum at the Oshawa Airport when Bart was out for a run. They tore down the runway full bore and when they did a quick turn they peeled up quite a decent patch of pavement. I'm sure the airport people weren't too happy with that one!
Thanks Tom for that link.
I read that a while ago, but could not find it again.
If you go to page 14, it shows a picture of Canadian Arsenals, Fig16
This is a better picture of what buildings where left back then.
I was told the inspection building was torn down and the front building (which remains today) was offices and drafting ect by the fellow that toured me around.
Part of the inspection building led onto a range.
Fig 16 picture shows the building at the back, which is the one I was talking about and only the floor remains there today.
The fellow that I talked to said that there was always confusion over this.
The picture shows what he referred too.
That building was torn down even before my first visit.
Please keep in mind; most articles on Longbranch are from researched archives.
Those archives are a mixture of Small Arms Ltd and Canadian Arsenals Ltd.
Most people tend to mix them together on the history of the place.
Call me a Purist, but my main interest is, Small Arms Ltd.
Hey, my dad and a fellow buddy from the Merchant Navy used to party with a group of those gals.
I also have pics somewhere of them all sitting on a porch downing a few cold ones.
The stories that came out in his last days at the Carpenter Hospice where eye openers to say the least.
If anyone is interested, here is the slide show done up on him by the funeral home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJIcciefRE
His Uncle, RCAF Squadern Leader Parkes was working with HYDRA at Camp X.
That is another whole story in it's self.
The main lonely survivor of Camp X, "Sir William Samuel Stephenson's" personal driver was at my Father’s Funeral.
I read that a while ago, but could not find it again.
If you go to page 14, it shows a picture of Canadian Arsenals, Fig16
This is a better picture of what buildings where left back then.
I was told the inspection building was torn down and the front building (which remains today) was offices and drafting ect by the fellow that toured me around.
Part of the inspection building led onto a range.
Fig 16 picture shows the building at the back, which is the one I was talking about and only the floor remains there today.
The fellow that I talked to said that there was always confusion over this.
The picture shows what he referred too.
That building was torn down even before my first visit.
Please keep in mind; most articles on Longbranch are from researched archives.
Those archives are a mixture of Small Arms Ltd and Canadian Arsenals Ltd.
Most people tend to mix them together on the history of the place.
Call me a Purist, but my main interest is, Small Arms Ltd.
Hey, my dad and a fellow buddy from the Merchant Navy used to party with a group of those gals.
I also have pics somewhere of them all sitting on a porch downing a few cold ones.
The stories that came out in his last days at the Carpenter Hospice where eye openers to say the least.
If anyone is interested, here is the slide show done up on him by the funeral home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVJIcciefRE
His Uncle, RCAF Squadern Leader Parkes was working with HYDRA at Camp X.
That is another whole story in it's self.
The main lonely survivor of Camp X, "Sir William Samuel Stephenson's" personal driver was at my Father’s Funeral.
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Im still a gunnut just have other hobbies too!!! and yes you should kick youself in the berries for letting that sniper go ...butthead ...we had a great day tooling around those buildings i still have all the bits and pieces i found ...and if you remember i also worked in that area when they still had a few old tanks in the back lot ..lol ..and most of the older ppl who came into the old lumber remembered rifles and mgs being shot and the accountant at the yards father was a foreman during the war (she gave me a bunch of unfinished in the white bits and pieces of various guns)and after i even met a couple guys who were on the rifle steering commitee for the C1...i used to deliver lumber to the old admin building and the receiver worked at the factory ..after work i met him and showed him a mint No4 he almost cried ..sooo many stories ...hey has anyone here ever seen a 5 and 10 year C.A.L. lapel pin ..i have... i own them as well as a REL pin ..you guess it from a former workers estate not 2 miles from the old factory
I was going to call you about this event but didn't have your number. Thought you might want to go.
