enjoy.
| Mr
& Mrs Gough The Gough and Debbie.......... Got Married
!!! The four
groomsmen of the apocalypse! The
Groom, Best Man, Billy and Alvin, college mates of Chris's. |
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Smoothie?
The
best man with the Stars & Stripes. The
Best man. (Yesh, Bond James Bond, I'll have a Martini - schaken, not shtirred!) (Yesh,
Bond James Bond, I'll have a Martini - schaken, not shtirred!) |
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Mike iimes Square, NYC.
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Mike
in Times Square, NYC.
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Ground
Zero
| Another
view of Ground Zero | New
Orleans May 2001
n
2001
Mike went over
to New Orleans in the USA to see Chris Gough for a few days
and here are
a few of the snaps theyIn 2001 Mike went over to New Orleans in the USA to see
Chris Gough for a few days and here are a few of the snaps they tooktook
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A
Paddle SteaA Paddle Steamer on the Mississppi, Chris and Mike slum-it. Gamblers
paradise so I'm told, and they have a Casino on the boat too!mer on the Mississppi,
Chris and Mike slum-it. Gamblers paradise so I'm told, and they have a Casino
on the boat too! | |
4th July,
Independence day. Y4th July, Independence day. Yes the Yanks beat the British.
So what's new? Chris is with one of his countrymen, a Blue Coat Yank.es the Yanks
beat the British. So what's new? Chris is with one of his countrymen, a Blue Coat
Yank. |
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...And
here we...And here we have Mike with a British Red Coat. "The museum was
very interesting if you are American" so Mike told me... have Mike with a
British Red Coat. "The museum was very interesting if you are American"
so Mike told me... | The
first entry to the page is of our visit to Germany. We where invited to
play at the 8th Army HQ. {The Desert Rats} near Hannover. What we didn't realize
at the time that the camp is in Bergen -Belsen, half a mile away from the concentration
camp. We played in "The Round House" which was the SS Headquarters for
the camp, strange stuff. Here's a few of the snaps we took.
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At the entrance to the camp
is written At
The entrance to the camp is written Belsen
- Bergen 1940-1945
1940-1945
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The
View of the rThe view of the remains of the camp from the entrance. It was a hot
summer day when we went. The wierd thing was that there was no breeze inside the
camp and no animals, no birds, an eerie stillness like nothing I've experienced
before.stillness like nothing I've experienced before. |
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AA
bronze plan of the layout of the camp as of 1940s.
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MikMike
Watts, Mike Rye and Jimmy at one of the memorials to those who where killed. |
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This is one of the
This is one of the many mounds scattered around the perimeter of the camp. Under
this mound are the boddies of between 3-5000 Jews. There where 30 or so of these
mounds. | |
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Margot and
Ann Frank
died at Belsen. Here
is their grave stone.
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lastly there is a rebuilding of part of the camp taking place and some excavation
work has been done. In a small clearing in the woods we came across this, a rusting
German Soldiers helmet tied to a wire mesh along with other artifacts such as
sardine tins and bottle tops and hand wash bowls. The
most remarkable thing was that when we left the camp and returned to the car park,
we noticed that we could hear bird song again, the camp grounds where silent! |
Elat
Israel August 1996 In
1996 Badness landed a trip to Israel. They played atIn 1996 Badness landed
a trip to Israel. They played at The King Soloman Hotel in Elat for three weeks,
all expenses paid. The work load was hard as they performed three one hour sets
every night of their 21 night stay. I was told in confidence that their bar bill
alone was around £1000. Old habits die hard!1000.
Old habits die hard!
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King Soloman Hotel. As you can see the Band have to put up with the hardships
of being on the road. A luxury 5 Star hotel and everything was FREE! WOW..........
[Johnny Pellar please take note, can we go again please?] |
| TheThe
lads who where in the band then, they are; left, Steve Flowes, Chris Gough, Bob
Stevenson, Paul Peterson, Mike Watts, Keith Toray, John Welford. |  |
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| PPaul
and Mike with George Benson? He is an old pal of the Badness and he asked for
a few pointers..... | |
Mike
Watts takes a dip in the Dead Sea.
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