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Reminiscences of Ted Pillinger |  |
| Water Water Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink! | ||
| "Water was supplied to the camp in bulk by Merioneth Water Board up to and sometimes exceeding 120 gallons per minute. A 60,000 gallons two compartment storage reservoir provided water exclusively for the Camp. The maximum quantity that could be supplied daily from the existing system was 144,000 gallons. A further supplement of 1/2 million gallons a day could be made from supply mains in the Towyn Urban District Council area which extended to within one mile of the Camp." | ||
| One summer term evening in ‘C’ Company (I believe it was a Saturday, 1964) some water ran down the spider corridor and into the first barrack room of Tunisia, trashing their highly bulled floor. Tunisia would not believe it was an accident gathered a stirrup pump and tried to wet our first barrack room in Alamein. All hell let loose, with more and more members of Alamein and Tunisia joining the fray. Stirrup pumps and buckets were gathered from all points and the battle went on for about three hours. Then suddenly two men from the water board appeared looking for the ‘leak’. When they discovered the mess they said we were in for the high jump as the tank was nearly empty. We tidied up and waited for Monday morning. On the fateful morning Major Galbraith and CSM Pedder turned up. We thought they looked suitable serious. However, nothing was said and we all went off to training as normal. Perhaps the waterboard just made a better profit that month and said nothing! |
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