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In 1966, The Fort Garry Horse relinquished its duties in Iserlohn, Germany to the Lord Strathcona's Horse and took over their barracks in Calgary, Alberta.  It was not a fair swap.

I had left the Penitentiary Gothic of Kingston of RMC in 1964 and had enjoyed a very good life in Germany with the FGH.  The harsh winter climate of Alberta and the puritanical reign of Premier Ernest Manning really were depressing.

In 1966 I took up flying and earned my Private Pilot's Licence at McCall Airfield on a Piper Colt.  I went on to get checked out on a Cessna 150 and a Cherokee 140.

I escaped when I was promoted and appointed Battle Captain on a deployment to Cyprus.  In preparation for Cyprus, I took up SCUBA diving and trained in the glacier-fed Bow River in a full wet suit.

Almost immediately on my return from Cyprus, I was posted to Canadian Forces Headquarters in Ottawa.

The foothills of the Rockies are majestic and the open Alberta prairie has a charm of its own.  I would not voluntarily chose not to live there again.  The winter is cold beyond belief.

The photos can be found at:

http://www.ironsidz.ca/IronPix/Calgary

The PDF document of my recollections can be downloaded from:

http://www.ironsidz.ca/IronPix/Calgary.pdf

 

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