This was at the
the height of, paramilitary activity.
but predominantly from,
So there was a policy of, of policing
your vehicle before you got into it
and I think
they saw
to, to be aware of the surroundings
if you're carrying a, a officer
it was seen as the obvious progression
to drivers
it was a time when
the, the officers cars
It would be brightly colored
Montego or, brightly colored Vauxhall's
with no military plates on it,
a guard on the gate,
what an officer was coming in and what car
If you didn't salute.
You know, there's
one occasion where I looked in utter
engineering sworn through a gates
We were live armed at a time.
He went straight through,
rotating in the back window
and steam coming out of it.
And sure enough, minutes later,
the you know, centurion wants to know why
I said, well, I'm trying to decide
Yeah.
So what she said, okay, well,
or not shooting. Which one would you like?