When Trooping The Colour was worth watching.

@davewilson2220

3 жыл бұрын

All troops are worth watching, regardless of what regiment ate Trooping... Septem Juncta In Uno 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️

@patriot4786

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@patriot4786

3 жыл бұрын

@@davewilson2220 hes comparing to todays shambles not the what regiment..

@charliereader3462

Жыл бұрын

@@patriot4786 to be fair to the lads over the last 10 years, as Dave pointed out in another comment, they’re only a battalion strong in each regiment, not two or three so they’re stretched pretty thin, and most of them have seen the most combat of any generation since the Second World War whilst maintaining their ceremonial duties

@daniellastuart3145

5 ай бұрын

@@patriot4786 ya ok it better than to but back in the 1970s the British army did jack shite and 1977 was the silver jubilee so it was 12 months of drill and square bashing for that year. Everything in context please

Oh my god, this is perfect unlike the Troopings of the recent years. That arm swing is absolutely perfect, foot drill and dressing etc... Outstanding work!

@philipwalton2866

10 жыл бұрын

***** I agree, there is something rather more snappy about this generation than todays. My uncle was in the fighting skins and died on his 19th birthday in Anzio.

@philipwalton2866

9 жыл бұрын

***** I do not know which battalion he belonged to but at the time of Dunkirk he would have been no older than 15.

@coldstreamer6252

6 жыл бұрын

this is when there were 2 battalions, and a lot more experienced in drill, now a days the British army is very active so they don't as much time..

@gareth1974barrington

5 жыл бұрын

@@philipwalton2866 well maybe it's because today's Guards regiments have be fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan you old twat, slagging today's generation off.

@TheSorub

5 жыл бұрын

I agree not much else to do stuck on the Rhine

FINALLY, a Trooping the Colours video, which the band, gives a 'nod' to "Gilbert & Sullivan"! Talk about HIGH STYLE!

Observer: *"Fancy Clothes, don't make a Fightin' Man!"* Observer2: *"They've been doing this, All. Over. The. Globe! For more than 300 Years! Trust me on this! They're Fighting Men!"* Her Majesty's *British Army!* Over *300 Years,* of *Classic, Stylish, Bad Ass!*

Is it me, or does this parade look sharper than the more recent parades. Soldiers appear more confident, better turned out. Just something more original somehow.

@kenUK762

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Yair. These are the products of the Guards Depot Pirbright before it closed in the late 80s and Guards basic training was transferred to the Infantry Training Centre at Catterick where, sadly, the Guards ethos has been lost. And it shows. That said, they had much more time to practise for the Troop then than they have today.

@markh2355

Жыл бұрын

No vertically challenged guards

@arslongavitabrevis5136

Ай бұрын

@@markh2355 😂😂😂 No "chocolate" guardsmen either.

Wee johno that’s me and I’m front and centre Scot’s guards I remember this as if it was only yesterday and take note not a fat guardsmen on parade we were all tall and slim and instep carrying a weapon made for drill slr also let me add a full compliment of men what a sight

Thanks for uploading, I would have watched this parade as a child with my father on the BBC. He would have been recording it with a microphone directly onto tape and we had to keep quiet throughout. Beautiful memories for me and inspired me to sign up, 26 years service. Faugh a Ballagh

Many thanks for all of this. Superb!

Before the guards marched from Wellington Barracks they used to march from Chelsea barracks the distance they marched from start to finish is just under 5 Miles ( This was my second trooping of the colour)

@mac24428900

3 жыл бұрын

And guard mount if I remember. Great times BRB

Always tickets for families for rehearsals but on THE day, much scarcer. Policemen in ceremonial uniforms and not only route liners,but Square liners. The crowds were solid from kerb to park. Never saw combat policeman or a yellow jacketed trick cyclist and no need for concentric rows of barriers. Thank you, political "activists" for immeasurable improvement in the spectacle...or not.

Not a fatty in sight!

@columnedfox5508

4 ай бұрын

no midgets either, mind you back then the guards did require a height requirement, but in the 1990's early 2000's it was relaxed...

@arslongavitabrevis5136

Ай бұрын

@@columnedfox5508 Everything was "relaxed" to make the army "more inclusive", that is why the present-day army (totally corrupted by the "woke" ideology) would not last a week in serious combat against tough, well-trained troops.

To see the Queen in pink & mounted. Almost forgot she did this for years. Still difficult to believe she is not around anymore.

@toninho7307

Жыл бұрын

Believe she is and she will be

0:50 future Lieutenant General (and Falklands MC) John Kiszely

@kevinadamson5768

2 жыл бұрын

My old Co ist battalion Scots guards.

Excellent upload hope u have more :)

It almost looks like there isn’t enough space for all the soldiers on Horse Guards Parade

4:00 if i saw this marching at me in battle, i'll turn around and book it out of there, lol not dealing with that

Much higher standards all round in those days.There hasn't been a decent parade this century.

@harrietwoolever6180

Жыл бұрын

They all have the swagger going. Confidence.

Once a guardsman always a guardsman.

No box tickers on parade here

It just goes to show how much the army has changed The drill is so much better then now Its sad but the British army has been cut to the bone

When we finishd on horse guards we had to march bak to chelsea barraks five miles marchin throoo Victoria bus station

I was there, with my primary school.

Scots guards got a recomendation from the queen a gud parade n escort by the scots guards nemo me impune laccasset

Slow March and quick March by foot guards 💂🇬🇧

Looked so much better then. Maybe they had more belief in what they were doing, and weren't just going through the motions?

Up the jocks.

nice!!! Hey do you know what happens if the Ensign drops the colour during the flourish or at any time during the parade? Does he pick it up or just keep going?

@petertannahill3426

3 жыл бұрын

The regiment gets disbanded its sacrilege to drop the colour dosnt happen

@daviddrake3504

2 жыл бұрын

The ground opens up and the sky falls in..

Quick march 6:50 Life guards slow march 16:38

Somebody owes the mess a few bottles of Port at 12.33 min

Please, what is the name of the song/military march?

he'll get fined something like upto £1000, extra duties and possibly get bollocked by the queen herself, definitely by the regimental sgt major

@davewilson2220

3 жыл бұрын

Fined a £1000 what are you on about.. & chastised by the Queen ? Have you banged your head 🤣🤣

They did it faar better back then

Any idea why the senior drum major stopped using the prefix 'band and drums' and instead started using 'massed bands?'

@louislungbubble

9 жыл бұрын

"band and drums" seems to have been the original and usual order...drum major Dean of the Irish guards used the command "massed bands drums and pipes" when he was senior drum major...after that it became "massed bands"....the reason why wont be in the Household division standing orders ,im sure of that....marty

@fire5736

9 жыл бұрын

louislungbubble Thanks Marty.

@petertannahill3426

3 жыл бұрын

Massed bands is when the pipes n drumms involved massed band

I was stuck on a hill in NRW...... not enjoying any ditties from G & S.

Tall , fit and slim back then, not like the little four foot nothings you see today. and oh my god female bands women.

@arslongavitabrevis5136

Ай бұрын

You have the politicians and the spineless "generals" who were in charge 20 years ago for that. The British army is a joke, full of spoiled "snowflakes".

Pipes and drums play black bear 🇬🇧💂

@theultimategamer1643

3 жыл бұрын

I wish they could shout the battle cry

How wonderful to see the cream cheese herself on Burmese taking the salute as opposed to today where she has to sit and nod her head.

@patriot4786

5 жыл бұрын

Philip Walton everybody ages right?

@manserk6531

5 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind shes like 93

Choice of marches is brilliant. Too many bland pieces today. Particularly like the Sullivan medley. "In spite of all temptations to belong to other nations...he remains an Englishman"...Not sure if this wouldn't lead to cancellation today!

Thankfully the commentator isn't all yap yap all the bloody time...

@bugler75

3 жыл бұрын

And knew what he was talking about, explaining the reasons and traditions behind each movement.

starting from 2:08, did someone's bagpipe break or something, there was a strange sound and then it disappeared?

@fire5736

9 жыл бұрын

I think it was part of the intro to the march. Doesn't sound like bagpipes at all.

@errolcostin631

5 жыл бұрын

Why do the pipers get the blame for everything not bag pipes ex Scots Guards piper .

@bugler75

3 жыл бұрын

@@errolcostin631 was the same In RIrish! The pipes are the most misunderstood instrument. I never got past the chanter.

@Robbielazar

2 жыл бұрын

This is clearly the VHS being a VHS LOL

@stormcuber2461

2 жыл бұрын

Its VHS.

Not to mention lifetime dishonour and disgrace.

3:53 FYI

@grayug3762

Жыл бұрын

Oh to be of an age to still be able to do that

Trooping the colour today is just smart and perfect as it ever was 50 years ago, but it is smaller in numbers.

@arslongavitabrevis5136

Ай бұрын

You need glasses or perhaps a guide dog...

6:49

ya ok it better than to but back in the 1970s the British army did jack shite and 1977 was the silver jubilee so it was 12 months of drill and square bashing for that year. Everything in context please

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