There is a pub nearby called 'The Ordinance' - no idea if there is a military connection to the site but the place where they made guns and ammunition for the army isn't that far away.... Someone in their wisdom tried to rename it 'The Orange Kipper' about 10 years ago. It never caught on and the next owners restored the original name. Ordinance is the miltary parlance for ammunition and arms. Ordinance Survey maps started out as detailed maps for the carriage and storage of weapons for the army.


The Rat Pit, Aldershot... I remember it well, but considerably later than 1959. In 1984, when I lived in Aldershot for a while, it was my preferred drinking hole when trying to escape from my crabby sister, her even crabbier husband and their first baby.... It used to be the preferred drinking hole of the SAS too.... Crabby husband didn't approve of this (he was RAMC) so it was the best place to avoid him!

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