These two images have been "stitched" from four pictures shown below to give a more panoramic view of the camp perimeter along the railway line from the top of Guard Section 5 searchlight tower.
Since I entered the above picture and comments, Colin has added a third picture to the panorama above, as shown here.
Since I entered the above picture and comments, Colin has added a third picture to the panorama above, as shown here.
And the following is my A3 presentation of Colin`s stitching
Unfortunately the following picture of the Passenger train could not be aligned onto the railway panorama
Guard duty was the bane of our life in all the time we spent on a big camp like Kasfareet. Tight security was essential bearing in mind the Kleftie Wallah attitude bred into most of the local inhabitants. Initially about once a fortnight but in late 1955 every 3 days or so as the number of personel on the camp was reduced, day guards 6 am to 6 pm, night guard 6 pm to 6 am with a three shift system of two hours on the wire and 4 hours off ( twice every guard duty ) Being on night guard excused you of duties until 10 am when you had to report in to work. The sky at night was a wonder to behold, the stars shone brilliantly but it was awfully
spooky on the wire by yourself and every sound was magnified and you always imagined that the ghost patrol were sneaking around your watch.
spooky on the wire by yourself and every sound was magnified and you always imagined that the ghost patrol were sneaking around your watch.