FIT FOR A SOLDIER

(1 Nov 1962) The new 2 million pound Chelsea Barracks look more like a block of luxury flats, and, arriving for a tour of inspection was the Secretary for War, Mr John Profumo. This glasshouse with a difference sets new standards of army comfort, and there are spring mattresses which help to give the place a feeling of home comfort. The menu has a much wider choice than ever before. Stationed there, at the moment, are the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, 1st Battalion Grenadiers, and the regimental bands of the Irish and Welsh Guards.
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[@dereks1264]

Hahaha! John Profumo testing the mattresses! Delicious irony.

[@mashbury]

Spent 2 weeks at Chelsea back in 2000.. Was a dump by then..

[@matthewpowell6516]

Watching the army chefs, when there was a army catering corps, not like today where its pay as you dine and a civilian catering group doing the cooking.

[@hamishmcpenguin603]

11c broom House 1969