Sadly, its true and this is an old photo, i believe they are long gone by now......
Plus, i think these are Canadian Grizzlys that were imported in the 50`s
Sadly, its true and this is an old photo, i believe they are long gone by now......
Plus, i think these are Canadian Grizzlys that were imported in the 50`s
Nuno have you checked,some times things get over looked ie the 2 ww1 uboats in the medway in kent.
well done.
about 40 grizzly's were imported from Portugal to England in the early eighties by a chap called ian McGregor, they were unloaded at Southampton docks and could be bought in running condition for £7500, so many were brought over that there was no market for a few that remained unsold and these were bought by the army for target practice. some of them survived and were later recovered from the ranges and preserved, the one shown in the first pic was one of these. the other was not quite so lucky
I'm thinking That one might be a tough restoration project...
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
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