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Its time to discuss the Pro and Cons of this legendary food outlet..........
In all my time at Halton, both Mech's and Fitter's course, I NEVER had anything from Peg's...but I did from the kebab van on the way back from the K & Q!
mad_collie
14-01-2007, 01:05
The cheese, bacon & mushroom burgers left blisters on the top of my mouth for days the last time I was there.
Burgers are not the same unless Peg is sweating over the hotplate.:PDT_Xtremez_34:
Fantastic post boozer grub, not only could you eat there the entertainment was free, we use to disconnect her genny out the back of her wagon then watch her 2 fat sons try and chase us across the car park. Bit like watching Jonny Vegas doing the 100m dash:PDT_Xtremez_31:
CodeMonkey
14-01-2007, 01:18
Got to love pegs van o death
rugby then work
14-01-2007, 01:22
voted 'food of the gods' but then again I always thought doner kebabs were nectar from heaven until I made the mistake of eating one sober.
Vim_Fuego
14-01-2007, 01:24
It wasn't just a van that sold something resembling food either...Hit it at the right time which was about 15 mins after closing time and there were crowds messing around and what not...This was my last ditch attempt time to pull something with a pulse...Worked a couple of times as well although the standard of 'lady' was low...very very low...I sometimes think these women only tongue tangled me to steal any burger remnants I had floating around in my spit post snack...
he_who_dares_rodney
14-01-2007, 01:40
It wasn't just a van that sold something resembling food either...Hit it at the right time which was about 15 mins after closing time and there were crowds messing around and what not...This was my last ditch attempt time to pull something with a pulse...Worked a couple of times as well although the standard of 'lady' was low...very very low...I sometimes think these women only tongue tangled me to steal any burger remnants I had floating around in my spit post snack...
When I was at Halton 94 - 96 tapping at pegs was always known as penalties
As in
''Tap off?''
''Yeah it went to penalties but I scored'' (state name of thing and cringe if need be)
I lived in the block facing the main road and could see the kebab van from my window I ate them sober man alive that chillie sauce was hot
I seem to remember (hazy to much beer and nurses) that Peg had a second van for out side the nurses social on a night as well
Vim_Fuego
14-01-2007, 01:57
When I was at (swings lantern) Cosford we, as a four man room, would send the smallest bod in the room down the to the kebab van that was on camp (on a parade square outside the big mess and classroom block)...He would take the duty boneshaker and our money and bring back a cheap white plastic bag of lamb based bounty...By 1930 we were generally starving so they tasted good even though we were sober...He had the 'special' chilly sauce under his counter for his regulars that would guarantee jelly botty with tears the next day...
When it came to us finishing our course we sent said small chap down there for one last time with our money as usual...this ritual must have happened over 300 times during our stay there and the kebab bloke gave us our last round for free...bless him the smelly turkish b*stard...
And no we didn't let the small chap keep our money in recognition of his untiring efforts in the field of kebabery...it was beaten out of him once we'd finished our donor delights...didn't want to spoil him did we?
Got to love pegs van o death
Hehehe, all the time I spent at Halton for my Mechs and Fitters course I never once got any of the squirts or vomiting sessions that people used to get after visiting the caravan on top of the hill. Used to always have a triple snot burger as well.
However, when I went back to Halton in 1996 for GST1 we went out at the end of the course and ended up at pegs at 01:00. There she fed me with the classic snot burger only for me to spend the weekend in bed after I got home. Stuff exiting my body from every orrifice at high velocity for 48 hours was mucho fun I can tell you......she finally nailed me.....bugger!
......she finally nailed me.....bugger!
Blimey????:PDT_Xtremez_35: What with?
D
MattBombHead
14-01-2007, 11:59
LMAO!!!
top poll FOMz :PDT_Xtremez_28:
Whilst on JMLC, if i stayed in (went to NAAFI), it was Pegs, if we went down the Rose and Naafi, it was Kebab Van of Death...
Still not sure why, but i was sh!tting thru the eye of a needle for most of the course....:PDT_Xtremez_08:
Have only ever been to Halton the once. My god 'tis the best, she even does Bovril as well! Have to say cheesy chips from the babman at Cosford are tops too.
She's a f*cking health hazard and ought to be shot.
Anyone remember the Bratty wagon at Newton in the late 80s/ early 90s? Now THAT was food of the Gods! It weaned me onto curry wurst before I even got posted to Germany!
Sisterpain
14-01-2007, 12:59
Pegs' is what makes Halton.
Bless her soul, when I went through TDF, she even used to let you run up tabs. (For the guys who were not so clever at managing finances.)
Never had a bad meal. (If you can call them meals!)
However, I was back at sunny Halton last year and found pegs daughter now running the show. Must admit, the burger wasn't bad and didn't make me ill, but it wasn’t as nice as I remember was a tad disappointed after a night of drinking holy water.
Oh Sir you are a heathen, how dare you critisise the food that kept the RAF No1 School of Technical Training alive for so many years!
God bless her and all who ate at her van and then 9am the next morning on the dot shat themselves whether they were on the cludgy or not!!!:PDT_Xtremez_30:
dodgysootie
14-01-2007, 13:45
Triple eggburger with mushrooms and chilli sauce, and the next morning trying to get to the front of the parade so everyone could sample the aftermath!! Memories... APM101 and APF131, Seaking rigger course and 2 gst's, nearly spent as much time there as an Appo FFS. Pegs, to me, is legendary.. Aunty Peg RIP....
Hehehe, all the time I spent at Halton for my Mechs and Fitters course I never once got any of the squirts or vomiting sessions that people used to get after visiting the caravan on top of the hill. Used to always have a triple snot burger as well.
However, when I went back to Halton in 1996 for GST1 we went out at the end of the course and ended up at pegs at 01:00. There she fed me with the classic snot burger only for me to spend the weekend in bed after I got home. Stuff exiting my body from every orrifice at high velocity for 48 hours was mucho fun I can tell you......she finally nailed me.....bugger!
You getting the tom tits..................never :PDT_Xtremez_14:
Warwick Hunt
14-01-2007, 17:38
I honestly believe that Peg should be given a commendation by the Staish down there as, to be fair to her, she's someone who all the young AC's look up to, and does more for their welfare than anyone in the training system will ever do. Ultimately, they all look up to her and she does dish out some good parental advice to them.
Mind you, she doesn't do very much for their bank balances though as she is bloody expensive!
mechs course '84 had a bet with Peg over the outcome of the FA cup final between my beloved blues and elton's lot from up the road. Best burger I ever had. fitters course '89 - 90 it was a godsend on roving patrol. Chogy down the road got most of my money though.woke up many a morning with a tin tub and "beef in black bean sauce"over my jeans. Aaaaah the memories!
Vim_Fuego
14-01-2007, 18:03
I honestly believe that Peg should be given a commendation by the Staish down there as, to be fair to her, she's someone who all the young AC's look up to, and does more for their welfare than anyone in the training system will ever do. Ultimately, they all look up to her and she does dish out some good parental advice to them.
Mind you, she doesn't do very much for their bank balances though as she is bloody expensive!
It didn't matter though did it? If you'd been on the toot then by that time of night you should have had a pocket full of shrapnel...This was/is dead money...already written off and spent so as long as you paid with this money the botulism burger was practically free...
MrCheeks
14-01-2007, 18:03
Triple eggburger with mushrooms and chilli sauce
Bloody right ds!!!!
I always remember the comments after getting totally ratted and being birdless at the end of the night.....
"Would yah?"
and
"how many crates is it worth?....."
Now theres a thought to have whilst eating yer next burger...... :PDT_Xtremez_34:
In all fairness though :PDT_Xtremez_14: to Pegs
MrMasher
14-01-2007, 18:17
We used to stop at the chinky after stumbling out of the rose and crown. Quick scoff of sweet n sour and then you find urself outside of the kebab van. Large doner (with proper grown up grated cheese no less!) and that would see you till nearly the brow of the hill at Maitland Square/car park. Then a Pegs triple with mushrooms and bacon.
How the hell did I manage to leave there without a visit to the tailors???
Got to admit that I have partaken of more than my fair share of Pegs wares :PDT_Xtremez_34:
They are just right for filling that post booze up hole!
NotAnIDOYet
14-01-2007, 21:01
Heading to Halton tomorrow for a couple of nights, could Pegs relocate nearer the Sgts Mess for the duration??
Tashy_Man
14-01-2007, 21:45
Only been to Halton once for GST and that was once too often....makes Tossford look nice.......anyways the once or twice i did use the van it had the dessired effect.....filled me up and got me ready for another day of boredom....
Gunnerrock
15-01-2007, 00:10
Nothing better than standing in the que and watching Pegs sweat drip on your burger and chips.
mmmmmmm.........Heaven :D :D
Tin basher
15-01-2007, 10:21
Ah Pegs memory lane or what, The long walk back from Wendover or nurses social and then a a double egg burger to fill up a belly already full of beer marvellous. In the morning dried egg yolk on your best drinking togs, food from heaven when your pi$$ed, never tried to eat one sober. First sampled in July 1979 and repeated every time I have visited the place since. Pegs an RAF institution. :PDT_Xtremez_30:
Vim_Fuego
15-01-2007, 10:47
I don't know/can't remember if we have any navy types on the Goat but if we do they'll remember their 'pegs' that was at Dryad...
I was on a course down there for a week just before it properly drew down and after a few gallons of real ale down the village with a cuple of submariners we wobble and swayed back to camp...I had the beer munchies but had resigned myself to starvation city until morning when one of them dived into a caravan tucked behind a biulding near the entrance...Inside was an oldish lady plus hubby sat around the caravan table reading the red tops...the two submariners got all misty eyed and hugged her and orders were placed...I got the biggest thing she made which was too big to eat...I had to dismantle it all lock out my jaw like a snake!
Same as pegs but you could sit in the caravan and eat and tab and peruse the currant bun as well...All for about £1.80 as well!
Oh yeah...same botty problems the next day as some from Pegs...still, got me out of a few lectures...:PDT_Xtremez_14:
She's still there Vim.
HMS Dryad now MOD Southwick Park, home to the Joint service Police and Shiney schools.
And the green caravan of death still persists.
And in my opinion, that fat munter deserves the firing squad just as much as sweaty Peg.
Eurghh! (Shudders).
(Good cup of tea mind, and as you say, you can tab in comfort).
Aah yes, HMS Dryad, When Mrs FOMz was a fish-head she was based there, YUM YUM, not as good as Pegs though.
TrenchardsLoveSock
15-01-2007, 11:05
We used to stop at the chinky after stumbling out of the rose and crown. Quick scoff of sweet n sour and then you find urself outside of the kebab van. Large doner (with proper grown up grated cheese no less!) and that would see you till nearly the brow of the hill at Maitland Square/car park. Then a Pegs triple with mushrooms and bacon.
How the hell did I manage to leave there without a visit to the tailors???
Thank God somebody else owned up to this shameful gluttony first!! Used to do the same thing, except we'd walked from the George (so we were obviously a lot hungrier).
Every time I've been back to Halton she's remembered me and the guys I used to drink with. First time was GST after a couple of years away and then again 9 years later.
Her first words to me (after 9 fcukin years, losing my hair and putting on about 2 stone) we're "Hello darlin' what do you think of the new caravan then? We do loads more food now but we've stopped doing the square sausages you like." She then went on to ask about some of the old course and also filled me in on details for some of the lads I'd lost touch with!! I'm now convinced that she is not fat, it's just that her memory is so large that parts of her brain have spread all over.
It was funny to watch (from a slightly more grown-up point of view) the way the kids responded to her, she was like a mum, councillor and best mate all rolled into one huge package. Over the years she has contributed a lot more than just food and salmonella to that camp.
BTW, is there anybody who can remember the days before she arrived? She was there when we arrived in 1990 and it looked like the caravan had been there for ages even then.
MattBombHead
15-01-2007, 11:07
fod_plod, Lamptramp, PandA, POB, rhino
You 5 should be ashamed!!!!
Not knowing of Pegs? :PDT_Xtremez_17:
POB should fookin well do. Its a chance to meet the classier chick at Halton. If anyone knows POB, they'll know what a desperrado with no morals he is and there fore should know!!!!
First time I ever followed through was post Pegs back in '86 (APM97).. Thought I was dying! Kept going back though in the hope it would'nt backfire... never have a Pegs the night before PE..! Oh yeah tried again in 91(FT course) and again in 99 on TMT... same result every time!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_17:
TrenchardsLoveSock
15-01-2007, 12:18
POB should fookin well do. Its a chance to meet the classier chick at Halton.
Minesweeping for birds. One of the best things abouit being married is not having to resort to the "Trawl of Shame" in the food queue after last orders.:PDT_Xtremez_14:
Crystal_Tips
15-01-2007, 22:04
Minesweeping for birds. One of the best things abouit being married is not having to resort to the "Trawl of Shame" in the food queue after last orders.:PDT_Xtremez_14:
LOL! The trick was to order two burgers. One to eat and the other ro shove in the face or throw at the amorous but very drunk fitter who thought he was God's gift. Peg's rocks!
Tin basher
16-01-2007, 09:36
BTW, is there anybody who can remember the days before she arrived? She was there when we arrived in 1990 and it looked like the caravan had been there for ages even then.
Don't know when Pegs van first dropped anchor but it was there in all it's glory in July 1979. So I guess only the really "experienced" amongst us would know when it first started. :PDT_Xtremez_14:
TrenchardsLoveSock
16-01-2007, 09:42
Don't know when Pegs van first dropped anchor but it was there in all it's glory in July 1979. So I guess only the really "experienced" amongst us would know when it first started. :PDT_Xtremez_14:
Is there anyone on here who is actually at Halton and can just ask her. If she was there in '79 we'll struggle to find a goater who remembers the year 1 BP (Before Peg).
MattBombHead
16-01-2007, 09:49
Is there anyone on here who is actually at Halton and can just ask her. If she was there in '79 we'll struggle to find a goater who remembers the year 1 BP (Before Peg).
It is possible that there is someone from before the Peg Era.....
but they're probably all grown up and responsible, and therefore won't be posting on here....:PDT_Xtremez_06:
woollymouse
16-01-2007, 20:27
I reckon Peg's van has been at Halton since the place was given over by the Rothchild's, Peg probably wasn't there in the begining but it sure seems like that pitch at the top of the hill has had a 'food' van there for a long time.
Maybe next time I'm on night's guard I will once again partake of her wares (living in MQ's means it's now to far to walk to sneak a burger and cheesy chips).
fod_plod, Lamptramp, PandA, POB, rhino
You 5 should be ashamed!!!!
Not knowing of Pegs? :PDT_Xtremez_17:
In my defence I have only been there once to do IMLC and was actually taking the course seriously...Didn't go out much. I did have something from the van on the road, but not sure to this day what it actually was.
POB should fookin well do. Its a chance to meet the classier chick at Halton. If anyone knows POB, they'll know what a desperrado with no morals he is and there fore should know!!!!
Oi, I resemble that remark! Actually no, I object to the desperado bit, I am NOT desperate, and never have been...They flock to me I tell you, I have to fight them off as it is, without having to go to Pegs to get more!
True Blue Jack
17-01-2007, 08:39
Peg's was great. But now Shiney training has moved to South Park, I've discovered Dot's. The Queen is dead, long live the Queen!!
referee806
17-01-2007, 21:01
Pegs, once saw all three of them get out of the van at the same time, now I was leaning on the counter and being 6'+ as I am, as the weight disappeared, the dame counter shot up, caught me right under the chin and the only thing I saw from that moment on was the night sky and the parade square as a pillow!!
Still the burger and fries as compensation, did the trick, till the next morning!
Good God, I couldn't get off the pan!!!!!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_17:
irishlogster
18-01-2007, 08:13
Wee tip on the kebab van outside.... don't ask him for chips...... coming back from the lash most nights while on a course down there, he was asked for chips each time.. after the 20th time telling us he does'nt do chips he slammed the shutter down and went to the guardroom to report us for asking for chips!!!! What's that all about?
The Almighty Fatwa Sam
18-01-2007, 09:08
In '94, Pegs did a burger called a "Dirty Great ******* Burger".
It was 4 greasy slabs of mystery meat, each with a fired egg, onions, mushrooms, and chilli sauce on top, stacked up and shoved inside a bap.
I was back there again in 2002 and she remembered me and made me one. It wasn't quite the same when sober.
In the late '90s, the airmans mess at Aldergrove set up a burger van outside the movers hangar, and they had their very own tribute to Pegs GluttonyBurgers. They called it a ScoobyDoo Burger, and I owe my current physique to them.
I have to admit, I too have partake of the Triple Whammy on the way back from the George in Wendover. I like to think of it as fusion cuisine. Chinese from the chinkys, Turkish from the kebab man, and god-knows-what from Pegs.
Shiny_Happy
28-01-2007, 19:56
www.pegsathalton.co.uk
Almost_done
28-01-2007, 20:53
All I can say is, Pegs burgers got me through my Mech's Cse in '85 and Fitters Cse in '90. As Maitland mess was cr@p. However it was much better than that pay as you diet toss they get there now.
Ah those were the days.
Chuff Chart
28-01-2007, 21:48
Ive had my first pegs burger for years 2 weeks ago, and it was heaven! And I didnt die either, which was nice
www.pegsathalton.co.uk
Bloody hell! She's got a new van! Having got to Halton April/May 79 for my Mech's course (proper one) I can vouch for the fact she was there then. Anyone know precisely the month she set up?
Pan Warrior
28-01-2007, 23:29
I remember leaving the community centre needing and emergency burger, while we were ordering a lad from our course was rattling some Aylesbury bint against the van, peg and her lad were going mad awesome. most bodacious dude.:PDT_Xtremez_09:
gemarriott
29-01-2007, 01:49
can anyone rememer the 2 caravans at Saints? Kept me going with foot long hot dogs through my mechs course because the egglys Brewis mess was gopping.
Hu Jardon
29-01-2007, 10:05
can anyone rememer the 2 caravans at Saints? Kept me going with foot long hot dogs through my mechs course because the egglys Brewis mess was gopping.
Yes
Bet you're not suprised are you?
I was over on West Camp (Vulcan Majors) and we used to call in there between pints at the Grab a Grimbo in the Gaddaffi - after all you couldn't make the beast with two backs with one of those on an empty stomach
Hu
:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Notsoblunt
29-01-2007, 22:12
www.pegsathalton.co.uk
I know Pegs was an institution, and still is by all accounts - but having it's own website shows real class. You know you've made it to the greasy food hall of fame when cyber space has been dedicated to you!
Hats off to Pegs - a real institution and cornerstone of life at Halton.
mightyhunter
29-01-2007, 22:58
www.pegsathalton.co.uk (http://www.pegsathalton.co.uk)awesome!! think it must something in her sweat that make the burgers soooo tasty. maybe her family should milk her for this exlir, bottle it, and sell it on.....
Having been through Halton twice, once fro JMLC, Peg still remembered that I didn't like onions but mixed brown and red sauce.... sooo much better then the so called food that the mess was serving up!
Fablon biff chit
02-02-2007, 23:15
http://www.pegsathalton.co.uk/custom/pegswebsite%20003sized.jpg
Bloody ada, has she lost weight or got a bigger van?
Wanderer
03-02-2007, 06:52
no weight loss there! they just built a new van around her
tag_lincoln
03-02-2007, 19:23
First Peg's in 86 when I was there for over a yr. so much better than mailtland/Groves. The Kebab van at the bottom of the hill was rough though. Did nt sto us having a kebab whilst walking up the hill to Peg's. Go back every 4-5 yrs on a cse or something and try to have a mushroom burger even if it's the opposite direction to where I'm staying. I'll always feel 17 standing in that queue.
gemarriott
03-02-2007, 19:39
Yes
Bet you're not suprised are you?
I was over on West Camp (Vulcan Majors) and we used to call in there between pints at the Grab a Grimbo in the Gaddaffi - after all you couldn't make the beast with two backs with one of those on an empty stomach
Hu
:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Not one bit surprised:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Bet you probably visited the back of the little NAAFI shop withone or two of the same VCs I did too. Probably had to drink orange juice for 3 weeks every few months:PDT_Xtremez_14:
rodger-dodger
06-02-2007, 10:32
"our money and bring back a cheap white plastic bag of lamb based bounty...By 1930 we were generally starving so they tasted good even though we were sober..."
I Knew peg had been around a while, but i didn't realise it was this long ago.
I love Peg.
I love Peg.
I love Peg.
An old fat chief once told me if you say the above after midnight Peg turns into a large double bacon chees burger with extra ketchup.
I love Peg.
I love Peg
I love Peg
Triple eggburger with mushrooms and chilli sauce, ....
The coinassuers choice! You were always greeted with the phrase " Ahwight my love" and the warm rosie glow on your ring piece walking to comedy hall the next day was almost comforting on those cold winter mornings.
fat lazy techie
06-02-2007, 14:41
Second only to pastry based food products, but what else could one wish for with beer and spicey coursing through your veins.:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Long live peg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cake or Death
21-02-2007, 19:39
never ate from pegs but have heard many a story, one was about her wiping the sweat off herself and then using the same towel to wipe the counter!!!!!! *CoD voms a little* on the other hand that damn van o death at cosford how much cash have i spent there? how many times have i felt like ****e after going there? and how many times did i go back knowing that i feel **** in the morning? That thing has its own gravity to lure any poor soul in. a bit like pegs buy the sound of it ::P:
Exlineswine
25-02-2007, 21:44
I've just worked out that in 6 years I spent upwards of £1080 at 1988-94 prices on Peg burgers.
I have special memory of only one of those burgers as I awoke the next morning with it stuck on my face and I momentarily thought i had gone blind in one eye.
how did she fit in the trailer?she was one big girl:PDT_Xtremez_42:
Remember them well....always went down well after the lagers and tequilas! Never had the squits neither glad to say!
Little Tronk
25-06-2007, 17:06
Triple eggburger with mushrooms and chilli sauce, and the next morning trying to get to the front of the parade so everyone could sample the aftermath!! Memories... APM101 and APF131, Seaking rigger course and 2 gst's, nearly spent as much time there as an Appo FFS. Pegs, to me, is legendary.. Aunty Peg RIP....
I think they are wot is now causing the stabbing pain in my chest..........dead animal cooked in lard/Peg's sweat..CHAMPION!
penfold93
25-06-2007, 17:34
First visited Pegs in about 90-91 went back for IMLC about 6 years after I left and she had my usual fri special ready before i had asked Triple cheese mushrooms onion and mayo.
What an angel (a fookin big one mind):PDT_Xtremez_14:
Man in Black
26-06-2007, 08:40
After spending 3 years at Halton it was amazing how many people went to the Rose & Crown, got totally hampered , struggled back up the hill to Pegs, bought a Pegs Burger and complained the next day that they felill and it must be the burger they ate!
Hold on; how about the copious amounts of Guinness/Lager/Alcopops you consumed in 3 hours the night before!
Get a grip!
For what it is worth, Pegs Burgers are and I'm sure still are fantastic post-pub grub. The kebab meat was most excellent. Long live Pegs!
windy millar's luv child
26-06-2007, 09:47
Think Pegs is on it's last legs now as the Contracts Snec is trying to get it shut cos of the PAYG sh*t at Halton.
they carnt get rid of peg's bet shes been there longer than the camp has.
Did anybody else spot that the chinese down town is next door to the vets!!!
Think Pegs is on it's last legs now as the Contracts Snec is trying to get it shut cos of the PAYG sh*t at Halton.
I thought that she was allowed to stay there as it's an "open" site, with all the public rights of way that entails.
you just cant shut pegs, it is part and parcel of the halton experience. Surprised it is not in the brochure or video they show you at the careers office.Off Topic
The Sleepy Priest
26-06-2007, 11:30
Her Garlic sauce was awesome, after one nite in the S&S I stumbled up the hill and drowned a burger in that stuff and managed to completely stink out Sec TS with it the following morning!! The WO was not impressed with AC TSP!!
agreed the garlic sauce is supurb you just cant beat it
Boomerang
26-06-2007, 11:44
When I was on my JMLC (2001) Peg managed to sneak a very large bag of chips and garlic mayo down to the airfield on the night of the exercise for me and the lads in the tent. S**t happens and we got caught taking delivery of said items at the gate into the airfield. The SNEC that caught us was that gob-smacked that he let us off as he thought it was a well executed plan........and we managed to keep the chips. Happy dayz.:PDT_Xtremez_28:
MyShineyAr$e
26-06-2007, 11:51
Just finished a course down there at Halton, and despite my best intentions, I ended up having a Pegs.
It was beautiful. A Cheese Burger with a side of Chips and Mayo.
I too am of the impression that as long as her caravan doesnt leave site they can't do an awful lot about her staying there. Apparently they can refuse to let her caravan back on you see. Cause its only a public footpath not a public road.
Harry B'Stard
26-06-2007, 11:57
I remember pegs with great fondness.
Her double egg burger kept me going through the hours of sleep whilst I was hanging around at Halton on holding flight.
I heard a few years ago that she'd passed on to the great burger van in the sky.:PDT_Xtremez_21:
So imagine my surprise when I returned to Halton for JMLC a few years ago and there she was in all her glory!:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Obviously I had to partake in her burgers just one more time!
Never did I get the squits from her fine fare. Anyone who did must have a very weak stomach.::P:
If they try and get rid of her Van off Halton, we will have to start another petition on downing street's website!:PDT_Xtremez_25:
HTB
windy millar's luv child
30-06-2007, 04:29
I will bet 4 bags of chips and a peg burger that it will be closed pretty soon. The contractors will have their way and she will be out ... public right of way or not. Watch this space..:PDT_Xtremez_08:
Nutty Bird
01-07-2007, 00:38
they carnt get rid of peg's bet shes been there longer than the camp has.
Did anybody else spot that the chinese down town is next door to the vets!!!
There have been rumours about the location of that chinese for years, unfortunately I only found out after tasting the sweet and sour chicken balls! They may have been balls but they were definately not chicken!!
As for pegs, never tried it!!!
Kim Wipe
01-07-2007, 00:45
Peg is a legend. I will never forget her sweat-drenched delecasies. I've got some memories there.
the_crab
01-07-2007, 10:34
they carnt get rid of peg's bet shes been there longer than the camp has.
Did anybody else spot that the chinese down town is next door to the vets!!!
There have been rumours about the location of that chinese for years, unfortunately I only found out after tasting the sweet and sour chicken balls! They may have been balls but they were definately not chicken!!
As for pegs, never tried it!!!
go on Nutty next time your there..........you know you want to:PDT_Xtremez_15:
FuntimeSteve
02-09-2007, 01:23
pegs not there lately, out with a leg op so shes got some cronies filling in for her. it seems to be a routine that the second i pull up on a sun eve to go grab a bacon burger before plodding back for another week on alcohol dependency flight...im sorry airman development flight. although i dont think its called that any more! shows how long ive been on sick for!
Swingwinger
02-09-2007, 20:30
Peg Burgers kept me going on my mech course. Soaked up many pints of ale. Only downside was picking up the white napkins strewn all over Halton on a weekend for pi$$ing off the discips!! One Ginger barsteward in particular!!
Wonky Tonka
02-09-2007, 22:24
Looking forward to re-acquainting myself with the culinary delights of Peg's next week.
Been 8 yrs since my last..........my body should have just about recovered by now:S
jack brew
08-10-2007, 18:11
Don't know when Pegs van first dropped anchor but it was there in all it's glory in July 1979.
Peg went to Halton in 1979?
She'd be at FS level by now!
The Bowmeister
08-10-2007, 20:14
I think it was only Pegs Double bacon & cheese burgers and copious amounts of Strongbow that helped me get through my 3 yr "Appoship" Aaahhh Greeaatt Daayys :PDT_Xtremez_15:
Wonky Tonka
09-10-2007, 00:44
Decided to play it safe at Pegs........went for the chips and cheese.
There's no way she could get that wrong.................:PDT_Xtremez_15:
PeanutPhil
09-10-2007, 10:29
Pegs burgers were great on a thurs night after a fair few pints whilst on JMLC in 00, made the mistake of the kebab van outside and paid the price the whole weekend, arse was like a blood orange!!:PDT_Xtremez_09:
Wonky Tonka
09-10-2007, 10:32
Pegs burgers were great on a thurs night after a fair few pints whilst on JMLC in 00, made the mistake of the kebab van outside and paid the price the whole weekend, arse was like a blood orange!!:PDT_Xtremez_09:
Ah.......the VOD strikes again!!
Why is it that the VOD is the only kebab van which doesn't sell chips???
mr_fingle
19-10-2007, 12:00
Damn! I remember my weekly (or more regularly) Double Egg and mushroom burger with that bleached white pseudo-mayo (and another one to wrap up an dtake back to eat in the block. 3 years of that and I'm honestly suprised that my cholestorol levels are at normal levels, even 17 years later.
I went back 4 years ago on a Sy course and she swore she remembered me.
i was last there in 2004 and she said the same to me. However, what really freaked me out was that she said she remembered me as a young lad back in 1986 with my orange rank slides......which would have been about right.
Gimp Child
20-10-2007, 20:45
'When I was' (Blah Blah Blah) an instructor at BET halton mid to late 80's I attended many a post phase ****up which normaly ended up at Pegs van with an Ultimate Pegburger (WMD). Once after teaching a course of Omani's (Non drinkers) I got merrily W@nkered on whiskey at the Cpl's club in the Valley, I was staying with my mate down in quarters and after staggering to his gaff I was shown to his sons room where I was to rest my weary bones. A lovely bed with a Postman Pat duvet cover. Stripped and into bed.. no sooner than the lights were out some Tw@tt started spinning the bed and I felt somewhat unwell. Timewarp ensued and I must have fell asleep but awoke later, laying on my back with my face and bare chest covered in Vom (partly digested Pegburger and whiskey/water). I honestly though my mate had come through and vommed over me, so I got up and put the light on only to see a perfect head and shoulder outline of me (in Vom) on the nice clean Poastman pat pillow and matching duvet cover. It looked like the shroud of Turin. Through to the bog trying to be quiet and not vomming any more I was faced with a sight in the mirror which can only be likened to Hannibal Lecter wearing that cops peeled off face..... again all in partly digested Pegburger....... The stuff should be banned. The mere sound of a burger van makes me want to puke... Never again........
Stay away.... at Halton no one can hear you scream.....
boney2728
08-02-2008, 18:21
Little bird told me Pegs has now been sold to ESS..
That I find hard to believe....................
Past Engineering
08-02-2008, 20:38
I don't think the Pegs van was there before the end of 1970 which is when I left having got there in 68, I am sure I would have spent money there if she had been, allthough in fairness in those days the amount of times we where allowed out was rare untill you reached 18.
Mickwreay
09-02-2008, 00:24
First had a Peg's burger in 1986.
An experience that never leaves you, mind you neither does chicken pox!
I returned on fitter’s course in 1989 & again succumbed to the alluring odour, the final time I sampled the delights of her fare was in 2001 while on IMLC.
Peg's is a legend in her own lunchtime, long live Peg.
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Stingray
09-02-2008, 02:46
Pegs was better for pulling than The Shag and Shuffle!!!!!!
:PDT_Xtremez_15:
You will never believe this but pegs have their own website ! With photos messages etc etc.
Who would ever have believed the old girl would have moved in to the 21st century
PEGS (http://www.pegsathalton.co.uk)
You will never believe this but pegs have their own website ! With photos messages etc etc.
Who would ever have believed the old girl would have moved in to the 21st century
PEGS (http://www.pegsathalton.co.uk)
As was mentioned in post 47 of this thread....
As was mentioned in post 47 of this thread....
Whoops, serves me right for not speed reading 99 posts !
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jack brew
29-02-2008, 21:50
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riggertoSTAB
22-10-2008, 14:58
Ah the aroma of a bacon double Peg burger and the sultry voice whispering do you want mush and relish on that love?
Mechs course in 84 and fitters 90 then a suicidal return for one night only in 96 and a Peg burger sober, just wasn't the same!
Martin Blank
22-10-2008, 15:30
Only ever used Pegs on Hockey trips to Halton and JMLC.
Must say always tasty food and never a sign of bad guts.
Peg's must be joined in the ranks by OZ's kebab van at Benson,
Barry's the Chivenor Poisoner and Cosford Railway Cafe.
All wholesome stodge post pi$$ up.
3wheeledtechie
22-10-2008, 16:15
Must say I always preferred to walk up to the Spiders Web at Cosford.
ninjarabbi
22-10-2008, 16:35
One thing I always ask everyone who used that little kebab van outside Halton. When the guys working inside pop out to the bushes for a ****, where do they wash their hands?:PDT_Xtremez_15:
GimpyBoy
22-10-2008, 16:52
One thing I always ask everyone who used that little kebab van outside Halton. When the guys working inside pop out to the bushes for a ****, where do they wash their hands?:PDT_Xtremez_15:
In the chilli sauce where else? Eati ng there always left its mark (in the bog) the next morning. Still went back again after 5 babychams the next night:PDT_Xtremez_09: Worked better than an enema!!!
That also rang true for for the burger van outside of BZN. The thought only crossed my mind when doing a stint on the gate and seeing the guy popping out for a pish.
I presuming Pegs is still going strong as I am off to Halton in a couple of months.
big_dawg
22-10-2008, 17:02
I presuming Pegs is still going strong as I am off to Halton in a couple of months.
Oh yes, its still very much there. Was on a course at Halton last month and "treated" myself to a post drinking burger or two after some nights drinking down the old rose and naafi.
GimpyBoy
22-10-2008, 17:17
Oh yes, its still very much there. Was on a course at Halton last month and "treated" myself to a post drinking burger or two after some nights drinking down the old rose and naafi.
Thank fcuk, thought I was going to have to eat in the mess then. :PDT_Xtremez_30:
fatboy11
24-10-2008, 00:57
Pegs Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm defo works better than that pay as youn starve S**T kept me alive on JMLC long live PEGS!!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Ah Pegs, I can just picture the old girl now, slaving over a hot grill, me watching the beads of sweat drip off her onto the grill and sizzling before she slapped another burger on top of it.
Never had a problem with the runs from her place, although when I was last there in '04 for my JMLC the lads who visited the kebab van of death definitely had problems.
Pegs however cannot compare with the Bratty wagon that used to do the rounds between Digby and Cranwell (I think maybe Waddo too), unfortunately the guy who used to do it died a few years back, RIP you wonderful late night snack man.
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