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Although I Went To Swinderby In Aug - Oct 1990 3sqn I Loved My Time At Locking, You Can Take Your Wolverhamptons And Shifnels And Give Me Weston Super Mud In The Middle Of July Any Day! And Does Any One Remember The Pt Kit? The T Shirts After One Wash Looked Like Something Freddy Mercury Would Wear Showing Off Your Nips And Belly Button!
Spiritual Home
Although I Went To Swinderby In Aug - Oct 1990 3sqn I Loved My Time At Locking, You Can Take Your Wolverhamptons And Shifnels And Give Me Weston Super Mud In The Middle Of July Any Day! And Does Any One Remember The Pt Kit? The T Shirts After One Wash Looked Like Something Freddy Mercury Would Wear Showing Off Your Nips And Belly Button!
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flounder_al
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Swinderby... 9th Oct - 27th Nov 1990......16 Flt, 3 Sqn (mixed flight)
Sgt 'Right On' G
Cpl 'Hottie' W
Ma'am 'Gas Gas Gas' D
Sgt 'Right On' G
Cpl 'Hottie' W
Ma'am 'Gas Gas Gas' D
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rodger-dodger
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Wangers
Wangers
Hi all,
been away a while on GG etc.. been catching up on some of the threads,
Hereford for me, (YTS) Nov 90 can't remember much about it other than the feckrin cold, cretin hill and red mud turning white daps a nasty shade of mingin. (oh and £17 ish quid a week) cnuts!
Wangers
Hi all,
been away a while on GG etc.. been catching up on some of the threads,
Hereford for me, (YTS) Nov 90 can't remember much about it other than the feckrin cold, cretin hill and red mud turning white daps a nasty shade of mingin. (oh and £17 ish quid a week) cnuts!
I still have my original brass belt buckle. None of this stay-bright crap.
Swinderby 3 Flt April 1993.
StudleyDT_Xtremez_28:
Strange?
I passed out nearly a year before you, but staybrite belts were standard issue at the time
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Swinderby August 2nd (or was it 3rd, can't remember) 1983.. 4 Flight. All had o wear blue towelling cravat things for our MFT... hottest bloody summer I can remember with all that casevac crap at North Luffenham!
We had a bloke who was about 7 foot bloody tall who left after he wouldn't jump off of the benches in the gym obstacle course thing because they were.... too high!!
Studly dangerfcuk... you a fairy???? If so, I remember you matey and I can confirm that you had a brass buckle... you never polished the damn thing - same as your shoes!
We had a bloke who was about 7 foot bloody tall who left after he wouldn't jump off of the benches in the gym obstacle course thing because they were.... too high!!
Studly dangerfcuk... you a fairy???? If so, I remember you matey and I can confirm that you had a brass buckle... you never polished the damn thing - same as your shoes!
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Canberraman
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Early Days
Early Days
Brings back memories of non tailored uniforms. Called up for NS in the Royal Artillery and kitted out at Oswestry. Kit thrown at you in the stores and next morning lined up in one long file. A Major came along and walked up and the line for a while, had a last look and astounded us all with, "You change your tunic with him, you change your trousers with him" and this went on for about an hour until he was satisfied. It was almost a cultural shock when we went to the tailors to have our uniforms fitted at Cardington (Those of us who were ex brown jobs, that is)
Canberra man
Early Days
Brings back memories of non tailored uniforms. Called up for NS in the Royal Artillery and kitted out at Oswestry. Kit thrown at you in the stores and next morning lined up in one long file. A Major came along and walked up and the line for a while, had a last look and astounded us all with, "You change your tunic with him, you change your trousers with him" and this went on for about an hour until he was satisfied. It was almost a cultural shock when we went to the tailors to have our uniforms fitted at Cardington (Those of us who were ex brown jobs, that is)
Canberra man
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twotter
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Swinderby - Sept 88. 14 Flt if failing memory serves. I remember our Sgt DI looked like a fat Freddie Mercury & the Cpl DI looked like death warmed up.
Spiritual home has to be Hereford for stacker training - very happy days!
Spiritual home has to be Hereford for stacker training - very happy days!
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fat_sod
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Swinderby, Jan 76-Mar76, bleeding cold followed by St Athan, bleeding Welsh
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Chubby1372
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Swinderby 16 flt oct 1989 for me and iff it's all the same to you I'm trying to forget those 6 weeks of my life
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auchtermuchty
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Swinderby - 9th september 90 - 25mp90
Ickle taff DI sgt who was just getting out - I think we were his last intake. He flogged the fake aftershave (although Jazz was close to the real thing). Our Cpl was a retread from TCO to DI, doesnt say an awful lot for former tg11 does it!
I missed the sport week as I had to do MFT with the intake behind, after spending a week in confinement in the med centre with scarlet fever. God that was fun - not!DT_Xtremez_08: DT_Xtremez_08: DT_Xtremez_08:
Ickle taff DI sgt who was just getting out - I think we were his last intake. He flogged the fake aftershave (although Jazz was close to the real thing). Our Cpl was a retread from TCO to DI, doesnt say an awful lot for former tg11 does it!
I missed the sport week as I had to do MFT with the intake behind, after spending a week in confinement in the med centre with scarlet fever. God that was fun - not!
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cornish-stormrider
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Halton 17mp95 easiest weeks of my life. apart from when a thick Janner sleepwalked out of the top floor window and landed in the med centre (eventually) for a loooong time, he was going thru Tossford as a mech when we went back on the cushy fitters course. Yes I did have a reallly good screw of the system, has it got better?? No
Left in 2003 with a knackered spine and a really bad guinness and whisky habit. Lossie wasn't a total loss then.
Left in 2003 with a knackered spine and a really bad guinness and whisky habit. Lossie wasn't a total loss then.
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prop135
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Sounds like the same intake as me. Did yr Flt t shirt have and Owl and a mouse on it? and was the flt full of wannabe rocks?
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SNQQPY
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Swiderby Nov 1990 18 flt welsh sgt nutter seem to remember god was it that long ago !!DT_Xtremez_42:
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Swinderby
Cant remember Flight number as it was so long ago
Nov 86
Lewis Block
B**d was the Di Cpl with a certain Sgt R****n as the Snec.
I can always remember his Flight chat after our passing out......how the bad bugger turned to Mr nice afterwards, he turned out to be a nice bloke.
Edited by Wobbly: Even though you could actually see one of the persons mentioned together with his name, present rank and his present station in the RAF News a few months back.....which by the way you can buy at any WH Smiths. I apologise to auchtermuchty for my lack of professionalism over something 21 years ago
And no reporting me for mentioning and reading RAF News either
Cant remember Flight number as it was so long ago
Nov 86
Lewis Block
B**d was the Di Cpl with a certain Sgt R****n as the Snec.
I can always remember his Flight chat after our passing out......how the bad bugger turned to Mr nice afterwards, he turned out to be a nice bloke.
Edited by Wobbly: Even though you could actually see one of the persons mentioned together with his name, present rank and his present station in the RAF News a few months back.....which by the way you can buy at any WH Smiths. I apologise to auchtermuchty for my lack of professionalism over something 21 years ago
And no reporting me for mentioning and reading RAF News either
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mr blobby
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Swinderby Nov 85 - Jan 86
Nov 85 + 22 = Nov 07 !!! oh that means days to do
Nov 85 + 22 = Nov 07 !!! oh that means days to do
Grrrr....Apr 85 but was 17 so i still gotta serve till 1st Feb 08 :-(
Luckily my last working day is 13 Sep !! (saved lots of leave and resett time)
Times are looking better every day ......