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brian beckett
Number of posts: 8
Age: 70
Cap Badge: rasc
Places Served: Aldershot, Sennelager & RAF Bruggen
Registration date: 2009-02-04
 |  Subject: national service  Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:40 pm | |
| I was in the army attached to the RAF in Germany in late 1950s. A statement, normally shouted in a bar, always likely to cause a reaction was 'National Servicemen make the best tradesmen!' |
|   | | ciphers
Number of posts: 163
Age: 76
Localisation: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Cap Badge: Royal Signals
Places Served: Catterick - BAOR (Herford - Bunde - Munster) - Japan (Kure) - Korea (Pusan - Seoul) - Cyprus (Nicosia) - Suez Op (1st Guards Brigade) - UK (63 Sigs Regt TA, Southampton)
Registration date: 2008-06-30
| | Subject: Re: national service Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:39 pm | |
| AH!! but you were speaking of RAF ... Len (Ciphers) |
| | | | Chemist
Number of posts: 125
Age: 76
Localisation: Ireland
Cap Badge: Civilian and National Service RAF
Places Served: Pet Lab No4 Petroleum Depot Warendorf,Ord 2d Andover
Registration date: 2009-07-15
| | Subject: Re: national service Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:19 am | |
| Quite right Brian,we were the best,after all we had to be able to read and write,even if we could'nt spell. Alan ex LAC 1952-1954 |
| | | | Teabag
Number of posts: 79
Age: 59
Localisation: Merseyside
Cap Badge: Royal Signals
Places Served: Wildenrath Detmold
Registration date: 2008-10-30
| | Subject: Re: national service Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:44 am | |
| | Chemist wrote: | Quite right Brian,we were the best,after all we had to be able to read and write,even if we could'nt spell.
Alan ex LAC 1952-1954 |
You didn't go through the dreaded West Kirby did you Alan? Not far from me and the history of the place fascinates me because it is just farmers fields now.
Obviously far too young (ahem) to have been involved in national service myself but have read a lot about it and thought to myself that it must have been "orrible". Having said that, I would love to see some of the scrotes doing similar these days. |
| | | | Gordon.
Number of posts: 69
Age: 66
Localisation: Armadale,West Lothian,Scotland
Cap Badge: AAS & Royal Signals (Jimmy)
Places Served: England (Harrogate,Caterick x7 & Blandford..West Germany (Herford)(and the rest of...}),Singapore (Changi & Tanglin) and lots more
Registration date: 2008-02-28
| | Subject: Re: national service Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:29 am | |
| Yes,but for the full two years..Not a couple of weeks for a stupid TV programme. |
| | | | Chemist
Number of posts: 125
Age: 76
Localisation: Ireland
Cap Badge: Civilian and National Service RAF
Places Served: Pet Lab No4 Petroleum Depot Warendorf,Ord 2d Andover
Registration date: 2009-07-15
| | Subject: Re: national service Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:53 pm | |
| | Teabag wrote: | | Chemist wrote: | Quite right Brian,we were the best,after all we had to be able to read and write,even if we could'nt spell.
Alan ex LAC 1952-1954 |
You didn't go through the dreaded West Kirby did you Alan? Not far from me and the history of the place fascinates me because it is just farmers fields now.
Obviously far too young (ahem) to have been involved in national service myself but have read a lot about it and thought to myself that it must have been "orrible". Having said that, I would love to see some of the scrotes doing similar these days. |
No I missed West Kirby but most of my postings have gone or worse taken over by the "brown jobs".Finished up at Waterbeach-now RLC Ithink, and they took RAF Abingdon where I lived as a lad BEFORE THE WAR (WW2) Alan |
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