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wrinklie
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02/10/2006
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BH!!! Am I the only ex brylcreem boy in here?????
(For Stanley's benefit BH = mild expletive)
Jim Howarth
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Stanley
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Posted - 02/10/2006 : 08:41
Oh, you mean bloody hell do you....... As for the RAF input, these categories haven't been up all that long and haven't got going yet. Start it off by telling us about your service, that'll bring them out of the woodwork when Google indexes your posts......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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melteaser
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Posted - 02/10/2006 : 09:01
Is a brylcreem boy someone who was in the RAF then? I didn't know that! I can see why though.
Mel
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 02/10/2006 : 10:49
My Grandfather was in the RAF during ww2,he was to old to fight but enlisted as a firebeater and spent most of the war in the Persian gulf,I have lots of pictures from the war days ,I'll post them,plus i think he deserves a bit of posthumous fame,like every illiterate mill labourer,which he was....
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moh
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Posted - 02/10/2006 : 12:03
My hubby was in the RAF - 1953-56 - stationed Wantage, Oxfordshire & Warton, near Blackpool (and yes he got home most weekends from Warton)
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Stanley
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Posted - 02/10/2006 : 12:53
Get going Tom, the pics are available.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 02/10/2006 : 14:18
This first pic is my Grandad Fred Livesley in uniform on returning from the Persian gulf in WW2,where he served as a firebeater as he was to old to fight,he said they where all ill alot of the time and the weight dropped off 'em,as you can see from the picture.
Before the war there was no work in the mills,where he worked as a labourer so packed the family of to Birmingham ,where he worked building cooling towers on the new power station at Erdington(which i demolished)then the war came and he joined the RAF,must have been exciting for him at the time because he'd only ever been to Heywood and Birmingham,plus his son ,my uncle Derek drowned in Erdington ,so that could only give him more reason to get away,he was a man of few words and when bothered about anything he would go off walking in his later life.Heres another pic of a native in Persia,Fred in the background.
This next pic iam not sure about,I think he said that the guy seated was an American,they got in trouble or nearly did when returning home for cramming carpets in the cargo hold,he said they had to off-load them somewhere over the ocean,I seem to remember him once saying,"that Yank had plenty of money".
Edited by - TOM PHILLIPS on 02 October 2006 14:22:58
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GAK
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Posted - 20/10/2009 : 11:59
Hi Everyone
Left Ermysteds in Jun 1952 and went to Rolls Royce to train as a detail Draughtsman. This entailed being deferred from National service, and later a post apprenticeship deferment, finally going into the RAF in Jan 1960 to Jan 1962. Trained as a Ground Wireless Mechanic (c). Staioned at Cardington, Compton Bassett, Chigwell, Upwood. I reckon it did me a power of good, from most angles, but it was very hard for my better half, looking after two small boys. Much like being a solo Mum. I returned to civilian life much the wiser. Emigrated to NZ in Nov 1963 and so far have not been back.
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GAK
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Posted - 22/10/2009 : 23:39
Hi everyone
I missed out squarebashing at Bridgnorth, after kitting out at Cardington. How could I have forgotten that?
GAK
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wrinklie
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Posted - 19/10/2011 : 15:35
Better late than never..
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Jim Howarth
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