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18 Squadron (Valiants) in early 1960s 232 OCU Gaydon 1963-65 3 Cities of Lincoln 3 FTS RAF Leeming About me Admiral Duncan Pub on Thornes Lane AEO days on the V Force 1960s Afghanistan – Russian invasion 1979 Afghan-Pakistan border incident 1970 Aircrew Selection Centre Hornchurch - first time 1953 Aircrew Selection Centre Hornchurch – second time Anderson Air Raid Shelter Appendicitis - or was it? Archbishop Joseph Cunnane Australian Interlude 1965 Band Concerts in Wakefield Park Bartley Cunnane - father and son? Battleship Potemkin BBC Northern Orchestra Concerts 1950s Bear Hunting (Russian Bears) Berlin - Driver’s Dilemma Berlin - Interpreter’s Dilemma Berlin – Snails for dinner with a spy Big School (St James', Wakefield) Birkhall, Balmoral Castle Black Oxygen! Masirah 1972 Blackpool train trip 1945 Bookmaker - or book maker? Bridgnorth – passing out 1953 Bridgnorth – square bashing 1953 British Airways B747 at RAF Scampton Cardington – signing on 1953 Catechism and Creed, learning by heart Ceylon – posted from Locking 1954 Chaika, Kiev, 1990 Cheshire, Group Captain The Lord, VC Choral Scholar - almost Christ Church Little School Wakefield Coal Mines aka 'pits' Cobham's Flying Circus Comments - how to send me your comments Cotton Street, Wakefield CV62 USS Independence Dam Busters 50th Anniversary Dame Clara Butt Darwin Australia 1965 David "Del Boy" Jason with the Red Arrows DDR Transit Christmas 1979 Devonian express Diary of Anne Frank performances at RAF Gatow 1978 Donald Peers Elementary Flying Training School, South Cerney Epaminandus and other stories Eurostar to Paris and back - standing in cab Exploding teacakes Explosive decompression Fiery Accident with a pair of socks Finningley 1960 First school photograph - 1941 Fish and chips Flat Feet! Fog signals on the railway Francis Cunnane, executed in 1923 Frustrated Musician Gan pictures 1960s and 1970s Gangodawila - my arrival December 1954 Gaydon 232 OCU 1963-65 GCEs - General Certificate of Education Gibraltar 1960 – nearly didn’t find it! Goose Bay Labrador in early 1970s Handel: March in D from Scipio Harehills, Leeds Hemswell – temporary duty 1955 How to tell me about errors on this site Hungary, Red Arrows Visit 1990 IL-62 very near miss with Victor and Lightings Ings Road Secondary School, Wakefield Intelligence Tales Irish connections Iron railings cut down to help war effort JSIW Templar Barracks - 1980-82 Kiev, 1990 Red Arrows visit Lancashire Exile - the first time 1937-39 Lancashire Exile - the second time 1950-52 Learning Morse 1956 Learning Russian 1977 Leeds Trams in the 1930s Leeming, 3FTS - pilot training 1966-7 Leningrad, Red Arrows 1990 visit Leonard Cheshire, Lord, VC Leyhill Open Prison Llifon Hughes Jones Locking – Wireless fitters’ course 1954 Locking – Wireless mechanics’ course 1953 Locking No 1 Radio School Man from the Pru Masirah 1972 – dangerous incident Methley Midland Railway - forerunner of LMS Milk deliveries in 1940s Montevideo - a diplomatic incident in 1982 Montreal – how we blocked the airport runway Move to Leeds - April 1948 My Arrival in Middleton, Leeds in 1935 My Brother, Michael My First Violin 1946 National Service Looms 1953 New Hall Camp - open prison - 1940s New Hall Hall Camp Prison Wakefield Officer Training RAF Jurby Operation Spherical Orange Umbrella cafe OS Map extract (1938) of Cotton Street area Pakistan – exchange tour 1969-70 Pakistan Air Force Academy 1969-70 Pakistan revisited 1997 Peter Principle - or how to get promoted Pilot Selection – ungrateful me! QEGS Queen Elizabeth GS Wakefield RAF Aircrew Selection Centre Hornchurch RAF Recruiting Office Leeds Red Arrows Red Arrows 1990 USSR and Hungary Tour Red Buses to Leeds and Sandal Reds Away Concept Relief Landing Grounds (RLG) Religious Instruction at school Renhard Relents at QEGS Rhubarb Triangle Risalpur 1969-70 Roundhay School 1948-50 Russian Knights accident in Vietnam 1995 Russian Knights Aerobatic Team visit Scampton Russian Language Course 1977 Russian Language Course distractions Russian Visit 1990 Salford Grammar School Save Our Scampton (SOS) Campaign 1990s School Milk and Dinners Signaller training at Swanton Morley Sinfonia Antartica, Vaughan Williams, Premiere Singapore Interlude 1965 Sleep walking South Cerney - pilot training Sputnik heard in 1957 St James CE Mixed Junior School St John's North Wakefield Storie Scholarships Strangeways Prison 1937-39 String Quartet at Salford 1952 Strings of QEGS Orchestra 1947 Sun Spots in Ceylon 1955 Supersonic over Paris Sword of Merit, Jurby May 1960 Sydney 1965 – my pictures Te Deum Laudamus Tips for budding diary writers Train Spotting - how I became interested Train Spotting - why was it so popular in the 1940s? Trumpeter at a Military Funeral Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Uist Scotland – strange events 1977 USS Independence CV62 Versicles and Responses Victor final flights – XA939 Victor final flights – XH648 Victor Tanker tales Victors through Indonesia to Darwin 1965 Violin - my first Violin Lessons - my first professional lesson Virgin Train Naming Voice-over temporary job in Berlin 1980 Wakefield Kirkgate railway station Wakefield's Radio Relay system War Planning in Singapore 1965 West Berlin 1977-80 West Riding County Council Licensing Department Westbury Terrace, Hunslet, Leeds Western Rangers - Victors
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