Originally Posted by
Herod
TTN. Similar age, similar experiences. However, educated (??) in Australia, but I had to self-study for English GCE subjects, since the RAF wouldn't accept Aussie ones.
A few years ago I happened to be near Syerston. The Mess is fenced off, all windows broken, the roof almost falling in. I remember it on the evening of "wings" graduation. As you say, polished everything, band, our ladies in their finest. Times have changed I'm afraid. Mind you, so have I !!
I “lived in” in the Scampton Mess during my CFS course. I saw a TV programme a few days ago about 617 Sqn. Behind the presenter was the very sad and sorry looking Mess building, all boarded up and the gardens badly overgrown. Extremely sad to see that one in such a terrible state. There are many, many memories ingrained in those walls. An ex colleague of mine, in the Red Arrows in the late 1980s, encountered “someone” in the ante room very late one night. The “someone” was wearing WW11 flying gear…..