It was a wonderful organisation. 70 years ago last week I did my A and B at 105 GS Cambridge.
By 16 1/2 could fly, drive (Bedford 15cwt double declutching), drive a winch, mend a cable. Stood me in good stead until I quit flying 18 months ago as I was finding after a couple of hours in an LS4 the old body was getting a bit uncomfortable.
All those volunteer instuctors from all sorts of backgrounds who got so many of us started. CFI was a boring old fart bank manager but I still remember him in a T21 doing 8 loops on a hangar flight.