Hi Beagle and others -
When I learned in a Tiger Moth with an ex-wartime RAF QFI it was definitely 'stick in the middle, pick up dropped wing with rudder.' And the Tiger has a huge rudder (for ground taxying I guess)and crap ailerons.
Conversely, we were also taught that a good way to kill yourself turning on to finals was let the speed get a bit low, and try to hold up the nose with top rudder. We had to do this as an excercise and indeed the old bird would tend to heave over and spin the other way, which made the point.