RAF Thornaby.
pzu,
No intrusion at all, Sir !
Name still eludes me, but there would not be more than one Aux ATC, and I have a faint memory of a "nice little chap" (if that is "off the beam", my apologies). Could that have been your Dad ?
There may be a lead. Around '52 - '54, the Aux ATC bought a 1939 Austin 10 "Cambridge" saloon (Yes, I know they used the name again in '60).
For this he paid £450, for a car which I know sold new for £185 ( which shows the state of the second-hand market in those days) - admittedly it was in lovely nick (the best I could afford was a Bond "Minicar" for £199 !)
Do you recall this Austin car ? (you would have been very small). If so, I know your Dad. He would have been in the Tower one dark Sunday afternoon when I called "joining, downwind and finals" at Thornaby, then did a roller at Middleton by mistake ! (the visibility was very bad !)
Happy days,
Danny.