Dear
Danny42C - our paths may not have crossed, but I was one of those Direct Entry ATCOs in 1965, and my first posting was … RAF Strubby.
You may recognise the Approach Desk - I doubt it had changed much since your day. Oh, the joys of having half the aircraft on UHF (using the one-sided headset and foot Tx switch) and the other half on VHF (using the HMT with Tx bar in the handset). Dotted trace on the CADF for UHF, solid for VHF, mix of High and Low QGH … GCA (MPN11) to 09 at the same time as ILS to 27 … I learned fast and hard!! Manby JPs, our Varsities and Canberras, Practice Diversions from everywhere (our ILS was very popular!) ...
However, your nostalgia is better than mine. Back to you, Sir.
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