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Old 2nd Apr 2015, 09:25
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The Old Fat One
 
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RAF Finningley officially closed sometime in January 1996. I was SDO on New Years Eve 1995 (as a punitive punishment would you believe - it was only ever the depth...). Although I cannot be 100% certain, I am fairly sure I was the last rearcrew chap to step foot in the old ITC building.

There were only a handful of coppers, some maintenance civvies and myself left to keep watch - everyone else had long since departed - the ITC had gone to Cranwell several months previously.

Me and the plods were sitting round sneaking a few tinnies, when I got the urge to take the keys, wander across the parade square and look round the place. It was pretty damn emotional - I sat down at the same desk I had been at in October 1975 and the memories were pretty intense.

I was very proud to have been part of it all - still am.
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