Selection was via Hornchurch when I did my Flying Scholarship in 1958, as a member of 115 Peterborough ATC. It was at Marshalls Cambridge. I arrived there on 31 July and was flying Tiger Moth G-ALTW later that same evening with my instructor Mr Minshaw. Five and a half hours (flying time) later he sent me solo. I got my PPL in ten days, and have been flying, on and off, ever since. I also did the gliding course at Hawkinge a few weeks later.
A friend, also with 115, did his Flying Scholarship on the Tiger Moths at Sywell, with Les Hilditch, like Wander00.
Sad that things have changed so much. We were so lucky.
Laurence