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Old 14th Oct 2016, 14:09
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Flight_Idle
 
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I arrived at Swindiz in early 1970 & after getting over the shock of the hard toilet paper, I decided to be the 'Grey recruit' keeping my head down.

I do remember a DI ranting about the station commander, saying he should take the flag off his car when not in it. One day, he spotted the car flag on & no one in it, so he had our flight marching up & down, saluting the empty car.

I remember thinking to myself "Things are going to seem so normal after this".

Arriving at St Athan a few weeks later, thing did seem remarkably normal. I remember the 'Sky high club' a wooden structure known amongst us as the 'Swinging tit', but I heard that it later burnt down.

The Rhonda valley commandos were certainly very good at 'Educating' us young lads!
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