Originally Posted by
obwan
NOBODY at West Drayton ever worked the full 4 watch system, it was carved up so that if you were working the N you usually got the M off and if you did the M you got the N off. I know 'cos I woz there.
On 'D' Watch you did, but the 'N' was split up as 1st Half (2000 - 0300), Second Half (2000 - 2230 and 0300 - 0800) or Long Sleep (2000 - 2300 and 0600 - 0800)
I know cos I was there too!
Lindholme, where I did my Area Radar endorsement, did an extra day between the 'M' and 'N'. They also used a procedural 'D' man, but this time at Barton Hall (Preston) up until both places were closed in about '74 or '75; I was there in '73.