Coltishall 1962 Archive film
 

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East Anglian Film Archive: Spitfire To Lightning, 1962

Good shots of AI23 /AI 17 servicing, Javs and Lightnings
Thanks to East Anglian Film Archive

Stash Group Captain L H Malins

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I was on 23 Sqn in 1962 when the Station Commander directed a bit of a blitz on driving on the base. I remember one verse from a song written & performed by Vaughn Radford at a 74 Sqn party, who was a talented guitarist. It went to the tune of the Lonnie Donegan hit “Puttin’ on the Agony”:

“To Chief Inspector Malins and his Road Traffic Act,
His white lines, signs and licences, this song is sung with tact,
Stopping at a halt sign was quite enough before ,
But now we’ve got a speed limit on Runway 04”.

Gp Capt Malins was also at the party and his applause looked genuine.

"Foam made from Ox's blood costing 16/- a gallon"

That's something I never knew!

Me neither. 80p for 4.54 litres eh?

- and half of it was sprayed over their own lads!

Great memories, I was born and brought up in Norwich and the Coltishall Open Days were a regular feature. Thanks orionsbelt for the pointer.

The foam from blood used to really stink, I did my flying scholarship at Carlisle in 1968, they had a fire drill across the way from to accommodation huts and we had the full benefit of the smell!

Ahhhh..............Coltishall - home of the Frightening.

This, of course, was bread and butter to us....

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Bread and butter LM! Never touched the stuff!!

Give me a pint of Adnams any day

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Another one, (or 16), Coltishall, 14th September, 1968

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