Carol .. that's her name. It came to me suddenly [the name].
Now, of course, she will be late middle-age with several kids and a weight issue.
God, she was pretty back then.

Meanwhile, back to your regular programme......

brakedwell ... your photo at Post #10.

I never knew that Tern Hill had a mega-Mess like Shawbury! Wow!

I also hope that the VIP was a lightweight pax in that Sycamore! ;)

The Off's Mess was somewhat reduce when the OTU closed and grunts moved in - both wings demolished due to lack of use.
What used to be 'my' Block was blown up by the IRA (1987?) and replaced with a newer block

The mess at TH was considerably bigger than Shawbury - 3 floors and two wings, and was big enough to cope with the courses of 2FTS (rotary), CFS (H) and JCASS as well as all the permanent staff. The first wing was not demolished as such - it collapsed internally when the Colonel of the first regiment to move in decided to have internal walls removed to make suites for his officers, and it then had to be demolished. As the mess now looked lopsided he had the other one demolished as well!

The hangar shot at 16 was my workspace from '68 to '71. Busy, busy, busy but good fun!!

That was the hangar that still had shrapnel scars on its northern walls from a near miss during a bombing raid in WW2.

Likewise, CJ, that was the Whirlwind Line (No2 Handling Party) that I joined in late 1975. Between 8 and 12 whirlwinds ready for the Pan every (weekday) morning.

The present Army lot, Royal Irish, were playing football just the other side of the fence one morning when they kicked the ball over on to the taxiway, when we threw it back we asked why didn't they give us a ring and ask for the ball back ? We were scared they said, these lads had done at least 2 tours in Afghanistan !

The tower is getting new comms so must be closing !!

Don't bet on it. The sqns/site marked for retention were provisional and when I was in a meeting with Muddleton last week he said that the loss of at least one site was on the cards. With Wethersfield for the chop too, 10 sqns would presumably become 8 if no alternative is found. (And then 6 in 2019 when the Vigilants are retired and presumably Topcliffe is also binned because there's no need to keep it open for CFS/ BFT.)

Little men seem to float to the top of the VIP barrel:E

Just reminded me I was back there in 1968 for JCSS. A few years later I persuaded local government that it was equivalent to one of their senior management courses.

Believe the gliders Bellman is not up to MAA standards ? Will money be found if the VGS does stay ? Techies who took 2 gliders to Syerston last month said they doubt gliders will fly from Ternhill again.

Funnily enough, so do turds. :E