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I was 25 percent of the Middlesex Wing Junior Freestyle Relay Team Winners 1979
Annual camp, at RAF Halton, 1983
Annual camp, at RAF Manston
Annual camp, at RAF Wittering, 1982
Annual camp, at RAF DoNotRemember 1979
Back in the early 80's while I was in the Air Training Corps I'd go flying as often as possible. In this picture, me and two fellow cadets (from 2473 Sqn ATC) are waiting for an air experience flight in a Chipmunk at RAF Abingdon. I was a Flight Sergeant at this stage and also doing my glider pilot training, gaining my solo glider pilot wings shortly after this powered flight.
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In this picture a cadet deposits the contents of his stomach, secured in a bag into a bin. The bag was filled due to aerobatic manoeuvres which disagreed with the greasy food the cadet had eaten for lunch
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Annual Camp, I went on this every year, so about 8 of them, it was a long time ago and I do not remember which one this was
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Annual Camp, at RAF Locking
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We went on regular camping trips, here somewhere in Wales, Crickhowell or Llangattock I think
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The Brecon Beacons and The Black Mountains were our regular haunts, not far from Hereford
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My first light aicraft flying experiences were gained with the Air Training Corps. I took this shot at RAF Abingdon as a cadet waddled out to a waiting Chipmunk for an air experience flight (the emergency use parachutes made walking very difficult). If he was lucky he would have done some aerobatics while airborne. In the background you can see some VC-10s awaiting their tanker conversion. The RAF had just acquired these aircraft from British Airways
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An early glider a Kirkby Kadet, open canopy, wind in your face, real gliding, I gained my wings in one of these. Later these were replaced by modern ASK21s
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If in doubt, build a tripod! We did a lot of fieldcraft training, survival etc and always, I mean always you would have to build a tripod. This one was for practice only (no river to cross)
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1985 and we, 2473, for the first time, won the Middlesex Wing Drill Competition held at RAF Uxbridge, I was right marker, a proud moment for all of us. We repeated this the following year
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My 10 year EDS anniversary award, a very lovely brass carriage clock.
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The myCOE team in Vancouver, Canada, May 2003. I was the lead architect on this internal project with a great team, we worked closely with Microsoft and it would have been a shining success had it not been for EDS management deciding to close all such projects to save money, a decision which of course, ended up losing us money instead
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EDS/HP 25 years service award
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EDS Phase 2 in the EDS Harrow offices at Queens House West, Greenhill Way, Harrow, MIDDLESEX HA1 1GR
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EDS Race Day. I was Winner of the Autotest, 8th August 1996
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Sometime in the mid 1960s, Corrine Road, Tufnell Park, where we first lived
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My dad was a Postman for 30 years, back then working for the GPO (General Post Office)
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First and foremost, my finger is not on the trigger, but along the side just as it should be. Camp Two I think, 2 weeks at Catterick training area, serious training now. An oppo took this while we were having a quiet moment on patrol. Actually there was a Scorpion CRV (light tank) from the opposing side a couple of hundred yards away looking for enemy patrols so we were keeping our heads down - but we were still cool enough to pose for a picture
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We had regular kit inspections, everything had to be in tip-top condition and placed exactly in the correct position on the bed - very sensible as it allowed simple and efficient examination of the equipment.
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The inside of the church, this panorama was taken on a different occasion and is made up of 4 elements, its not quite perfect yet.
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My mother getting her hair and make done in our house
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At the back, Leonidas and son provided the accompanyment to the mornings events. Angela was very tearful and this set off the bridesmaids - one of the younger kids asked... surely the groom cannot be that bad
Angela receives her Stolisma from her sister Maria which is a very symbolic act carried out by the parents and syblings
And now Angelas father crowns the queen for the day
Angela leaves her house
All the Bridesmaids
This brutal machine ensured we arrived at speed (modded Skyline with 550bhp + Nitro)
Angelas father with all the girls. This shot has been digitally modified to blur out the unsightly background scaffolding
One of the full length shots outside the church
So now to the future, what will it bring?
Angela and I are crowned Queen and King for the day
The priests prepare for the blessings
Angela and her father walk up the aisle
I managed to pick Angela up easily on the day
Angela and I are so happy we are dancing, actually the traditional dance the bride and groom do, and the guests have a chance to give us their presents, but not in the form of toasters or salad bowls, but cold hard cash - much more sensible all round
Outside the church, all done now
My sister Helen and my niece Zoe
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