98th Entry Halton Apprentices

 Brian Holt has just given me a call in reply to my message left on his answer machine some weeks ago. I thought it must have been another B Holt in the phone directory but to my delight another 98er comes in from the cold. Brian lives only a few miles from my house and yet neither of us knew about [...]

The 98th Entry website continues to grow and attract more and more people. Last month we had a record 390 unique visitors logging on to the site and 1,867 separate visits. My grateful thanks to all the contributors who have helped make the site a success during its formative months. We have also traced 2 [...]

As we dusted off the suitcases for our two week holiday in Russia the tanks rolled in to Georgia! Whose idea was it to go to Russia anyway? Memories of 1968 and the Russian invasion of Czechoslavakia kept flashing through the mind. This was a damn silly place to visit. Curiosity was the motivation behind [...]

A detachment to the Falklands offered an escape from Cranwell but I had to get there first! This article follows on from the earlier ‘Return to Cranwell’ recollections published last month.  Click on the link to read:  My Falkland Experience

We’re getting known at last. Bob Joy has turned up - compliments of Google! No doubt we shall see some news from him soon. Meanwhile - a big warm welcome to our online ‘fold’, we’re delighted you found us.
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I left the RAF in 1996 and employment in 2004 (worked for Thales as [...]

The Entry ‘Passing Out Dinner’ menu has been sent in by Ivan Millington. This should bring back some memories for all 98er’s. Steak and chips “Luverly Jubberly”. Just click on the pictures if you would like a closer look.

It is believed that this device, designed by Halton Apprentices, was optimised to reduce the need for Drill Instructors to shout and bellow when giving orders. Unless you know better?  Answers on £20 notes to the Editor!

The following video, which was filmed at the National Memorial Arboretum, highlights Halton Grove. Regretably, the 98th are one of the Entries not listed at the memorial because we were not an organised group when donations were being made. Maybe one day we can rectify that ommision. The photo above shows the Grove Gardens shortly after planting out. They [...]

Pay sheets when hand written tended to be scruffy and not altogether clear. It was important but on the amount we received I thought there might have been a few tear stains.
Bernie Rogers

I am sure you will be interested to view some wonderful old BBC film footage about Apprentice life circa 1959. Slightly earlier than our time at Halton but I am sure some of the archive film will bring back memories which you can then write about on our Entry website! The film is narrated by Cliff Michemore who [...]