98th Entry Halton Apprentices

The RAF Waddington Air Show takes place on 4th & 5th July. Vic & Jackie Munro and myself & Chris, together with our aviation enthusiast grandson in tow, will be attending this annual event. If there are any other 98er’s who will be attending this great day out we could easily arrange a rendezvous. Please [...]

PdeP has just reminded me that the 98th Entry website is now One year old. So may I wish all our readers and contributors a very happy first birthday. It is amazing how quickly the time has flown by. Looking back over the past 12 months I believe we have achieved a great deal between us. [...]

A recent photo of two old pals who recently met again after 45 years apart. Vic Munro and Mike Isaac arranged to meet in Ross-on-Wye during a rapidly arranged visit to the UK by Mike following a family bereavement. You will recall Mike now lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Isn’t it great to see 98er’s [...]

My thanks to Brian Holt for sending in the following reunion photos:

Sam and Jenny Lowry

Hugh and Pam Jupp

 Bill and Mrs Steel

Ivan mentioned Wing Walking in his comment on the post ‘The Flying Crusaders Display Team’. Well, it seems to me that 98er’s and their significant other halves have made their mark on the world in many different ways. Many of the marks can still be seen today!  Amongst our number we have a Wing Walker.  Jane [...]

Following his flying stint with the Rothman’s Aerobatic Team, known amongst the pilots as the ‘RATs’, the photo’s in this post represent another period in the flying career of Andy Legge. This time he is with the Daily Express Flying Crusaders Display Team. Andy was the teams solo aerobatic display pilot in the late 1980’s to 1990. Andy can [...]

Having looked at my holiday snaps from Russia again following the ‘Ducks in a Row’ article, I noticed that waterfowl featured in another of my photo’s. The scene above is of The Novodevichy Convent in the southern area of Moscow, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in the so-called ‘Moscow Baroque’ style. It was used by the women of [...]

John ‘Budge’ Burgess has made a DVD of the 98th Entry Reunion. The content includes both movie and still photographs and covers most aspects of the weekend.  Please contact John directly if you would like to obtain a copy .

Ducks have been in the news during the past week. A Duck island for an MP purchased with taxpayers money and the rescue of ducklings from a balcony. Last year during my holiday in Russia I came across the attractive statue of ducks above in a Moscow park, near the Kremlin.

The plaque attached to the sculpture turned out to contain a message [...]

 
Bill Steel, Mrs Steel, Brasso Holmes and guest.  

L to R: Tricia Smith (Guest of Budge), Carol Crowe, Bill Bailey & George Crowe

 Mr & Mrs Gerry Burnett and Andy & Jane Legge

 Mr & Mrs Bernie Rodgers

                                            Geoff and Wendy Yalland  
There must be many more photos taken at the reunion that we have not yet seen. Please send them [...]