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12-07-2011, 09:24 PM

Your a Gent Andrew!

13-07-2011, 06:22 PM

Photos of the gates as requested ... the Black thing in front of the college is the stage being built for the weekend... Brian May is performing.

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When the Orange has been cleared I'll have another go and stitch them into a panorama.

Regards

Andrew

13-07-2011, 06:38 PM

Thank you Andrew for taking the trouble to take the snaps. Very impressive.

I have e-mailed the college via the website to see if they can confirm what we suspect. We have his service record from 1923 which confirms that he was a blacksmith in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). Whether they can link him to the gates remains to be seen.

Thanks again,
Roger.

13-07-2011, 07:38 PM

Ahhh, so he may be responsible for some of the fancy iron work, rather than the brick.

I'll stop again and get some close ups of the iron work.

Regards

Andrew

14-07-2011, 06:24 PM

Thanks Andrew.
Make sure you don't get locked up by the M.P's. though!
A number of years ago we had a rep. from LG who got lost near Huntingdon.
He pulled into the entrance to a house to look at his map and was immediately surrounded by armed police. He had pulled into John Major's driveway!

Roger.

14-07-2011, 10:04 PM

Opps, I will try and avoid that situation. Mind you, despite the guns on the gate the place is full of holes, there is a public footpath that runs right through the middle of the camp and the locals walk dogs on the old grass airfield!

Regards

Andrew

14-07-2011, 10:28 PM

When I was in The Air Cadets we had a Summer Camp at RAF Locking in Somerset. I think it was a wireless training station. One evening while the Station's Royal flag was being lowered, with everybody standing to attention, the officer spotted a workman kipping on the Parade Ground grass verge. Afterwards he ordered the NCO to remove the civilian from the area.
I bet he wouldn't let you walk your dog through his station!

Thanks again,
Roger.

Joe · 27-07-2011, 05:58 PM

(13-07-2011, 06:38 PM)DODGERN Wrote: I have e-mailed the college via the website to see if they can confirm what we suspect. We have his service record from 1923 which confirms that he was a blacksmith in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). Whether they can link him to the gates remains to be seen.

Have you heard back yet, Roger?

- Joe

27-07-2011, 08:12 PM

(27-07-2011, 05:58 PM)ThePillenwerfer Wrote:
(13-07-2011, 06:38 PM)DODGERN Wrote: I have e-mailed the college via the website to see if they can confirm what we suspect. We have his service record from 1923 which confirms that he was a blacksmith in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). Whether they can link him to the gates remains to be seen.

Have you heard back yet, Roger?

- Joe

Hi Joe,

Not yet but I know the MoD can be slow in responding.
It would have been nice to have received an acknowledgement for the e-mail though.
We contacted them regarding my late Father in law's wartime medals some time back. They took about 6 months to answer the letter then.
Thanks for asking Joe. I will post any developments if received.

Regards,
Roger.

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