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Chris Chitty & Al Davies at HMS Caplet dance.
(Served on this during 12 Class)
Chris with Ev Talbot (Series 35?)
At The Series 31 Caledonia New Zealand Reunion - 12th March 2007
Graeme Thornton ` Phil Rosier Trevor Benson

Thanks to Tony Broomfield for this picture, taken in Jan 1962, of S32 AA 3s at Arbroath. The first class of Air Apprentices to be let loose on real aircraft!
Back row, Left to right: Brian Padington, Phil Manley (S32), John Cecil (S32), Pete Hooton, Sid Palmer, Pete Woodbridgde, George Skinner, John Pierce (S32), Dave Lilley
Front Row: Phil Rosier, D.O. Lt Sturgeon, Tony Broomfield (S32),Captain, Roger Trigg, Div Chief (? Jenkins?) Les Chantler.
FISGARD AND COLLINGWOOD MAGAZINE LIBRARY
A selection kindly provided by Ced Fray, Malcolm Wellington and Dave Phillips
To enter the library, please CLICK HERE
These magazines are best read in 'Full Screen' mode





TO VIEW THE NEW ENTRY DIVISIONS ALBUM


Back Row:
No 1, F Evans, MJ Hubery, RC Bond, CM Thurtell, JKing, D. Jerram, BE Healey, BH Wood, J Grantham, CR Fray.
Centre Row:
No 12, C Madden, No 14, JJ Bailey, B. Booth, G. Sedgwick, AF Wyatt, W Kirk, GP Sanders, No 21, FL Flack
Front Row:
RJ Perrett, L Borrowdale, DC Treagust, A.Horton, Captain AJ Cawthra, Cdr Gent, RA Cossey, AJ Carling, RD Hodges,
R Sproston.
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To view Sandy's collection CLICK HERE

Roger Bond - Still waiting to be called up for England!

Bateson Boys Mick Field, Johnny Boyce Johnny Ball

Back Row: Ball, Butcher, Brown, Baker, George, Chitty, Evans.
Front Row: Thomas, Bailey, Bond, Gibson, Apps.

Jim Bailey, Bugsy Baker and Roger Bond

Crusader Hut Xmas Party 1957.

Back of above photograph.

Pitlochry Exped 1961
Roger Bond, Ricky Roscoe and Willy Sherval

Now to the serious business!

Collingwood Bateson Division Sod's Opera
'Roadside 8 + 1'

And again!

Field Marshall Montgomery takes the salute. S31 Passing out parade
HMS Collingwood 15th August 1961.

Cover from Passing Out Parade Programme.

Passing Out Guard
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On Ben Vrackie Peak Marker
Len Borrowdale, Mick Hubery, Chats Charters, Dave Phillips, Bob Powell, Mick Jones.
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At a BR Halt when on the Breacon Beacons Outward Bound
Back Row: Bob Powell, ?, Pete Bright, Vic Shane, ?, Bob Stallard, Chris madden, Chats Charters
Rog Wilson, Dave Phillips, 'Pappy' King.
Front Row: Mick Hubery, Len Borrowdale, Mick Carthew, 'Clucker' Howlett, ? Cowper, Mick Jones, Rob Kirk.

Some of Blake New Entries with their 'minders':
Borrowdale, Madden, Roscoe, Phillips, Ash Jones (S28), Shergold, Bri Hunt (S28), Evans, Gough, Smith

Ready to turn in? Ron Birt (S?), Watkinson, Gough, Chapple - Hyam, Roscoe, Bundy (S?), Molloy (S32),
Campbell (S?)

The Home Guard!
Nigel Gough & David Phillips
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Ready For Use - Refill. Bernard Jolly
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A Host of Golden Daffodils!
Jolly, Pete Morris (S?), Birt (S?).
Howlett & Burgess (S?)
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Rocky Roscoe, Frank Evans & David Phillips.

Our late, great friend Nige in civvies in Bognor.

Blake 10 - A bit out of focus!

Clowning with Blake

A failed passport pic attempt.

A Blake hut party

A very young Lenny Borrowdale

Tony Hunter, Alan Sparkes & David Phillips

Jim Molloy, Rocky Roscoe and Frank Evans

Barry Padington

Rick Roughton

Watson,Gough,Roscoe,Keal,Borrowdale,Evans,Shergold and Chapple-Hyam

Xmas party frolics -Blake Style!

Tony Hunter and David Phillips

S31 Passing Out Guard HMS Collingwood.

Brian Healey, John Rowsell and Bob Sproston lead the guard

Exped in Scotland

John Rowsell, Harry Harrisonand Bob Sproston

Rollason, Rowsell, and Mountfield on exped in Scotland.

S31 Passing out HMS Collingwood.

John Rowsell and Trevor Benson strolling down East Side

Will Williamson and John Rowsell enjoying exped in Scotland.
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Back: Andy Davis, Chris Canham, Rocky Rochester,Fred Cheeseman
2nd Row: Garrett, Tom Mead, Trev Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Lank Armstrong.
3rd Row: Jim Hamilton, Thomas? ??? Nettleton, Madison, Barry Swallow.
Front: Chris hayward, Dave Otley (Series 34?)
Photo supplied by Tom Mead

A Grenville hut ready for rounds.

Recreation Room - Grenville.

A L Ellsmore-Creed

Pete Woodbridge and Dave Eldridge

Hugh Upward, Dave Williams and another on U Boat patrol!

11A Exped from Collingwood to Scotland July 1961
DA Phillips, L Borrowdale, M Hubery, C Madden, ? Carthew, R Powell, P.O. V Shane, R Stallard
MA Jones, ? Couper,WK Charters, HRJ Upward, G Howlett, RA Wilson



First Man in Space!
Birthday Fisgard Style!

Mick Croft and Pete Smith

Lj Syborn and Pete Woodbridge.
Passing Out Dinner S31 at HMS Caledonia April 1961
Back: Jim Watts, John King, Noddy Smith, CPO McLeod, Stuart Millar, Reg Harnett
Middle: Ivor Jones, Taff Newton.
Front: 'Bert' Brading, Dave Eldridge.
Stuart Millar, D. McLeod, Dave Eldridge.
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Sports Day, HMS Fisgard 1958 Frobisher Division. I don't know where I was - Skiving off somewhere!
Can you name these?

A very young - looking Keith Miskin (Hawke)

John Rowsell (Hawke)

Pete Penwarden (Frobisher)

Pete and Fred Wyatt (Frobisher)

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The late Hugh Maltby, Fred Flack and Don Searl (all Hawke Division).

Pete (Pop) Brading, George Lilly, Mick Field.
Dirk Barclay, Brian Healey & Rod Humphries
Jim Hamilton (Anson)
Jim Hamilton passing -in 1958
Jim Hamilton & Charlie Parker.(Anson)
Camp fire Glen Esk 1959
Grenville Division informally

Pictures kindly supplied by John Apps

Al Sheppard, R Perrott, Pete Penwarden, Chuck Berry and Ernie Pocock
Dirk the Lone Ranger? Dousland, Dartmoor, 1958
? ? Jock O'Donnell, Ron Betts, Dirk Barclay - Collingwood NAAFI
Four Blake Muscle-men!
Ossie Chapple-Hyam, Pete Padington, Len Borrowdale, Clunker Howlett
Left to Right
Eric Roughton,Clucker Howlett, Chris Madden, Willie Sherval, Frank Evans,
Rocky Roscoe, Len Borrowdale, Dave Phillips, Jock Hunter
Nige Gough, Geoff Howlett, and Len Borrowdale
Chris Madden (Blake) Roger Wilson (Hawke) and Geoff Haberfield (Hawke) in 1962
Not really S31 - but they kept Blake in order!
Lt Cdr Johns and CPO Roberts.
The Castaways
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Picture supplied by Dave Goodwin. The band had its fair share of S31 members - Can you spot them?

Passing out parade S31 HMS Collingwood August 1961

Passing out parade S31 HMS Collingwood August 1961

Passing out parade S31 HMS Collingwood August 1961

The funeral party of JB 'Jack' Carstairs, who died whilst in 8 Class at HMS Collingwood.
2nd from Right is Ron Betts (Grenville), far right Dirk Barclay. Taken at NAAFI Collingwood. 1959