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| Jock Cruickshank's Memories in Stories & photos |
| 1970, SAW 37F RETURNING TO THE DEPOT, AFTER HANDING OVER TO 45 RM COMMANDO IN DUNGANNON N.IRELAND. AROUND APRIL I RECEIVED MY PAPERS FOR A POSTING TO CYPRUS, AFTER THE WEDDING OF MY FIRST WIFE. SO I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A MARRIED POSTING. LOTS OF PICS FOLLOW OF MISC; CATTERICK & YORKSHIRE AS WELL AS RAF AKROTIRI AND THE BEAUTIFULL ISLAND OF CYPRUS. |
| Getting down 'n' dirty and we brush up nicely |
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| This is Bedale,another of the small towns frequented by Rocks in their pursuit of fine Woman and Ales This photo taken on a recent nostalgia trip. |
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| The Bridge Hotel Catterick Bridge. The main drinking hole adjacent to Catterick Racecourse, where many a fortnights wages would dissapear |
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| DARLINGTON High Row 1989 |
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| This pic speaks for itself! |
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| Now leaving The Yorkshire dales and Durham County and heading out to sunnier climes. To RAF Akrotiri Cyprus |
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| now it's Mr & Mrs Cruickshank. For the first of Four.... yes I'm on my Fourth and last! |
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| Wingco. Camp CO Lying down on the Job |
| Penguins on sick parade |
| Joe |
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| I'm a celebrity, get me out of here! |
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| This compound was home to me whilst at Akkers..From the aluminium dome sheds,where I spent many hours cleaning equipment .The land at the back being used for personal purposes and motorcycle part storage |
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| This Derogatory name, according to them, Penguins, I mean RAF Personnel, has been used since WW11. The use of it to most of them is like a Red Rag to a bull that is why we use it so often! Our endurance of the term Rockapes used for and against us, never sways us, and in fact we are rather proud of the name. All or most of the humour written about Rocks was penned by ourselves anyway. During the early 70's when traffic departments across the UK were issued with the new signs for falling rocks, they promptly dissapeared, only to later turn up attached to the tailgate of our blue 3 tonners "Beware of Falling Rocks" The snowdrops (RAF Police) failed to see the funny side |
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| Images courtesy of QCS website (see our links page) |
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