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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: Ian Pluck
       Date: November 18, 2012, 1:09 pm
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       I know what you mean, but the Pass Out Parade was the light at
       the end of a long tunnel (for most of us!), and a real target to
       aim for.  Add to that the pride in ourselves after completing
       basic training and showing ourselves off to family who had come
       up for the day, and I can quite imagine why people would be
       upset to miss it.
       Now AOC's on the other hand was a complete pain in the arse!
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: guest87
       Date: January 21, 2013, 10:09 am
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       After Passing Out Parade before going to Compton Bassett,sliding
       up and down on the billet lino in our parade boots,and smashing
       our pint pots.
       What a sad lot we must have been.
       #Post#: 8926--------------------------------------------------
       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: Ian Brade
       Date: February 12, 2013, 1:57 pm
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       Just curious, is the camp at Bridgnorth still there,been
       flattened or some other use?
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: steve beddoe
       Date: February 12, 2013, 3:42 pm
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       This may help Ian
  HTML http://www.rafbridgnorth.org.uk/
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: Ian Brade
       Date: February 13, 2013, 11:21 am
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       Cheers for that Steve, I will be having a look at that.
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: terry
       Date: February 15, 2013, 2:43 pm
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       Unfortunately RAF Bridgnorth is no longer there. Not sure what
       it is now but I suspect it is a large housing estate. I will try
       to find out and go see when I visit my son next time. he lives
       about 15 minutes away in Telford.  TB
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: steve beddoe
       Date: August 3, 2013, 7:31 am
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: terry
       Date: August 4, 2013, 10:49 am
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       Stevie. Is there a page 2 to this. I would love to read the
       whole thing.  TB
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: steve beddoe
       Date: August 8, 2013, 6:50 am
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       Pages 2 & 3
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       Re: RAF Bridgnorth - Basic training.
   DIR By: Gerry Haley
       Date: August 8, 2013, 10:19 am
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       I went with my caravan to a site called Stanmore Park just on
       the outskirts of Bridgnorth a few years ago. At reception I
       asked where the old camp was, it was on opposite side of where
       we were staying. They produced a file with pages of comments and
       photographs provided by ex Bridgnorth guys.
       The camp is mainly overgrown with trees and weeds but dog
       walkers are in abundance.
       A garden of rememberance has been created with a boiler room
       chimney, flags and a plaque remembering all those who served
       there.
       At the railway station a plaque on the wall remembers all those
       who arrived by train to do their training.
       Two 1940's weekends are held every year, the last weekend in
       June and the first weekend in July. Steam trains travel between
       Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, super weekends, worth a visit.
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