RAF Haydock

[tony the lip]

hello again cpl ,
iwas at haydock for just 6 short months june 61 till nov 61 ,i do remember yourself and fire bucket barney as he was nicknamed (please no offence meant) having just spent 12 m0nths on gan it was one hell of a laugh,looking back for myself they were wonderful and happy memories .i only lived approx 3 miles down the road  and never stayed on camp at night  apart from once when you put me on fire picket ,ihave many times chuckled at the events at that time on camp too many for this short message .
i still live down the road am aged 72  was 38 when got married so had a good singles innings .
cheers for now
from ganman tony

[Swo.man]

hi tony im swo man re ex cpl migy  i live in orell just down the rd from you  how about meeting some time and have a good chat  we might meet at the bottom of road thatlead tothe camp regards swo man

[tony the lip]

hello there ,
i live in winstanley ,not to clever on the computer im afraid .
would love to have a chat, will be shopping at aldi in the morning
 for next door if anyone sees us  we tell them we shop at marks and spencers
only kidding  im on (*) to make arrangements
cheers for now from ganman tony

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[Bilge]

Sgt. ATHERTON, MoD Police. Would have been Sgt. ATHERTON, Air Ministry Constabulary in those days MoD Police never came about until about 1970. They do have a Museum at their training base at Wethersfield, Essex maybe a letter to them may help trace him.

[TonyDolphin]

Interesting reading, we as a family moved to Haydock in 1956 and lived in 12, Avery Square, AMQ's. I understand that my father was a bit of a stickler on the discip side W/o Dolphin. Sadly he died in 2007, but he got a fair old whack from Auntie Betty pension wise! I left Haydock in 1960 and joined up as a 'Plumber'. My father was posted to RAF Changi in mid 1960, he retired in 1962. I can recall most of the names referred to in that period plus some others. I went to Haydock Sec Mod school down in the village. We used to play up on the Squarts Croft as the slag heap at the back of the camp was known. Interesting times...... There was the Rice family, Ranson's, Kerr's, McIntyre's, Bryce's. Cannot recall the CO's name but his son was stone deaf but a good laugh. My last memory of the camp was getting on the bus to go to RAF St Athans in May 1960. Thanks for the memories

[Swo.man]

dear tony so soorry yo hear about  your  dad  i  remember him well i was at haydock  from 19 57 to 19 65   and remember the list of names  you men  the place shut down in 19 71 iwalked of the messasge cen roof in 1963  and was in hos   for some time then dis from thr raf in1965  on med grounds lived in spain  11 years  we came back three years ago  by the way iwas cpl migy and worked in swo s office nice to hear from you  regards f. migy

[TonyDolphin]

Thanks for the kind regards for Dad. I think the SWO livednext door to us a little ginger haired guy - bit firery if I recall :-)
Strange full circle I now live in Spain - one of my brothers old school pals lives in the new Avery Square. He also has a house in Spain not far from me.
What a small world.

[Swo.man]

hi greyhound  i may have the gen your looking for iwas at haydock from 1957 to 1965  and can remember a lot of names during my stay there  some information i cant give you of course   contact soon        regards swo. man

[Swo.man]

where are you red setter did you get my message hope to hear from you soon  regards ex cpl migy