RAF Haydock

[Swo.man]

hi coker you say thatyou worked in the swo qffice  with wo mcgarvey  never iwasinthat office in june 19576 to july 1965 and never saw you sitting next  to me

[ex telgirl]

Just found this site thanks to swo man migy! hi Frank ;>) <grin>
I was one of those telephonists at North West Central who, more often than I liked, heard the footsteps and saw the shadows in that long corridor on night shift, don't remember being aided by the radio op's though! ;>)
I was stationed there end of 1958 until I left on Marriage March 1960
I have tried for years to contact my 2 bridesmaids Joyce Unsworth and Patricia Cross nee Dickinson.
Joyce came from Wigan and Pat Gt Yarmouth, anyone remember them please?
Others were Eileen McLaughlin, Cpl Peter Devlin he built a car from a kit  between raf & wraf blocks
I also remember the Raf block getting struck by lightning, one of the lads had a radio on windowsil and it got hit in a storm.
Some of the chaps formed a skiffle group, and played quite a good Lonnie Donegan with a tea chest for a double bass - my favourite on NAFFI Juke Box was Russ Conway!
Any other telephonistd at the same time as me remember?

[Swo.man]

hi telgirl nice to hear from you i played the tea chest in the spiders club  and can remember cpl devlin car job  im in contact with yvonne kirkpatric now cornish she lives down south now ex pmbx she might like to hear from you @ (*) thats her e mail address remember cpl barnes fire sec sgt makin police and my self cpl migy we were all good pals have some happy mems of haydock  have been contact with red setter on page 9 on thehaydock page  keep in touch regards frank migy

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[Sunshine Girl]

This email is for Jimbo and Swo-man, who both chatted with Red Setter.  Swo-man you were asking how Red Setter (Jan O'Dell) was since you hadn't heard from her in a while.  I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news but we lost Jan on May 1st following a 3 year battle with breast cancer.  I will miss her sorely as we had been friends since 1964, when we were both at Haydock.

[Swo.man]

hello sunshine girl what a sad day for me and all that knew dear jan iv looked at the photograph of you two on one of the pages larking about on the spiders web enterance door  jan lived just down the road from me i wish id known before now but there you are  god bless her  speak again later if you feel like it regards frank migy  swoman
                                                                                         

[Sunshine Girl]

Hello SWO-man. 
Thanks for replying to my posting about Jan. However, it wasn't Jan and I in the pictures at the Spider's Web. It was Pam, our other room-mate. How did you know Jan? Wher you at Haydock when we were there? If so, where d, on the pictures.
How did you know Jan?  Were you at Haydock when we were and, if so, where did you work?
As for Jan, she was one terrific girl. Always laughing and getting up to mischief. We remained friends through the years, even though distance separated us and, even at the end, when she was really ill, she still laughed and made jokes. I'm coming home in September and plan to spend some time with her four boys and their families.
Again, thanks for replying.  Jan was a "mate and a half" to me and I shall miss her terribly.

[Swo.man]

hello sun shine i was cpl migy and worked in the swos office and was at haydock from 1957 to 1965 and saw manya staion warrant officer come and go i was gaurd comander on april 1 1963 and walked of the tech block roof in the dark and broke my back in two places in st helens hos for six months wouldnt move me to an raf hos becouse of further damage got better and demobb 1965 then went to live in spain for 11 years now back in the uk and live not to far from where jan lived  you say you are coming home  where are you now then  talk again later re frank migy

[Sunshine Girl]

Hi Frank!
Then you were at Haydock when Jan and I were though I don't remember you.  Where was the SWO's office - across from HQ, by the slag heap? The only person I remember from that side of the parade ground was Cpl Andy (can't remember his last name.  He was Police). I worked in Accounting, across the hall from where Jan worked in General Office.
Sorry to hear about your breaking your back.  What on earth were you doing on the roof? 
Did you ever go to the Thursday night dances?  Jan and I were on the committee and sat at the door, taking the money.
You don't, by any chance, remember the name of the WO in charge of the Mess in 64-65, do you?  Jan and I adored that man (spoiled us rotten, he did) and his was the one name we couldn't remember. Put your thinking cap on anyway. 
I live in Sarasota, Florida now - God's little heaven, boasting the second best beach in the world on Siesta Key.  Sctually, it's not sand though, it's pure white quartz and the gulf waters there gets up to 89-90F - like bath water!
I'm coming home late August, probably for the last time, as I have a brother in Australia who's not getting any younger.
Anyway, if you can think of the Mess SWO's name, please let me know, won't you?
Jacqui

[Swo.man]

hi sun shine or it nee pam smith what was i doing on the roof i was gaurd commander on the passive defence ex and checking the night duty gaurds we had spot lights directed on to the message centre and it blinded me and i stepped off the edge of the roof say no more did you know bab best in accounts office local service wraf  cpl andy richards police  my office was the first door on the left as you went in to shqs but later moved to the old education block now then ic mess wo rice waaf or wo ward raf  i married the nurse who looked after me in hospital in 1966 who later became a nursing officer etc  we are now retired of course  oh well sign off now talk again  regards to you all frank ps have abrother who lives in states  bye