99th. Entry RAF Halton

Updated... 2nd. August 2010
Contact: Chris McBrien

99th. ENTRY ~ RAF HALTON

1961 + 50 = 2011

Friday 23^rd to Sunday 25^th September 2011

It is ON ! !

Two stalwarts of the 99th. Entry
have sampled the following
establishment and given it the
Thumbs Up...

The Venue is...

Three Queens Hotel,

One Bridge Street,

Burton on Trent,

Staffs.

www.threequeenshotel.co.uk

'Ginge' Brackley writes....

I have just returned from Burton on Trent and the National Memorial Arboretum in the company of Duncan Grant. We have found a suitable hotel in Burton and have booked it for the weekend of Friday 23^rd to Sunday 25^th September 2011.

A special Mailbox has been set up by Jim Brackley purely for Reunion Mail. This will reduce the load on his own private mail box. So please use... gingebee99@sky.com for Reunion matters.

The hotel is ten minutes drive from the Aboretum so we think coaches will be unnecessary.

The RAF Museum at Cosford is not far away together with its Cold War Exhibition.

The hotel is in the centre of Burton with good access by rail and not too far from Birmingham and East Midlands Airports .

National Arboretum can be viewed at... www.thenma.org.uk

Big Google Street Car update of the U.K.
copy the URL below into the address bar
of your browser to see HOME....

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wendover&sll=51.998245,-1.43761&sspn=0.002986,0.005236&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Wendover,+Aylesbury,+Buckinghamshire,+United+Kingdom&layer=c&cbll=51.785554,-0.738151&panoid=IfjNFFleoINurwBw6gdXAw&ll=51.798318,-0.739174&spn=0,359.958115&z=14&cbp=13,12.73,,0,6.48

The Aftermath

The Electricians all had a great Reunion on Saturday 24th. July 2010.

About 50 people including wives made the event.

The venue was:
The Pied Bull Hotel, http://www.piedbull.com/
54 High Street,
Newton-Le-Willows,
Merseyside,
WA12 9SH

The contact there is - Kevin
Tel: 01925 - 224549

For any other problems please contact: Billy Robinson at... Robinson. D. W.

One of the Entry, Richard Giffen, who purchased his discharge in the early days
has been reported as passing away some four and a half years ago.

Some photos of the 99th's Engine Fitters
Piston Broke as usual.

http://www.99halton.co.uk/engines.htm

The 99th Entry 2005 Reunion Dinner.
See latest photos here...

www.99th40th.co.uk

This WAS held on Saturday 22nd October 2005 at the Corus Hotel in Warwick.

Dave McCandless has been busy setting up a Website where photographs can be viewed.
There are now two CDs containing a lot of quality photos of both the 1961-64 era and all
of the Reunions that have been held. Each CD is priced at £5.00p. (Two weeks pay?)

Just click below...

www.99th40th.co.uk

......and you can see those bald patches, grey hairs, double chins and 38" waists.

Triennial 2010
The date for this 'three yearly' All ex-Brat event
will be on Saturday the 25th. September 2010.
http://www.99halton.co.uk/All-Halton/index.htm

The 99th. Entry arrived at RAF Halton on Tuesday the 19th. September 1961 and graduated on Wednesday the 29th. July 1964. We have located 168 of the 193 that started the apprenticeship. However, thirteen have passed away during those 44 years.
Reunions were held in .......

September 1991 with 65 attending.
July 1994 with 65 attending.
September 1997 with 27 attending.
9/9/99 with about 30 appearing over a three day period.
22 September 2001 with over 160 in total sitting down for the dinner. See photos here.... www.99th40th.co.uk
July 2004 with 14 attending.

Do you need a nice wire Badge for your Blazer? Why not download this file, print it out, cut around the edges and just glue it on yourself, or your Blazer.

A real one will cost you £8.40p. from the RAFHAAA... Click here for Blazer Badge.

Here's an interesting advertisement if you ever thought of joining the Royal Air Force again. It really shows how times have changed. Click here to see the advert.
Chris Bogg is having trouble with a hole in his back garden which he doesn't want. If you could... click here read the petition and add your name then I'm sure Chris will buy you a pint when he next pops across the Pond.

The Entry List Including E-Mail Contacts.

162 Present	16 Lost	16 Deceased
Allaway. W. J.	Barker. A.	Dave Foot
Allen. R.	Barnes. W. B. H.	Ted Greetham
Archer. L. G.	Barrand. J.	Adrian Winterbon
Ashby. C. T.	Cooper. D. A.	Ron Spencer
Aspell. M. W.	D'Souza. S. J.	Rick Reed (Aug 1992)
Auger. T. A.	Fleming. I.	Peter Procter (1993)
Bailey. D. J.	Graham. A.	Mick Buck (Jan 2000)
Bainbridge. J. W.	Groves. A. W.	Dave McKee (Feb 2000)
Bartlett. M. A.	Hunt. S.	Roy Hession (2001)
Battams. J. E.	Kosh. M. C.	Eddie Read (March 2002)
Beasley. G.	Lucas. P.	John Bewick (Jan 2004)
Beastall. W. A. (South Africa)	Peters. A.	Bruce Mitchell (2004)
Belshaw. P. J.	Rogers. R. T.	Dave Tapley (Feb 2005)
Bindon. B. R.	Thompson. S.	Richard Giffen (2005)
Boardman. P.	Wells. J. H.	Terry Harper (12 Oct 2005)
Bogg. C. (USA)	White. P. G.	J. Mick H. Viney (Nov 2006)
Boon. P. R.
Bottamley. G. S.
Bower. P. M.
Bowles. J. A.
Bowyer. A. D.
Boyd. M. A.
Brackley. B. J.
Buckley. D.
Burnell. J. K.
Campbell. B. J. (USA)
Campodonic. R. L.
Carvell. C. J.
Christie. M. R.
Clancy. M. J. T.
Clark. P. A.
Claydon. R. J. (Israel)
Clifton. R. J.
Cohen. D.
Coldrey. M. J. M.
Cole. D. P.
Collins. D. L.
Coombe. A. P.
Cooper. J. C.
Cooper. J. N . (Updated)
Copplestone. A. J.
Coupland. P.
Cozens. D. J.
Croft. T. E.
Cullen. J.
Cunnell. R. D.
Daly. P. A.
Dauncey. D. A.
Davies. A. B. C.
Davies. J. H.
Davies. M. T.
Derry. I. P.
Dixon. J.
Dixon. R. T.
Dyer. A. E.
Earl. C.
Edwards. M. G.
Elsom. M. L.
Evans. P. J.
Everest. C. J.
Fagg. B. P.
Fear. A. T.
Fisher. A. H. L.
Fox. D. E.
Fryer. R.
Funnell. S. N. G.
Giffin. R. A.
Gilmore. E. J.
Gliddon. A. F.
Gordon. F.
Grant. D.
Grant. I. D.
Gudgeon. J. E
Handley. G. M.
Hardy. H. R.
Hargreaves. T.
Harvey. B. C.
Haward. B. T.
Hayman. R. C. (Australia)
Higginson. E. J.
Hillary. J.
Hillman. C. J. C.
Hubbard. P. I.
Hyde. I. D. R.
Jackson. A.
Jackson. D.
James. R.
Jaques. P.
Johnson. E. G.
Johnston. T. A.
Joisce. W. J.
Jones. A. N.
Kerry. T. F.
King. T. J.
Knowling. C. C.
Lash. G. T.
Lawrence. A.
Lewis. N. (Fish Hoek, RSA)
Lewis. S. K.
Lindo. D.
Marks. T. J.
Martin. E. A.
McBrien. C.
McCandless. D. C.
Moore. B.
Morrison. J.
Morrison. J. T.
Murray. M.
Myall. D. M.
Nagle. J. H.
Nicholson. G. J.
Osborne. C. J.
O'Brien. D.
Paice. R. A.
Parker. M. J. G.
Payne. P. J.
Perris. A. J. B.
Perry. E. A .
Pinnington. A.
Potter. A. R.
Price. T. L.
Primmer. D. E.
Rackham. R. D.
Rajotte. P. L.
Rattigan. A.
Robbins. K. L.
Roberts. A.
Robinson. D. W.
Robinson. T. R.
Robson. D. E.
Rope. B. A.
Ross. D. J.
Rowe. D. C.
Sankey. R. C. K.
Seaton. D. J.
Sheerin. G. M. J. (Canada)
Smietana. M. W . (Australia)
Smith. R. J.
Snook. T. F.
Sobotnicki. J.
Stiles. T. M.
Swift. G. R.
Thompson.'Bob' Clive. J.
Thurlow. P. R.
Tomes. M. F. (Australia)
Tootill. K.
Trickey. C. R.
Tunney. P. F.
Twidle. D. J.
Uphill. M. B.
Upton. D. J.
Wheeler. J. R.
White. M. D.
Wight. D. S.
Wild. J.
Wilkinson. M. (Canada)
Willetts. K. B.
Wilmot. S. W. (Wales)
Winson. G. C.
Worrall. D. M.
Wooldridge. D.
Young. P. Q.

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