Over the years, from 1939
to the closure in 2004, the terms and conditions of service at the Arborfield Army Apprentices
School changed
considerably. Rates of pay, hours of
work, leave allowances, trades taught, even the ranks to which Apprentice
Tradesmen could rise were all recorded in the prospectus available to
prospective recruits. “It was much
harder in my day” is always the claim made by Old Boy to the Jeep. The proof of the pudding can now be judged
by reading the various prospectus and welcome leaflets, and we are looking
for more years to publish.
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