52A MEET AGAIN. Edited by: Trevor STUBBERFIELD (52A). |
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collection of photos, starting from 2001, and recording some of the first
meetings of members of 52A, and a few friends, since we parted company in
February 1955. Apologies
from T.S. ‘The
Editor’ for his ‘Kilroy was here’ attendance in most of them but that’s
how it was. |
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2001.
Frank Bass, John Todd, Bill Gibson and Trevor Stubberfield
first met in February 1952 in Barrack Room F6 at Arborfield
AAS as members of Intake 52A. Here we
meet again at John Todd’s residence in Scotland. |
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At the same time, Gwen Todd, Elizabeth Bass and Mavis Stubberfield got together. _____________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2001 and T.S. and Bill Gibson pose outside Bill’s
residence in Perth, Scotland. |
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Trevor and Mavis surround Praxy
Gibson who made us so welcome. |
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The
smallest in Scotland, the distillery that is.
T.S. and Bill Gibson. How could
we resist? _____________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2002 with Trevor and Mavis door-stepping Jan and Kelvin
Bob Roberts 52A at their home. _____________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Information added 1st February 2021 |
The
press cutting below records the long, ongoing and eventually successful, search
for ‘Bob’. |
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2002, T.S. with Chris and Colin Lenihan
52A, another friend from Room F6 at Arborfield. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2002, on the same journey north, Danny Yule 52A and his
lady. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2003, John Bodle 52A
door-stepped at his home by T.S.. |
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John and Jill Bodle with
Mavis. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Norman and Shirley Pywell
with T.S. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Norman Pywell and Mick
Robinson 52A/51B ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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2003, Frank Bass and T.S. at my place in Luton. |
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Elizabeth and Frank Bass with Mavis. |
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T.S.
handing over the newly published ‘Arborfield
Apprentice to Dave Magill 52B. A
pre-planned ‘surprise’ visit, it brought Frank and Dave together after a very
long time. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Frank Bass, John Todd, T.S. and Bill Gibson in Luton
before setting off to an A.O.B.A. Reunion. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Arborfield
2003, Trevor Trill, John Williams, Frank Bass. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Alan Algy Morton
(51B) with T.S. at Alan’s place. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Lincoln, August 2012.
Brian Paton and Mick Robinson 51B/52A. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Perth, Scotland, October 2012, Brian Paton and Bill
Gibson. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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First Published: 15th May 2014. Latest Update: 1st February 2021. ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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