ARBORFIELD OLD
BOYS ASSOCIATION 48th REUNION.
ARBORFIELD -
Friday 29th July to Sunday 31st July 2011 inclusive.
‘The Last Hurrah’ The following report contributed by Trevor STUBBERFIELD (52A) Photographic
contributions as attributed. MW: Copyright
© Max Warwick 49B. TS: Copyright
© Trevor Stubberfield 52A. |
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Saturday. The
March Out Through Our Gates. |
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Passing out on the completion
of our training, 6 Div marched off the parade ground to the sound of the
bands playing ‘Auld Lang Syne’. It would seem to be the most appropriate
tune as we marched out for the last time through our Arborfield Gates. This version starts quietly but builds up
to a full blooded sound of both pipes and military bands. |
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The A.O.B.A. Chairman Brian Hutchins 61B leads the
parade out through the gates, turning right towards Wokingham on the old
Yately Road. |
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There was a plan to march up the hill and back to
Bailleul, but bearing in mind who was marching, reality set in and Plan B was
instigated. |
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Under the headwear, 3x49ers Gordon Bonner, Pete Henry
and Dick Wright. |
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No matter how far up the ladder
of success you climb, never forget that you started as an Arborfield Boy and
Major General Ian Dale C.B.E. honours that memory by marching out of the
gates with members of his intake of 74B. |
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And so they kept coming. |
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Even those not marching were
determined to take part in the final act. |
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A.O.B.A. Asst Sec Keith Evans 45A
with the ceremonial closing of the gates. |
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The ‘Last Hurrah’ was sounded
with three cheers for Arborfield. |
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But you can’t keep Arborfielders down for long, so we all
trooped back in through the gates. |
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They can’t keep us out. |
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Extreme right is John Williams of 52A. |
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And still they came with George Thrower 52A on the extreme
left. |
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Major General Ian Dale C.B.E. 74B with A.O.B.A Chairman
Brian Hutchins 61B. |
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Published:
1st September 2011 _____________________________________________________________________________________ |
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