Royal Air Force Locking Apprentices Association

Re-union and AGM photographs

Photographs from the Apprentice days

Equipment photographs.

Unless otherwise stated, all photographs © Colin Hinson, all rights reserved.
If you are a member of the RAFLAA, then you are welcome to use these for
your own personal use, otherwise,

If you have any photographs you would like to add to those below, please drop me a line.

Re-union and AGM photographs.

• Cosford, 2004 (the small photos are 600 pixels wide, the large are 2048).
  • The '92nd' table- view 1 (small) (large)
  • The '92nd' table- view 2 (small) (large)
  • The '92nd' table- view 3 (small) (large)
  • Dancing - view 1 (small) (large)
  • Dancing - view 2 (small) (large)
  • Inidividual table - view 1 (small) (large)
  • Inidividual table - view 2 (small) (large)
  • Inidividual table - view 3 (small) (large)
  • Inidividual table - view 4 (small) (large)
  • Inidividual table - view 5 (small) (large)
  • Inidividual table - view 6 (small) (large)
• Weston-super-Mare, 2006 (the small photos are 600 pixels wide, the large are 3264)
  • AGM
    • Waiting for the meeting (small) (large)
    • The Committee and the Chairman (small) (large)
    • The Committee and the President (small) (large)
    • The Committee and the Treasurer (small) (large)
    • The Committee and the Membership Secretary (small) (large)
    • The Secretary speaking about the Halton Church window (small) (large)
    • The (unmodified) proposed Halton Church window (small) (large)
    • The Trophy presentation (view 1) (small) (large)
    • The Trophy presentation (view 2) (small) (large)
    • The Trophy presentation (view 3) (small) (large)
    • The Trophy presentation (view 4) (small) (large)
    • Presentation by the Newsletter Editor (small) (large)
    • "Golden Entry" (76th) speach 1 (small) (large)
    • "Golden Entry" (76th) speach 2 (small) (large)
    • Most of the Attendees from the back (small) (large)
  • Dinner - Dance
    • The table nearest the door view 1 (small) (large)
    • The table nearest the door view 1 (small) (large)
    • The treasurer's table (small) (large)
    • Tiny extracting cash (small) (large)
    • Tiny extracting more cash (small) (large)

Photographs taken on the day of the shutdown of RAF Locking. (25th Sept. 1998)

(The day was dull, and it rained most of the time, so the photographs are not the best).

• Where is SHQ?
• Where is the NAAFI?
• Where are the wooden huts?
• Where is hut 372?
• The Sports Field
• The new Top Mess.
• 1 T Block
• Looking from the Roundel Club toward Airmen's MQ, with the T blocks on the right.
• The old Gym block from the Roundel club.
• At the rear of the old Gym.
• Looking the other way.
• The Parade Square.
• Looking towards the T blocks with the parade square on the left.
• Looking up the hill from 2 T block.

Photographs from the Apprentice days

• Aerial view of RAF Locking as I remember it (89th entry) (small) (large)
• Photos. courtesy of Dave Fisher:
  • 86th entry billet (photo courtesy of Dave Fisher)
  • Printing Guild (in the IDH): Johnny Cornwell (89th), Colin Hinson (89th) & Sandy Gauld (92nd).
  • Printing Guild: sorting out the junior entry! (Colin Hinson, Sandy Gauld)
• Marching to tech - unknown entries (photo. courtesy of Tiny Kuhle) (small) (large)

Equipment photographs.

• The FPS6 outside 2T block, R.A.F. Locking ("The nodding horror")
• A Bloodhound Mk II at RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum (small) (large)
• R.A.F. Henlow Museum:
  • Console Type 60A (small) (large)
  • Console Type 61 (small) (large)
  • Console Type 64 (small) (large)
  • Radar T84 magnetron - 1.2Ghz (small) (large)
  • Radar T85 Klystron - 3Ghz, 1 of 12 used by the T85 (small) (large)
  • Assorted Bombing and Nav. Aids (small) (large)

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Page last updated 28th April 2006 by Colin Hinson (89th).