Quote Originally Posted by The Q View Post
Post war Granddad was WO IC training at a base near Barnard Castle..

So had you qualified you'd have been an LfitGR, as I was, this was later changed to LtechAD, neither exist anymore, as the reduced size of the RAF has combined the GR /AD and the Airfield AF trades.
Number 1 Radio School RAF Locking has closed and moved to RAF Cosford with the Airfield trades

As for Catterick I went to the Army base once but only as far as the guard room to pick up some equipment. later I also went to RAF Catterick, which is now part of the Army Catterick. Our range was closed so we went to use theirs, I had the wonderful pleasure of marching about 50 men across the airfield to the range..
Many baby officers from the place, suddenly decided it would be the right time to go for a walk around the peri track, all on alternate sides of the road so I kept having to change sides of the troop, salute and give the eye right or left as required..
No, I would have been a Junior Technician. It was 1971. I was at RAF Locking. Distant memories now.

I did roll up at an RAF base in Germany when I was in the TA, after leaving the regular army. I was with 253 Provost Coy RMP(V). I think they were a bit worried when a whole Company of Military Police arrived, but we were only there for the cookhouse. I used to go to extraordinary lengths to avoid saluting officers.