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A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 14:00
by DaveB
Hi Chaps :hello:

Apologies if this has been shown before but I've been sent this link I thought you'd like to see..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/aerialjourneys/5347.shtml

ATB
DaveB B)smk

Re: A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 15:45
by Garry Russell
Cheers Dave :thumbsup:

Not seen that one before

I did link the Bristol Freighter one he referred sometime ago, but this is a new one on me :)

Re: A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 19:41
by Vancouver
Bah humbug! - not available in my area message from those meanies at the Beeb.

Re: A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 19:47
by Garry Russell
Probably pointless because the commentary is in BeebSpeak and there's no sub titles :lol: 8)

Re: A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 20:02
by Dev One
Same problem as Vancouver here in France!!!
Keith

Re: A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 20:36
by Paul K
I'm sure I've seen that film before, enjoyed it still, particularly as it was RAF Watton. Not much of the place left now, apart from the married quarters that have been sold off. Odd that one of the commentators is called Dimmock, as one of my best friends at Watton was Richard Dimmock. We used to play inside two Avro Lincolns lying at the fire training dump, along with a Hastings. You could sneak under the fence dead easy, and nobody worried even if you were spotted. :lol:

Re: A bit of nostalgia from 1955

Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 20:19
by JohnD
What a coincidence - I was looking for a similar program that was live on TV in the late fifties early sixties at RAF Cranwell. It was before June 1962 as we moved to RAF Khormaksar in Aden then.

We lived there at the time and were watching TV and going outside to see them fly over at the same time. I was about 12 / 13 at the time and found it very exciting.
I'm sure there was an Argosy or Beverley being used as a camera ship and the aircraft flying behind and then peeling off to the side.

Anyway thanks for posting as it brought back some more memories. :)

Regards

John