RAF Swinderby

[Tashy_Man]

I remember travelling up on the train from Cardiff with another guy (we had been at the same attestation so knew each other by sight). Any chatting on the way up he seemed "normal" enough....gets to swindits and gets on with it.

A few days later we were having some sort of briefing in the cinema (by the rocks I think) when all of a sudden he stands up and says that he hadn't brushed his teeth that morning....he just stands there and repeats this when the rocks say eh ? Anyways he gets led out .....we all assume hes getting the biggest bo11ocking ever....however it turns out he was taken to the med centre and then down to wroughton for "evaluation"...needless to say we never saw him again and the DI staff were in the block that night clearing out his locker.

Wonder whatever happened to him.....DT_Xtremez_09:

 

[Jim_P_Pulfrew]

No false memory about the carpets in Gibson Block, they definitely had them when I was there in '78. I suspect though that when they were due replacement, some wheel decided to go back to Linoleum, GP, Recruit for the buffing of.

 

[wobbly]

I think I was in Lord Block, diagonally across from the Naafi, back in November 86. We had a scouser Cpl DI called Boyd who was a good lad and from the same area of the pool as me. The female DI I always remembered in her greens during exercise, nice arse.

The funny thing was about 6 years ago I was in Cyprus doing motorsport and we were sat outside one of the blocks at about 3am drinking. Some of the lads had their other halfs there and we got onto the very same subject and I started talking about the female DI and ended up laughing my plumbs off when one of the lads (Then a CT) Mrs enlightened me that it was in fact her I was talking about. She saw the funny side of it but how spooky is that.

 

[gemarriott]

I remember travelling up on the train from Cardiff with another guy (we had been at the same attestation so knew each other by sight). Any chatting on the way up he seemed "normal" enough....gets to swindits and gets on with it.

A few days later we were having some sort of briefing in the cinema (by the rocks I think) when all of a sudden he stands up and says that he hadn't brushed his teeth that morning....he just stands there and repeats this when the rocks say eh ? Anyways he gets led out .....we all assume hes getting the biggest bo11ocking ever....however it turns out he was taken to the med centre and then down to wroughton for "evaluation"...needless to say we never saw him again and the DI staff were in the block that night clearing out his locker.

Wonder whatever happened to him.....DT_Xtremez_09:

wonder if they gave him a new toothbrush before they whisked him off to the bin?

 

[Roobarb]

I certainly remember the corridors in the new block having lino (Nov 87). Our DI gave us a tub of stripping fluid to remove the layers of polish put there by the previous entry so that we could start again. Unfortunately, we got a little too over enthusiastic with the wire wool and managed to take off the top shiny surface of the lino, leaving the matt cork layer instead. No matter what we tried (and the DI spent an afternoon having a go too) it would not buff up to any sort of shine.

Whilst there I hurt my hand, and duly reported to the med centre. “Sit down over there, and we’ll see to you in a bit” was my orders and sit there in silence I duly did. After 3 hours I was ‘discovered’, treated, and an attempt was made to convince me that not all staff were shouty & horrible.

And there was an SAC from the armoury who used to b0llock recruits – what was that about??

 

[gemarriott]

And there was an SAC from the armoury who used to b0llock recruits – what was that about??

Nothing personal but if you were an armourer posted to swinditz you'd bollok recruits too! If wasn't for them feckers the place wouldn't have existed and he wouldn't be stuck there!

Logical innit when you fink abaht it!

 

[grumpyoldb]

That must've been technically challenging.................
Servicing wooden sticks for 3 years???

 

[gemarriott]

That must've been technically challenging.................
Servicing wooden sticks for 3 years???

What else are sticks made ofDT_Xtremez_11:

 

[budgie]

When I went through (Sept '92) there was an Armourer Chief who had the biggest handle bar 'tash I've ever seen in my life. I remember both flights getting a right ear bashing for giggling whilst waiting to get our guns.
If you're reading this oh handled bar one, 'soz, I was young and I'd never seen facial hair before. Me mum had sheltered me as a kid.

 

[grumpyoldb]

What else are sticks made ofDT_Xtremez_11:

Plumbers.................dead wood.DT_Xtremez_28:

 

[gemarriott]

Plumbers.................dead wood.DT_Xtremez_28:

at least it's only fat wrafs that give us wood and not that pretty little French poodle down the grooming parlourDT_Xtremez_30:

 

[grumpyoldb]

at least it's only fat wrafs that give us wood and not that pretty little French poodle down the grooming parlourDT_Xtremez_30:

You're not wrong there mate..............poodles are prettier.........DT_Xtremez_28:

 

[Loopy Lass]

You're not wrong there mate..............poodles are prettier.........DT_Xtremez_28:

Off Topic And you are a bronzed adonis I assume.

I bet all the girls are chasing you all the time!

LL xXx

 

[grumpyoldb]

What's the most provocative thing a WRAF can put behind her ears............???




....................Her ankles...............!!!DT_Xtremez_28:

 

[grumpyoldb]

Off Topic And you are a bronzed adonis I assume.

I bet all the girls are chasing you all the time!

LL xXx

Not yet. Will be next month when I come back from Barbados................DT_Xtremez_31:

 

[mad_collie]

And this has got what to do with Swinderby?

Back on thread please.

 

[TrenchardsLoveSock]

One claim to fame back in 1990 was being possibly on the only flight where everyone was backflighted a week for being sh1t. Though must say i had already been put back 2 weeks the week before this happened due to injury.

That sounds a bit like my lot. Did you arrive there on Valentines day 1990?

The whole of 2 Sqn (apart from about 3 people) were binned from MFT and arrived back in disgrace.

In the b0ll0cking that followed one of the lads asked why he'd been binned. Our discip (Sgt M**, not a bad bloke considering his job) read his report and ripped into him about his terrible first aid.

"That's funny" was the reply, "I pass out of here as a JT and go straight to Halton Hospital as I've spent the last 5 years as an RGN in Glasgow A&E."

We were all told to fcuk off for a break and then half an hour later briefed that we would be required to re-do MFT with a different set of Rocks but pass out on the same day. Rumour has it that there was an investigation about what happened, but we never heard anything else.

 

[Tin basher]

No false memory about the carpets in Gibson Block, they definitely had them when I was there in '78. I suspect though that when they were due replacement, some wheel decided to go back to Linoleum, GP, Recruit for the buffing of.

DT_Xtremez_30: Thanks Jim I clearly remember there was carpet in the block my memory has not gone after all.DT_Xtremez_28:

 

[wolfy]

We did our MFT at Catterick, it was quite busy up there with rocks and army doing various types of training at the same time. Highlight of the exercise was our section attacking some army guys in the woods by mistake. We realised this very quickly as they started returning fire with blanks as opposed to us shouting bang with wooden guns masquerading as SLR's!!! Extremley embarrassing and no doubt gave them a few laughs in the bar later.

 

[lisab]

I think I was in Lord Block, diagonally across from the Naafi, back in November 86. We had a scouser Cpl DI called Boyd who was a good lad and from the same area of the pool as me. The female DI I always remembered in her greens during exercise, nice arse.

If I remember rightly, he was a Sgt when I was at Swinders, he bulled my shoes for me after this big lezza of a DI threw them at a wall!!!!