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In 1942 I started an engineering apprenticeship in Huddersfield. I was 16. The war was on and, when I was old enough, I applied to join the Royal Navy - but…
My Course, U133 began in October 1968 when I was an 18-year old Police Cadet in Leicestershire Constabulary. I was elected Captain of my patrol and remember…
A few highlights from the Moray Sea School...As a 19 year old, my employers, Barclays Bank, decided to send me to Outward Bound in January 1969 - in the north…
I left school at the age of 14 for employment with Accles and Pollock Ltd., tube manufacturers, as a trainee Millwright. The company were excellent to work…
I was a pupil at Exmouth Secondary School and was given the opportunity to go to OBSS Aberdovey by the Devon County Council. It was a wonderful experience but…
I was 20, an engineering apprentice. I had never been to Scotland before but loved the idea of adventure. I spent a month at Moray Sea School with 12 other…
Recently, whilst on holiday in Wales, we decided to see if the Outward Bound School, as I knew it, was still in Aberdovey. I had been on Course 151 which ran…
To be accepted as a Midshipman with Alfred Holt & Coof Liverpool I had to successfully complete an Outward Bound Course.I was awarded an 'Honours' Badge with a…
Below are extracts from my original Outward Bound diary (my log book) written when I was 15 years old, along with a copy of my Patrol photograph (I was in…
I attended the Loch Eil Centre near Fort William from the 1st to the 26th August 1977, with 9 other MOD apprentices from all over the UK to form the 'Macdonald…
A month long course from the middle of January to the middle of February, as part of my Junior Fireman Apprenticeship with Hampshire Fire Brigade. Early…
This past week I found a small document titled an 'Excess Ticket'.It was issued to me on Sunday 29th Nov 1958 by the railway Station Master in Perth,…
