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I was at RAF Bridgenorth in January 1959 for basic training, the DI was Cpl Fowler, yellow sqnd. We arrived by train from RAF Cardington. I believe the station or platform was attached to the camp because we had to run across a field which was part of the camp. It was certainly not Bridgenorth station which is now part Of the Severn Valley Railway. Does any one have any memories of this? Non of the SVR Staff have any knowledge of this halt or station. I was then posted to RAF Leeming, I was a driver MTD(H). After 9 months I was posted to RAF Akrotiri, actuually arriving on Christmas Eve after a horrible sail for 11 days in a RAF troop ship. In may 1960 I was send home on compasionate leave as my Father had had a serious accident. I then spent my remaining service in a movements unit based in the Liver Building in Liverpool paid to live at home. I was demmobed in 1964. If any one out there remembers me please get in touch. Since posting this message I have looked at railway maps and find that there is no line near the camp, however its possible that there was a halt on the SVR and that once we had crossed the field we were loaded onto trucks or buses and then taken to the camp. My memory of that part is very hazy after all it will be forty seven years next January, but my memory of the halt and running directly accross the field is very vivid.
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