HALTON HOUSE - RAF HALTON OLD PHOTOS by jason blackman
hi i spend a lot of time making these small films of when the days were a lot different. most of the photos are from old books or old post cards. i love doing this to show you how life was way back then. some people can not buy books or find things to do with local history so this is why i have done this for all of you.
i do not do this to make money in any way, it is just for free so i do hope you all like the small films i do as it takes a long time to do. i did use to live in SW London but now moved to bucks where i find this is much better for me and my family.
all the best --- Jason Blackman.
APRENTICE OF THE RAF 1959
The training of RAF apprentice technicians at RAF Halton. The film includes unusual of Vulcan servicing,three ship formations and Swifts being loaded with air-to-air missiles....Enjoy..
RAF Training School At Halton (1938)
Halton, Buckinghamshire.
At the Royal Air Force School of Technical Training we see young men learning about the mechanics and maintenance of aircraft in a hangar. The RAF aircraft apprentices sit on benches in a field and see others working on aeroplanes. Other cadets sit looking at explosive shells and peer through a gun viewfinder. Several boys stand beside a plane and put on their flying helmets and goggles.
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Halton Royal Air Force Station - Song Medley - HMV Private Record - 78 rpm
Here's A Medley of songs with a flying theme sung by the 500 apprentices at the Technical school at Halton Royal Air force Station near Wendover, Buckinghamshire in the Chilterns. I guess this was recorder during World War Two when it would have been the most heavily staffed it has ever been. Halton Airforce Station is still operational today,but has been earmarked for closure in the defence spending cuts by 2020.
I haven't found any information about this private recording by HMV no doubt for the air force to give copies to the participants I also have 2 more Red Label records recorded by Columbia records which I will upload videos of eventually of a selection of further interesting songs.
Royal Air Force Halton or more simply RAF Halton is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The site has been in use since the First World War but is expected to be disposed of by 2022.
HRH the Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Halton.
The first recorded military aviation at Halton took place in 1913 when the then owner of the Halton estate, Alfred de Rothschild, invited No 3 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps to conduct manoeuvres on his land. Following a gentlemen's agreement between Rothschild and Lord Kitchener, the estate was used by the British Army throughout the First World War. In 1916 the Royal Flying Corps moved its air mechanics school from Farnborough, Hampshire to Halton, and in 1917, the school was permanently accommodated in workshops built by German PoWs.[2][3]
The estate was purchased by the British Government for the nascent Royal Air Force at the end of the First World War for £112,000.
In 1919 Lord Trenchard established the No. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton for RAF aircraft apprentices,[4] which remained at the station until it moved to RAF Cosford in the early 1990s.[5] Also in 1919, Halton House – a French-style mansion built for Lionel de Rothschild – was re-opened as the station's Officers' Mess, a role which the grade II listed building continues as today.[6]
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital Halton was opened in 1927 as a large purpose-built military hospital, replacing an earlier makeshift medical facility housed in wooden huts that had been opened in 1919. The hospital was the second unit in the United Kingdom to have a renal facility, and besides developing a cure for Sandfly fever, the hospital was the first in the world to use penicillin on a large scale in 1940, just after its discovery.[7] The hospital was closed in 1995 due to Government defence cuts. The buildings remained derelict until 2007–08 when they were demolished for new housing in a development called Princess Mary Gate.[8]
During the Second World War, RAF Halton continued its training role. Additionally No 112 Squadron and No 402 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force were based at Halton for part of the war. No. 1448 (Radar Calibration) Flight was converted into No. 529 Squadron at Halton in June 1943. Initially, the squadron flew the Cierva C.30 and the de Havilland Hornet Moth and by the end of the war, the squadron was competent with autogyro aircraft.[9][10]
In July 1952 the uncrowned Queen Elizabeth II performed one of her first duties as Sovereign by presenting a colour to Number 1 School of Technical Training; the first to be awarded to an apprentice school, and the first to be presented to an 'other rank' when Sergeant Apprentice Hines, of the 63rd Entry, received the colour from Her Majesty.[11]
When No. 1 School of Technical Training moved to RAF Cosford in 1993, they took over guardianship of the Queen's Colour and on 31 October 1997, Her Majesty presented RAF Halton with its second colour. RAF Halton was the only station to be granted the dignity of two Queen's colours.[12] The move of No. 1 School of Technical Training to RAF Cosford afforded space for the RAF School of Recruit Training to be moved from RAF Swinderby to RAF Halton in July 1993, where it has been ever since.[13] In the year 2004-2005, RAF Halton trained 24,000 personnel, though not all were Phase 1 recruits; some were attending the Airman's Command School which trains Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) in Phase 2 and 3 discipline
The King At Halton
(17 Apr 1939) His Majesty visits the Apprentices' Camp at RAF Halton.
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Royal air force recruitment film, 1950's -- Film 6056
Royal Air Force recruitment film.
RAF Halton, near Wendover, Buckinghamshire. Air force base primarilly used for training. Parade ground drill. New recruits.
PM Halton Feb 2008.wmv
This video or Princess Mary's Hospital Halton was taken just before it was torn down to make way for flats and houses. To anyone who served there and the local population, it was seen as a big mistake and in its time many service people and civilians were cared for in the hospital.
With the number of service men and women now fightiing across the world the closure of military hospitals was a major mistake.
a glider at RAF Halton before the 100 years memorial flight
This glider demonstrates how quiet the parade ground can be!
apd34 movie
APD 34 RAF Halton 1979, off duty larking about
Proud to see our adopted son Ross passing out
Ross graduating at RAF Halton 21 July 2015
First World War Trenches at RAF Halton come alive 15.07.11
First World War Trenches at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire are being brought back to life this weekend. Members of the Great War Society will be living in them for the weekend while archaeologists explore other parts of the site.
Vulcan Bomber
The Vulcan Bomber performing a fly past over RAF Halton on 29/09/12