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nugget78
Original Poster
119 posts
89 months
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Spotted heading towards Shinfield at the Black Boy rounabout, didn't catch the plate, but guessing Emma or Paul? I was heading to the farm shop otherwise would have "tried" to catch you up 
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fildigger
1,076 posts
74 months
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Not me as i live in Derby but couldn't help notice the Arborfield location (did my Army basic training there in 1982) remember a lot of the local villages and Pub crawls  ...great memories. Is the Arborfield garrison still there?
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ARAF
11,547 posts
92 months
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I did my basic (TA) just down the road at Bordon. We got changed at Arborfield for the freedom of Wokingham parade. I think that must have been '82.
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richie slow
5,742 posts
33 months
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ARAF said: I did my basic (TA) just down the road at Bordon. We got changed at Arborfield for the freedom of Wokingham parade. I think that must have been '62. EFA^^^
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Paul v8
449 posts
34 months
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Not me unless Hmate treated herself to a blast for her birthday ,huh!!!!
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H5V VE
250 posts
72 months
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Probably Greg
He was out and about today
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fildigger
1,076 posts
74 months
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ARAF said: I did my basic (TA) just down the road at Bordon. We got changed at Arborfield for the freedom of Wokingham parade. I think that must have been '82. Yep! Did my trade training (SEME) at Bordon.....small world eh?
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EmmaJ
2,092 posts
15 months
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Yay my first spot  
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Dee Tee
344 posts
21 months
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EmmaJ said: Yay my first spot Hmmmm, Job for Clearasil,i think .;)
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EmmaJ
2,092 posts
15 months
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Dee Tee said: EmmaJ said: Yay my first spot Hmmmm, Job for Clearasil,i think .;) It's been a long time coming 
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EmmaJ
2,092 posts
15 months
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nugget78 said: Spotted heading towards Shinfield at the Black Boy rounabout, didn't catch the plate, but guessing Emma or Paul? I was heading to the farm shop otherwise would have "tried" to catch you up That's where we'd just come from! I was probably booting it as I'd got stuck behind a string of cars with a steady stream of oncoming traffic. What were you driving, do recall seeing another 'Ro on the road...?
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ARAF
11,547 posts
92 months
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fildigger said: ARAF said: I did my basic (TA) just down the road at Bordon. We got changed at Arborfield for the freedom of Wokingham parade. I think that must have been '82. Yep! Did my trade training (SEME) at Bordon.....small world eh? I have heard that Bordon is now empty, and Arborfield is also closing.  As for the SEME workshop, I remember we used to do 2 laps around for the BFT. 1.5 miles each lap. 
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nugget78
Original Poster
119 posts
89 months
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EmmaJ said: That's where we'd just come from! I was probably booting it as I'd got stuck behind a string of cars with a steady stream of oncoming traffic. What were you driving, do recall seeing another 'Ro on the road...? Just missed you then! Was in a blue CV8 coming from Arborfield. Caught sight of you as I was coming around the roundabout by The Bull.
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Gary H 2008
2,257 posts
58 months
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"Get off my land!"
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Greg VXR
181 posts
56 months
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Phils been storking me again  Must mean its time for another  These quicksilver VXR's are pretty common round here
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fildigger
1,076 posts
74 months
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ARAF said: fildigger said: ARAF said: I did my basic (TA) just down the road at Bordon. We got changed at Arborfield for the freedom of Wokingham parade. I think that must have been '82. Yep! Did my trade training (SEME) at Bordon.....small world eh? I have heard that Bordon is now empty, and Arborfield is also closing. As for the SEME workshop, I remember we used to do 2 laps around for the BFT. 1.5 miles each lap. Jeez! I had forgotten about that boring 3 mile BFT run around the hangars!...i was only 19 yrs old in 1983. Remember going to Petersfield regularly, Royal Oak i believe was our favourite haunt, drank some beer there! Big place SEME, wonder what will become of it?...Housing?
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ARAF
11,547 posts
92 months
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fildigger said: Jeez! I had forgotten about that boring 3 mile BFT run around the hangars!...i was only 19 yrs old in 1983. So was I. I think I'm going to have to go and find my passing out photo soon, just to see when I was there....
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bigbadvxr
99 posts
40 months
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fildigger said: ARAF said: fildigger said: ARAF said: I did my basic (TA) just down the road at Bordon. We got changed at Arborfield for the freedom of Wokingham parade. I think that must have been '82. Yep! Did my trade training (SEME) at Bordon.....small world eh? I have heard that Bordon is now empty, and Arborfield is also closing. As for the SEME workshop, I remember we used to do 2 laps around for the BFT. 1.5 miles each lap. Jeez! I had forgotten about that boring 3 mile BFT run around the hangars!...i was only 19 yrs old in 1983. Remember going to Petersfield regularly, Royal Oak i believe was our favourite haunt, drank some beer there! Big place SEME, wonder what will become of it?...Housing? The army are still here, they are supposed to be moving out in 2015.Maybe! (Bordon got "eco town" status so they want to build about 4000 houses out of sustainable materials Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.) Longmoor camp down the road is still busy (they are doing "Olympic security traing" there after the "jubille training was done.) Louisburg barracks is now empty. We get a lot of driver training going on here still from BSM cars, JSM driver training trucks up to the odd Challenger clipping the curbs! The Royal Oak you mention, is that the music pub in Hollywater?Still a biker music pub. There was the Passfield oak which has gone now and the Queens at Greatham.
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fildigger
1,076 posts
74 months
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Those camp names bring back some memories! (i had forgotten most of them) and the driver training  The Royal Oak was off Petersfield square (centre) down a street on the left hand side, it was such a long time ago i have almost forgot  ...might be this one now... http://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/news/local-busine...Thanks for the memories bud (think we have just about hi-jacked this 'Arborfield' thread!!!)
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