Although Stan isn't an MT Driver we thought we'd 'post' a copy of an email we recently received.
(Note the site crest and his age).
Update 25.02.04:
Sadly, Stan Michael (PIP) Warren, Died 4.15 am, 3rd February 2004
Hello
Guys,
Had to laugh out
loud when I piped your logo Pist'n Broke!!!!, did me good having just
recovered from a bout of the lurgi (or something) You have a great site
there old lad, I had a good shufti, but must say that my old eyes find
your small pics a bit of a handicap, but I am 91 years old, although folks don't believe it.
Although I wasn't MT, I took the course for drivers ready for the 2nd
front at Pwhelli, cant spell that so lets say North Wales, then at
Blackpool where we had the big stuff, scared the shavings out of me having
to reverse a crane up a narrow ramp, but I made it. I volunteered for the
course, although I already held a licence, so it was like a con course, as
a result, I had a Thorney to take up through France, and was glad to be
shut of it at Brussels!, now I would not drive a pedal car !!
Regards
Stan Warren
Dear
Both
Great site, some time ago I sent some stories to a RAF News advert for RAF tales, have heard nothing since so here they are,
In 1957 they decided to build a radar station on the top of Tai Mo Shan
(19,000ft) in the new territories, Hong Kong.
Most of the RAF Sek Kong drivers, now at Kai Tak, were involved.
Paddy Ferelli took a 10 ton Coles up to the top, no mean feat, as the road was a jeep
track, from the road (Twisk) it was five miles to the top, but as the crow flies it was only one mile.
I took several bits up on a Bedford RL tipper, past the front of the tipper you can see the runway of RAF Sek Kong, with China in the background.
Nine years later I was with 2 MT and a fellow driver showed me some photo's of what was left of the crane, It was up there some time then someone was bringing it
down, missed a gear, lost control, and jumped out of the cab, and the crane found
it's own way down.
We were the best at something ??
Reason for the inane grins, someone had just let rip a great loud one
(or put another way had broken wind)
The first picture below is line up of some of the Bedford QL 950 gal refuellers on the new hard standing extension of the MT yard.
The hard standing was the only thing left in 1989 of the MT section when I paid a visit to Stradishall, now called HMP Prison
Highpoint, (in my other life as a prison officer)
Bedford QL 950 gal
AEC Mamoth Major
AEC Matador
Ford
Phoenix
(a cow to drive)
Hippo's RAF Quedgley 1967 all vehicles are 2 MT
Group
photo is RAF Old Sarum 1964 [safe driving award] the last photo is
of ' Blodwyn' my crane, the last screw jib in the RAF, a
Leyland Retriever went for sale and we had a modern AEC COLES That
would not go round the tight 1912 little camp roads.
RAF
Sek Kong lazy vehicles 1956 All horizontal instead of vertical............. Still it is
China !
Standard
Vanguard-
Taff Boyce in a borrowed overcoat.
This
fine selection was sent in by Gerald
Paul taken during his time as an MT Driver at RAF Ahlhorn in Germany
from 1956 - 1958. Most of his time at Ahlhorn was spent as Sick
Quarters Driver. When the camp was being handed over to the
Germans he was posted to RAF Gutersloh to finish his service.
Bussing
Crashed German F84 Thunderstreak
Crashed Opel Kapitan driven by Taffy Challenger
Refueller
RAF Ahlhorn Demob Party
RAF Ahlhorn Officers Mess
RAF Ahlhorn
Refuelling
Flt
RAF Ahlhorn Refuelling
Vehicles
RAF Ahlhorn Sick
Quarters
RAF Fassberg MT
Drivers
Sylt Sqn Refueller Drivers, Myself, Moby Whale and Granville
Kershaw
Hi Guy's
Came across your
page through reading the 'RAF NEWS' a great page.
Just thought that
you may like to see a pic of me and my trusty 'Thorny' at RAF Locking in
1951, I used locking as a stop over when I was on a task running between
Exeter and Lytham St Annes, a really long distance run in those days, I
was on this task for about two months.
At No 2 Mt Company
once we managed to get away from RAF Bicester which was 40 Group HQ's,
and a real bull camp,( in fact our CO said if we came back to Bicester
on a Monday, we were not fit to be in 2MT as he could not get us off kit
inspection on a Tuesday morning) we did not know when we would return,
as once a task was finished we would get another task from what ever
movements control was nearest to us.
