| Akhurst |
Squadron Leader 2 Wing - first Halton Apprentice |
| Arsehole Clinkers |
Aston Clinton |
| Arthur Morris |
The original owner of a "liberated" tool etc stamped  |
| Astra |
Camp cinema, very popular with brats. Also see "Tanner crush" |
| Benny Goodman |
Fllight? sergeant, airframes. Rode a
Panther sloper combination |
| Berko Boys |
A gang of youths from Berkhamsted |
| Berry - (dingle!) |
Pilot/Flying Officer flight commander? for
Airframes/Armourers |
| Bint |
Girl (deriv. Arabic - girl, daughter) |
| Blackman |
D.I. Sergeant for Airframes/Armourers |
| Boggies or bogmen |
National Service airmen |
| Brown job |
See Pongo |
| Buffing the deck |
Polishing the lino |
| Bull night |
Barrack rooms cleaning |
| Bumper |
Used for buffing the deck |
|
Bunk |
Single rooms in barrack blocks. There were two per barrack room; an inside and outside bunk.
They were occupied by either A/A NCOs or regular( D.I.) NCOs |
|
Camp bicycle |
A local 'friendly' lass. |
| Civvy |
A civilian |
| Civvies |
Civilian clothing |
| Cube (Enright) |
So nicknamed because he was more than
square |
| Cunt cap |
Forage cap |
| CC |
AKA jankers - confined to camp. A punishment metered out
to recalcitrant brats in preferred measures
e.g. 3, 7, 14 days |
| Davies |
D.I. Sergeant for Airframes/Armourers |
| Deevey |
D.I. Corporal for A Squadron, Engines |
| Dum spiro spero |
Latin ="While I breathe, I hope". Supposed to
have been written by a guy called Cicero but his name doesn't appear on the entry list |
| Earwicker |
D.I. Flight Sergeant for A Squadron, Engines |
| F000 |
Toilet paper |
| F1250 |
RAF Identity Card |
| F295 |
Leave Pass |
| F252 |
Disciplinary charge form.
Commonly known as a fizz or fizzer |
| F700 |
Aircraft maintenance sign-off form |
| Gash |
Spare |
|
Gash Trades |
'Endearing' term used by
Airframes/Armourers/Engines for the trades in 3 Wing - Electrical and
Instruments |
|
Gen |
Information e.g. "The gen on ..... is ...." or as a verb e.g. "He genned
me up on the ......." |
|
Grumble |
As in Cockney rhyming slang (Grumble and grunt) so a decent looking
bird was a "nice bit of grumble" |
|
Hine |
D.I. Sergeant for C Squadron, Electrical and Instruments. Vertically challenged, nick-named Drag. |
| Jankers |
See CC |
|
Johnson (Amy) |
WRAF Pilot/Flying officer, very
attractive, taught English in the brats school. |
|
Kermode |
The AA's set book on theory of flight |
| Lee Enfield Mk IV rifle |
http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/arms/rifles/armbsr.htm (You'll notice the Weapon No 1 on the REME site was a
33rd Entry issue) |
| Lewis |
The goat |
| Llewellyn |
Flt.Lt. O.C. 2A Wing? |
| Matelot |
A sailor |
| Nevvy |
(Spelling?) - a VIP - probably at least a Group
Captain |
|
Nuffield Centre |
A popular Services club among Apprentices in
London which ran dances regularly attended by the nurses from Charing Cross
Hospital? |
|
Orr (Paddy) |
D.I. Sergeant for A Squadron, Engines |
|
Pimple |
A grass patch on top of the hill overlooking
Henderson-Groves square. A popular place for brats to climb up to and survey the
world of their three year sojourn. |
|
Pig sticker |
Non ceremonial (round cross section) bayonet |
|
Pit |
Bed |
|
Plumbers |
AKA Armourers |
| Pongo |
Soldier - "Wherever the army goes the pong
goes" |
|
Slim Turner |
One of the more human RAF Policeman at the Henderson-Groves guardroom.
He ran the Station broadcasting service. |
| Snag |
L/A/A |
| Snoops |
AKA RAF Police |
| Snowdrop |
AKA RAF policeman |
| Spot bollock on |
Absolutely correct. Commonly relating to a dimension or fit. |
| Sprog |
Member of a junior entry |
| Tanner crush |
A queue outside the 6d entrance of the Astra cinema. Senior
entrants often barged their way past the sprogs, even walking on top of them. |
| Tombstone City |
Tring |
| Tank |
AKA NAAFI - supplier of Nelson cakes, Eccles, Still (powdered lemon
drink) 1d and single chips 1½d - not a bad supper for 2½d |
| Webb |
D.I. Sergeant for Airframes/Armourers |
