RAF Shinfield Park

Headquarters Flying Training Command 

(27th May 1940 - 1st June 1968)

Rusty Blagden  EMail rustytoots@yahoo.com

Photographs

Airmen’s Married Quarters

Guardroom

Outside Airmen’s Mess

rom Airmen’s Mess

Airmen’s block - Admin block in background

Airmen’s block - inspection morning

Member of public broken down outside camp gate. Note bus stops.

Black Boy's rear garden and pet. Note chain link fence & washing

1964 Reading town. Rag 'n Bone man 1

1964 Reading Townn Rag 'n Bone man 2

1964 - Fronting main road. L-R Jim Leonard, Bull(query), Taff Donovan, Mick Templeton, Charlie (chef)

Jim Davison

1964 - Jim Leonard + Ian Harley (Fire)

1964 - Pete Peregrine and his jalopy

airmans block. Alfonso, Bob Murney, Dave Angood, Malaysian lad, Ron Matthews, Phil Flavell

Rusty Blagden duty airman Guardroom

Josie Fagan

(Commcen)

1964 - Josie Fagan & Rusty - both Commcen

NAAFI Blue Room. George Chapman (Comcen), Pauline Eastood (Admin), Rene Wilson + Taff Legett+Bob Murney+Rusty Blagden all Commcen, Yvonne Freeman (Supply) 

Rusty & Yvonne(Freeman) wedding Shinfield Church. Best man & bridesmaid Gordon Campbell (Catering) & Margarent Atkins [Admin White Waltham]

Rusty Blagden and Bernadette

Yvonne Freeman (Supply) main gate

1964 - orienteering somewhere. PO Harvey, Phil Flavell &  Bernadette

1964 - Orienteering. Judy Sanderson far right

1964 - Yvonne with John Imrie (standing centre)  & Marge Imrie (seated 2nd left).

 Rest family members

1964

1986

1986 - alt entrance to Main bar via Blue Room

1986 - entrance to a domestic block

Officers mess grounds - Rusty & Yvonne Blagden (nee Freeman)

1986 - Officers Mess Plaque

Officers’ Mess

Officers’ Mess 2

Black Boy rear

1986 Black Boy  - Rusty & Yvonne Blagden (nee Freeman)

Black Boy

M4 Overpass - Black Boy in distance

Shinfield church

2014-2020