Royal Air Force
Administrative Apprentices Association

Multum A Parvo

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15th March, 2024

My thanks to Terry Waine (35th) for a very interesting article outlining his time as an Apprentice and later RAF Service. I know that all of that era will have ...

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13th March, 2024

Death Of An Association Member

It is with great regret that we must announce the death of Bryan Hoare (307th), the Association's Social Secretary, who died earlier today. Bryan had recently b...

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10th March, 2024

The Spring 2024 Edition Of The Association Newsletter

I have today published the Spring edition of the Association quarterly Newsletter (No 138)  The Newsletter Editor has emailed members with access to the in...

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28th February, 2024

A New Article - Geoff Stevens (40th)

Our thanks to Geoffry Stevens for providing us with some recollections of both his apprentice and subsequent RAf service. Geoff sent his article direct to St...

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25th February, 2024

Death Of An Honorary Member

Sadly we have been advised of the death of Mrs Sandy Hopewell the wife of the late David Hopewell (42nd). The funeral will be held on 4th March and we are await...

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22nd February, 2024

Bryan Hoare - Social Secretary

All members of your committee are greatly distressed to hear that our Social Secretary Bryan Hoare (307th) has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and is curren...

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14th February, 2024

Death Of A Non Member

Sadly we have been notified of the death of  Robert (Bob) Blyth (305th) who passed away peacefully at home on 5th February 2024. His funeral will take plac...

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3rd January, 2024

Comments On Member Articles

Please note that I have introduced a facility that will allow members to submit comments on published articles submitted to the website. A comments area will ap...

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31st December, 2023

Access To Regional Groups - Update

It has been drawn to my attention that members are unable to access the Regional Group pages from the main menu, due to a critical error message. I am aware ...

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28th November, 2023

The Nuclear Test Medal

We have previously published information regarding the award of the Nuclear Test Medal in both this the Noticeboard and in the June 2023 Association Newsletter....

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25th November, 2023

The AGM And Reunion 2024

The 2024 AGM and Reunion will take place over the weekend 15th - 17th June 2024 at the Northampton Marriot Hotel. An interactive Booking Fom is now available on...

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21st November, 2023

Bircham Newton Heritage Centre - Bryan Schofield Assn Chairman

Our Chairman Bryan Schofield  visited the Heritage Centre at Bircham Newton on Remembrance Sunday and was privileged to lay a wreath on behalf of o...

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19th October, 2023

Want To Find A Friend?

I have just received a Find A Friend request from Alan Smith (5th Entry Accounts), which you can access by following the link below. It has been a while since I...

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12th August, 2023

The 2023 Annual General Meeting And Reunion

The 2023 AGM Minutes and Annual Accounts have now been published on the website. Members with access to the internet will have been notified of the publicat...

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1st December, 2022

Association Items For Sale

  For your information, our Treasurer Garry Hoyland has notified the latest stock list: Apprentice Wheels £3.00 (108 left) Lapel Badges £3.00 (2...

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23rd November, 2022

A Proposed Visit To Northolt

The following is published on behalf of Phil Gough (31st). Would those interested please contact Phil direct at his email address shown below. 'I had the ide...

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12th October, 2022

Find A Friend Listing

I have today removed all Find A Friend requests that were over a year old. The current list can be found here: https://rafadappassn.org/find-my-friend-list/ ...

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4th October, 2022

Archive Items For Disposal

Our Membership Secretary has a number of archived items that are surplus to requirements. These are offered for just the cost of package and posting. To view...

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30th April, 2022

Asssociation Editorial Policy - An Update

        Most of you will be aware that the majority of websites now publish guidelines offering advice about their expected ...

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31st October, 2021

Payment Of Membership Subscriptions

A majority of our Association members will be aware that the Association currently bank with HSBC (Witney branch).  You may also know that as part of their rat...

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16th March, 2021

Contacting The Association

I thought it might be useful to repost this notice for the benefit of new members Would members please note that if you wish to contact the Association, your...

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15th September, 2020

Final Postings

We have introduced a new page within in the Home Page Scrapbooks menu which lists those ex-RAF Ruislip Apprentice Clerks, ex-RAF Administrative Apprentices and ...

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6th September, 2020

Commenting On Notices

It is worth reminding you that you can send comments in the Leave A Reply box situated at the end of each published Notice.  it is quicker to comment this ...

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Relevant Notices Are Now Archived

30th November, 2018

Relevant Notices Are Now Archived

When I publish a notice, it remains 'live' on the board until I feel it has been there long enough to have served its initial purpose. Rather than just delete a...

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19th May, 2018

Beware The Scammers!

I have today posted a new topic in our Forum page on the subject of fraud prevention. The post is not intended to teach anyone to 'suck eggs' but a timely remin...

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