Evolving from The International Friendship Club (1961)



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Pete in The RAF

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ABOVE: The Sick Quarters staff at RAF Ruislip (Pete took the picture)

ABOVE: Pete's old mate Corporal Ivan Brown being honoured by dignitaries. Ivan was a great Calypso singer and guitarist. Pete once cured his throat infection a couple of days before he appeared on The BBC Light Programme's 'Guitar Club' in 1957

 

Pete joined The RAF in 1955, and, as he was a pacifist, he became a Nursing attendant.

However, he still had to do his basic training (six weeks) at RAF West Kirby, and two weeks Ground Combat Training at Altcart in Yorkshire.

(See Photos on the right)

Then he went to RAF Warton, where he did 16 weeks intensive studying to become a Nursing Attendant, 2nd Class.

He published a weekly magazine called 'Petry's Forces Fun' (See above)

which his RAF colleagues found very amusing!

Pete's mascot, Cecil The Snail, also went with him!

AC2 Roger Franklin Aylott and AC1 Des Taylor in RAF Ruislip Sick Quarters

Above: Pete Sketching a fellow AC1 at West Kirby 

Above: 'Bull Night' in the nissan hut at West Kirby.(Pete on the right)

Pete's friend Dave Rich on combat training at Altcart Moors, Yorkshire (in the middle of Winter!)

...and here's Dave (who also trained at Warton) with a pint in The NAAFI!

PIt was at RAF Watrton medical School that Pete developed his self-healing method. 'Psychosupanataphysiology', and he has since used this as a basis for a Video, which you can watch by CLICKING HERE

After his medical training, he was posted to RAF Ruislip, where he eventually graduated to Nursing Attendant 1st Class. (spot the deliberate mistake!) , eventually to be put in charge of Sick Quarters as Senior Medic, and to be trained as an Air Ambulance Attendant...

During 1957, The enture camp of over 400 personnel all went down with The Asian flu pandemic, including Pete's medical Officer, Squadron Leader Barbara D Wilberforce. All, that is, except Pete, who used his Self-Heling method to prevent the contageon.

This meant that pete was the only one of the camp that continued to work, and the only member of the Medical Staff to treat everyone on camp, as various members of his staff went down one by one...

Here. he also arranged dances, which he called 'Hops', (probably one of the first 'Discos'), Variety Shows, and he ran The Station radio, with a weekly record request show. he called this 'After The Bull', as it happened to fall on Tuesdays, which was 'Bull Night'.

he often roped in assistance from Sick Quarters staff to help him with comedy sketches he did on the show, and, after he was demobbed, he left the programme in charge of colleagues LAC Colin Kitson (pictured with Pete) and AC1 Des Taylor...

He also designed posters for special events, such as Station dances, Sports Day, The Officers' Christmas party, and recruitment...

       

FORCES FUN: Some of the madcap pictures we took at RAF West Kirby and RAF Warton medical Training School...

  

Pete studies, as Cecil looks on   * Dave loses his head     *   A fight in the barracks 

 

Ginger Howells in The NAAFI * Ted as Squadron Sergeant * Reading Pete's 'Forces Fun'

At the same camp was Corporal Dorothy Storey, who was admitted to Sick Quarters with a twisted ankle. Pete. being the physiotherapist amongst other things, treated her after her release from Sick Qaurters, and he immediately fell in love with this blonde, athletic girl...

..and then, on

15th August 1958,

Pete Was demobbed...

To find his way back in Civvy Street, and to marry his forces sweetheart, DOROTHY...

 

 

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