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THE ARBORFIELD APPRENTICE

 

School Magazine of The Arborfield Army Technical School (Boys)

 

The magazines reproduced in the following pages are an important part of the history of the Arborfield Army Technical School, subsequently known under a variety of titles.  In themselves they are of historic value, being five of the first editions printed of the school magazine.  Volume 1, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.  They cover a period when the school underwent major changes, and dispersal of the apprentices to various areas of the U.K. to continue their training, during the build up to the Normandy invasion, the camp being used to house the gathering troops.  The new cap badge was also introduced as the Volume 1, No.3 icon below shows. Number 6 records the first time the Champion Company Banner was awarded. The Arborfield Old Boys Club was formed with an Annual Subscription of 5 shillings (25p today) or Life Membership at 2 Guineas (£2.10).

Volume 4 No. 9 shows a reduction in the quality of the publication.

 

We are indebted to Brian Walker 55B, Chepstow Army Apprentices School, who has made these documents available to us for the web site, and also for the work he undertook to prepare the pages for us.

Click on each icon below to read the designated magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Volume 1  No.1

   December 1944

 

   Volume 1  No.2

   December 1945

 

   Volume 1  No.3

   December 1946

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume 1  No.4

December 1947

 

Volume 1 No.6

December 1948

 

Volume 4 No. 9

Spring 1961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume 4 No. 10

Autumn 1961

 

 

 

 

In the next section The Arborfield Apprentice magazines are of a later period in the history of the College and provide interesting comparisons between “then” and “now”, depending on when you served your time there.

The following editions were kindly made available by the A.O.B.A. at the R.E.M.E. Museum.

Volume  7 Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7.

Volume  8 Nos. 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume 7 No.1

Winter 1969

 

Volume 7 No. 3

Summer 1970

 

Volume 7 No. 6

Summer 1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume 7 No. 7

Winter 1971

 

 

 

Volume 8 No. 1

Spring 1972

 

 

 Brian Walker 55B, Chepstow Army Apprentices School has contributed the next three editions below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volume XV No. 1

Spring 1979

 

Volume XV No. 2

Summer 1979

 

Volume XV No.3

Winter 1979

 

 

 

First Published: 1st May 2007

Latest Update: 1st  January 2011