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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.
Volume II No.3 and Volume 5 No.2 have been contributed by Alan Jones 61B, Arborfield
Army Apprentices School.
Click on each
icon below to read the designated magazine.
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Volume 1
No.1
December 1944
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Volume
1 No.2
December 1945
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Volume
1 No.3
December
1946
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Volume 1 No.4
December 1947
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Volume 1 No.6
December 1948
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Volume II
No.3
July 1952
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Volume 4 No. 9
Spring 1961
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Volume 4 No. 10
Autumn 1961
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Volume 5 No. 2
Autumn 1962
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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.
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Volume 7 No.1
Winter 1969
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Volume 7 No. 3
Summer 1970
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Volume 7 No. 6
Summer 1971
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Volume 7 No. 7
Winter 1971
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Volume 8 No. 1
Spring 1972
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Brian Walker 55B, Chepstow Army
Apprentices School has contributed the next three editions below.
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Volume XV No. 1
Spring 1979
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Volume XV No. 2
Summer 1979
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Volume XV No.3
Winter 1979
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First Published: 1st May 2007.
Latest Update: 22nd January 2018.
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