About this site
My wife rightly pointed out that this introduction is best read in the tone of a B-movie trailer announcer. Try it! On the 6th September 1965 ninety-eight boys from a variety of educational and social backgrounds met each other for the first time at RAF Halton to form the 204th Craft Apprentice entry. Some 35 years later, a chance email encounter between two Entry members eventually led to the formation of the 204th Reunion Society, with an ambition to establish contact with as members as possible and organise regular reunions. This website, then, belongs to the 204th Reunion Society. It recounts tales of life in the 204th and of reuniting with old friends after the passage of several decades. We have so far located almost half the original entry members and continue search for the others. New articles and photographs are always very welcome. If you have anything you’d like to add to the site, or come across any errors or broken links please let me know.TOP MENU
A Brat’s Life
Members’ recollections of events and
conditions that were part of everyday Halton
life.
About the 204th
A history of the 204th Entry and some of the
major events we enjoyed or endured as we
progressed through the Halton machine.
If you were a serving member of the 204th,
or you know of someone who was, then please get in touch.
(Contributions from members of other entries who were at Halton
alongside the 204th are also very welcome.)
Mike Jackson (Jacko) (749!)
A note about photographs
Apart from their ability to run up and down stairs without collapsing, one of the few things I envy of today’s young is their ability to capture an endless number of photographs at any instant in time using a pocket-sized device. During our time at Halton, photography was an expensive hobby relative to our salary and required bulky camera equipment to be on hand (which of course was seldom the case); consequently, the number and quality of the photos in some areas of this site is somewhat limited. To overcome these shortcomings I confess to having lifted a few photographs from other Halton-related websites. I have acknowledge the copyright source of any ‘borrowed’ photos where possible, but if you are the web-master of an originating site and take exception then please get in touch.
About this site
My wife rightly pointed out that this introduction is best read in the tone of a B-movie trailer announcer. Try it! On the 6th September 1965 ninety-eight boys from a variety of educational and social backgrounds met each other for the first time at RAF Halton to form the 204th Craft Apprentice entry. Some 35 years later, a chance email encounter between two Entry members eventually led to the formation of the 204th Reunion Society, with an ambition to establish contact with as members as possible and organise regular reunions. This website, then, belongs to the 204th Reunion Society. It recounts tales of life in the 204th and of reuniting with old friends after the passage of several decades. We have so far located almost half the original entry members and continue search for the others. New articles and photographs are always very welcome. If you have anything you’d like to add to the site, or come across any errors or broken links please let me know.TOP MENU
A Brat’s Life
Members’ recollections of events and conditions that were part of
everyday Halton life.
About the 204th
A history of the 204th Entry and some of the major events we
enjoyed or endured as we progressed through the Halton machine.
Reunions
Photos and reports of various major reunions and small gatherings.
Members’ Pages
Pages submitted by members on whatever topics they like.
If you were a serving member of the 204th,
or you know of someone who was, then please get in touch.
(Contributions from members of other entries who were at Halton
alongside the 204th are also very welcome.)
Mike Jackson (Jacko) (749!)
A note about photographs
Apart from their ability to run up and down stairs without collapsing, one of the few things I envy of today’s young is their ability to capture an endless number of photographs at any instant in time using a pocket-sized device. During our time at Halton, photography was an expensive hobby relative to our salary and required bulky camera equipment to be on hand (which of course was seldom the case); consequently, the number and quality of the photos in some areas of this site is somewhat limited. To overcome these shortcomings I confess to having lifted a few photographs from other Halton-related websites. I have acknowledge the copyright source of any ‘borrowed’ photos where possible, but if you are the web-master of an originating site and take exception then please get in touch.
