BUA / BCal Engineering Training
1960s to 1980s
Staff, Apprentices and more
1960s to 1980s
Staff, Apprentices and more
Please, if you have any photo's you can share or show on this site, please drop me a line anytime, bcalatribute@outlook.com
Here we have a super photo feature on the BUA and BCal Engineering Training department, featuring the staff as well as some of the apprentices over the years.
My thanks to Keith Dagwell who kindly sent over the album and I am sure folks will recognise some of the Training staff they were taught by.
My thanks to Keith Dagwell who kindly sent over the album and I am sure folks will recognise some of the Training staff they were taught by.
Training staff from 1966
Training Superintendent Eddie Dove
Mary Thomson
Eddie Dove & Gerry Bolmeer
Mary Thomson & Valerie Stevens
Eddie Dove
Gerry Bolmeer
The BUA Apprentices 1996 Rickshaw
Dave Jarvis running his leg of the race
Alan Brown
Chris Anderson
R Conway
Pete Barnes
Jim Wilson & Pete Barnes
Terry Cooper
End of the race in Brighton
The 1966 Rickshaw Race team
Tim Rosner with G-ASJF
Richard Wilson and a Britannia
John Sidebotham with G-ASJF
Trainees / Apprentices from 1966
The 1966 Rickshaw Race
Trainess / Apprentices from 1966
Rolls Royce Training School - Derby
Doug Realff in centre
Rolls Royce Training School - Derby
The Rolls Royce (Engines) Training School - Derby - 1966
Mary Thomson
Bill Bisset, Doug Realff, Gerry Blomeer
Apprentice Intake with trainers
Trainers and apprentices
Bill Bisset in Class
Lectures underway
If you recognise anyone and can fill in their names please drop me a line anytime, bcalatribute@outlook.com
Bill Bisset's retirement - Sept 1983
Howard Mellor's retirement - August 1984
Doug Realff's retirement - May 1985
Retirements Presentations
Left to right:-
Chris Higgs, ?, Pete Horscroft, ?, Ian Reece, Ken Lees, Howard Mellor, ?, Ken Ball, Pauline Noble,
Dave Campbell, ?, Doug Realff, Peter Rickards & Keith Dagwell
Chris Higgs, ?, Pete Horscroft, ?, Ian Reece, Ken Lees, Howard Mellor, ?, Ken Ball, Pauline Noble,
Dave Campbell, ?, Doug Realff, Peter Rickards & Keith Dagwell
Keith Dagwell - Bill - Brian Parkyn (BCAL Training GM)
Doug is with Colin Smith (BCAL Financial Director)
The combined Engineering and Flight Crew ground training staff outside the BCAL Training Centre in Fleming Way; Crawley
Mick Morgan in VC10 G-ATDJ
Mick Morgan recalls, BUA started 5 Year Indentured Apprenticeships in September, 1963. There were 4 Engine/Airframe Apprentices, Tim Rosner, Richard Wilson, Pete Barnes and John Sidebotham and 2 Avionic Apprentices, Jim Brenchley, and my self, Mick Morgan.
We spent a lot of time in the Engineering Training School, as well as Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge. You now have photos of 5 of us. Jim Brenchley is the only one missing.
We spent a lot of time in the Engineering Training School, as well as Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge. You now have photos of 5 of us. Jim Brenchley is the only one missing.