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Days of National Service in RAF

Oh what memories this picture will bring back to older readers who did their National Service in the 1950s, especially those who went to RAF Bridgnorth, where this photo was taken.

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Oh what memories this picture will bring back to older readers who did their National Service in the 1950s, especially those who went to RAF Bridgnorth, where this photo was taken.
Oh what memories this picture will bring back to older readers who did their National Service in the 1950s, especially those who went to RAF Bridgnorth, where this photo was taken.

These are the airmen's ablutions.

RAF Bridgnorth was not a flying base - there was no runway - but a recruit training centre.

This photo is from the Northgate Museum in the town and is from the collection of Bridgnorth and District Historical Society.