Welcome to my web page for the 1977 intake of the R.A.E. Farnborough apprentices.
The picture below was taken on our very first day outside the Engineering Training Department.
My aim is to identify as many apprentices possible. If you are one of these and are not too embarrassed to admit it, or if you know any of them, then let me know so that I can update the table, which is below the picture. If you think you know who a person is but are not too sure then place a ? next to the bit you are not too sure about. If you still keep in touch with any of the other ex apprentices then please spread the word. If you have an e-mail address and don't mind others getting in touch then send me that as well.
For the complete list of all the apprentices in that year look Here this list includes all those who started the November of that year who are not in this picture
Me? well I am number 26.
Other Sites:- Apprentices Association Brian Burfords 1967 intake site RAE Forum
Click Here For a more detailed view (335K)
| No. | 1st Name | Surname | Location | Comments | |
| 1 | Martin | Witts | . | . | . |
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| 3 | Tony | James | . | . | . |
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| 6 | Tony | Hewitt | . | . | . |
| 7 | Mark | Kite | . | . | . |
| 8 | Mark | Liford | mliford@cisco.com | Fleet | . |
| 9 | Graham | Savory | . | . | . |
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| 11 | Graham | Moore | . | . | . |
| 12 | . | Fazey | . | . | . |
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| 14 | Paul | Nightingale | . | . | . |
| 15 | Trevor | Macabe | . | . | . |
| 16 | Martyn | Evans | . | Pembury, Kent | . |
| 17 | Chris | Allen | chrisa@delta-controls.com | Farnham | Known as CD |
| 18 | Clive | Rayfield | . | . | . |
| 19 | Derek? | Frampron? | . | . | . |
| 20 | Robert | Allan | . | . | Known as RT |
| 21 | Robin | Beck | robinb@acbeck.co.uk | Maidenhead | Left RAE 1983, joined family firm :acbeck painting and refurbishment contractors as surveyor, now manage it with my brother, live in Maidenhead, have a wife and two children and a motorbike. Have lost touch with all colleagues until Ken Bird emailed me |
| 22 | Howard | James | . | Guildford, Surrey | . |
| 23 | Donald | Blake | . | . | . |
| 24 | Mark | Mountain | . | . | . |
| 25 | Paul | Habgood | PDAD1@aol.com | Swindon | Working as a process engineer for a wire and cable company. |
| 26 | Mark | James | mark@mark-james.net | Basingstoke, Hants | Calibration Manager |
| 27 | Nick | Corner | . | . | . |
| 28 | Ken | Bird | . | Aldershot, Hants | . |
| 29 | Clive (Pickles) | Nicholls | . | Cardigan, Wales | . |
| 30 | Martin | Cutt | . | . | . |
| 31 | Craig? | Bruin? | . | . | . |
| 32 | Colin | Markwick | colinm@autobend.co.nz | New Zealand | Emigrated in 1982 to get away from you lot ! Married with 2 boys, live in Auckland. Manager for an automotive exhaust manufacturer / importer. |
| 33 | Mark | Kallenberg | . | Cardigan, Wales | . |
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| 37 | Dave | Cleeve | . | . | . |
| 38 | Geraint | Owens | geraint.o@virgin.net | Sandhurst | . |
| 39 | Melvin | Heath | . | . | . |
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| 41 | Colin | Catlin | . | . | . |
| 42 | Peter | Jones | . | . | . |
| 43 | Paul | Dippie | westpaulvolvic@aol.com | Volvic, France | . |
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| 45 | Andy | Currie | . | . | . |
| 46 | Albert | Johnson | . | Portsmouth | Prototype Development Engineer |
| 47 | Chris | Lentz | . | . | Resigned |
| 48 | Martin | Plumb | . | Somerset | . |
| 49 | Stephen | Pugh | . | . | . |
| 50 | Steve | French | . | . | . |
| 51 | Nick | Corner | . | . | . |
| 52 | Terry | Raynolds | . | . | . |
| 53 | Paul | Cushing | . | . | . |
| 54 | Ian | Bagley | . | . | . |
| 55 | Neil | Briault? | . | . | . |
| 56 | Graham | Spooner | . | . | . |
| 57 | Stephen | Agar | stephen.agar@ntlworld.com | Fleet, Hampshire | . |
| 58 | John | Mayo | . | . | . |
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| 60 | Dennis | Hobbs | . | Farnborough | . |
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| 62 | Pat | . | . | . | Worked in stores |
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| 67 | Fred | Shipgood | . | . | Thought to have retired about 1983 or just after. Info from Martin Finlayson (1983). martin.finlayson@net.ntl.com |
| 68 | Norman | Kingsmill | . | . | . |
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| 71 | Kieth | Trotman | . | . | . |
| 72 | Mike | Manning | . | . | . |
| 73 | Dave | Lamport | David.lamport@invensysair.com | Camberley | Was Electronics instructor. Now Messaging Systems Manager for Ivensys Air Systems in High Wycombe.Has been in IT since about 1980 |
| 74 | Percy | Bryne | . | . | Sadly passed away after a battle with cancer |
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