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Back to Vintage homepage This page contains pictures from the archives of Ken Critchley

A couple of '1629's

A signed Kingdom of Libya 5 Piastres note				Social evening invite

DRLS (Daily Routine Letter Service) RAF Newton to Bottesford and South Withham daily	Bedford Unit		Desert Rescue 'Great Fun'		Bedford Queen Mary

Before it was wrecked !!	At Tripoli docks		On the docks at Tripoli Wagon & Pup waiting to load

Waiting to load			The 'Graveyard'		I drove the coach on the married quarters trip to Tripoli

Tripoli docks	Loading oil at Tripoli docks Bedford Queen Mary trailer		The QL's		On the way back from Tripoli docks with oil

Nearly back to camp					He came from Sth Shields I think his name was Cook

RAF Castle Benito M.T. Section From the roof of the billet	Swimming at Marzhalock, Malta		M.T. Section RAF Idris F/Sgt Scamp, Sgt Young and me in the middle		King Idris Palace Tripoli

'The only rise I ever got' Drivers, Ramage, Maddison & myself	Fred Parkes (Chorley) We were both called up together		Christmas Day RAF Idris Tiny Tompkins sat on the piano		Christmas Day in the billet RAF Idris 'I think I was P*****'

Weeton Driving School (I can't remember his name)	Weeton Driving School Reg Blakely		Cook		F/Sgt Scamp, Geordy Maddison, Achmed & myself

Padre Mantle I was his driver in Malta Great man, now passed on	Myself RAF Weeton Driving School		Paddy Ryan RAF Idris, Tripoli		Dispatch rider RAF Wickenby around 1950 - 51

Me, due for demob doing a coach driving job			'Please God make us brown'

		Crossley Queen Mary 'By did it get hot inside 200 degrees) I flaked out when I got out'		Reg Blakely from Spilsby