I joined the Navy and went to Raleigh on 20th February 1979, Anson 08. Left the Navy May 2004 on a Friday and joined the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on the following Monday. Left the RFA 17 July 2022. Now retired 😊. Happy days.
Thanks for the memories ex Cunningham 39 class, 21 Sep 1981 to 31 Oct 1981, then off to HMS Pembroke for Writer training. Did 14 years good times and bad. I never heard the word Nozzer used at all.
Thank you. I was in Drake 22. we where a better guard but didn't get it because of the dabbers being filmed. Good to see myself going thru training tho as one of my lads has just come to the end of his first week. And Cassidy was a stoker in my intake. Great bloke. both of you
Anson 22 in 1987. 13 years in the mob, loved every minute of it. Okay, apart from the many runs to the fire school!. PO “mad Mick Morton’ was an awesome instructor!
Walker 20 1987. The Sub Lt doing the kit musters in Ep 3-4 was Lt Phillips the PWO on HMS Ambuscade, my first draft. This was first on TV a few months before I went off to Raleigh, while I was there not once did I hear the word 'nozzers'. Thanks to uploader, it was good to watch this again and see Raleigh again. My 12 weeks there were 12 of the best weeks of my life, so much fun.
having had my rant i will add that i am proud of anyone that goes forward to serve his country, and i wish all of you the very best for your future. p.s. ohh and the girls aswell lol.
cont,d from below... but..it made you proud when you got through it, and believe me, alot didnt. one day they were there, next day they were gone and no one knew where. i think it did me good for life and its a pity we dont bring back national service too... cheers to all.
I bet it has mate, I went through 1958, stage one Collingwood stage two was Grenville division, no pussy just gunnery p/o, big ugly loud petty officers lol hahahahahahahah fuckin awesome lol hahahahahahahah 😊 😊 😊 😊
Know what I like about NCOs? They always say things like "you wouldn't have passed-out in MY DAY". And they were told the exact same thing by the NCOs during their own basic training.
you lot dont know what its all about at raleigh. we had 40 weeks at ganges at the age of 15. it was tough and i mean tough. very little time for anything but the mob for nearly a year. and if you got caught fighting you got what used to be called the cut. 6 for something serious, 3 was the average. ganges was the only place where you could still be flogged.
They all look too young. I joined 1947 as a 15 year old Boy 2nd class did 15 months training at Boys Training and spent 15 years in Frigates and Destroyers, made it to Acting Chief I Petty Officer as a Plot and Radar Instructor. Had a wonderful time loved every minute of it!
I joined march 85. This bunch I think we're a couple of weeks after us, can remember the film crews everywhere. Plenty of familiar faces. Good memories.
Yawn! Not the old 'Ganges boys were better than you lot who joined up after the age of 15'. Pathetic. I did 25 years from the age of 22 to 48 and nobody cared where you were trained after basic training, or if you were a 'button boy'. So what? It's how you did your job at sea or on shore that counted.
Grenville 4th june 1979, just over 16yrs old JSO2, thank you Royal Navy for taking this troubled council estate boy with no qualifications at 30quid a fortnight. I have never had a day out of work and served 11yrs with you and 28 in the civil service and 2 yrs in the NHS. Its ashame about todays wokey, rainbow, lefty crap !!
I joined the Navy and went to Raleigh on 20th February 1979, Anson 08. Left the Navy May 2004 on a Friday and joined the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on the following Monday. Left the RFA 17 July 2022. Now retired 😊. Happy days.
I joined a month after you drake 12 D176
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I went through Raleigh in 1969 aged 15 . Can’t say I remember much about it now . Took PVR in 1977 the 70s Navy seemed to lack any direction .
I tried out for the navy but didn make the grade.but saving lives on the frontline with the nhs so didn fail entirely
I went through this in 1972, Collingwood division. It brings back lots of good memories. I went on to do 9 years and had the best time of my life.
Thanks for the memories ex Cunningham 39 class, 21 Sep 1981 to 31 Oct 1981, then off to HMS Pembroke for Writer training. Did 14 years good times and bad. I never heard the word Nozzer used at all.
Lt Brotherton was my DO in 1980. I do hope he is enjoying his retirement.
Thank you. I was in Drake 22. we where a better guard but didn't get it because of the dabbers being filmed. Good to see myself going thru training tho as one of my lads has just come to the end of his first week. And Cassidy was a stoker in my intake. Great bloke. both of you
I remember that first day like it was yesterday. Except, it was 60 years ago, 06/09/60 and at HMS St Vincent, Gosport.
Thanks to the uploaded, brings back loads of good memories!
I remember Shovelface in 81
He was still there 86. I was ships company then.
I remember him too. Was there in early 83.
Anson 22 in 1987. 13 years in the mob, loved every minute of it. Okay, apart from the many runs to the fire school!. PO “mad Mick Morton’ was an awesome instructor!
I passed out in Feb 1990 in the guard. Certainly remember getting a dressing down from the Gunnery Lt in that drill shed
Went through that Oct 81. Loved it
Thanks so much for putting this up it seems like just yesterday I went through this not 26 years!
Well done shipmate.
Way before my time. Pellew 03/05 but what a great series to watch.
Spent many an hour with an SLR above my head running around the parade ground , with a good talking too from Shovelface...RIP.
Went there on may 22nd 1976 was in the old huts in Jellicoe division
I used to get shouted at in that same shed in 98. Happy days looking back.
November 1976 .... aged 16 ... excellent!
I was there February 85. Great memories same staff as I had.
Walker 20 1987. The Sub Lt doing the kit musters in Ep 3-4 was Lt Phillips the PWO on HMS Ambuscade, my first draft.
This was first on TV a few months before I went off to Raleigh, while I was there not once did I hear the word 'nozzers'. Thanks to uploader, it was good to watch this again and see Raleigh again. My 12 weeks there were 12 of the best weeks of my life, so much fun.
I was at RALEIGH in August 76. We were the first in the new accommodation blocks.
Hmm! I was there in June 76 and we were in the new blocks and all of them were full. Just saying.
I remember Lt Brotherton from LSA training at Raleigh in 1984. Top officer and Top Bloke.
having had my rant i will add that i am proud of anyone that goes forward to serve his country, and i wish all of you the very best for your future.
p.s. ohh and the girls aswell lol.
'preciate the work involved in you putting this up!
why are some of these deleted in the playlist?? these are amazing and want to see them all??
Today the mess is the same. Apart from beds are narrower and lockers are taller
I did all that at HMS Ganges in 1975...
Ganges 73, 41 rec.
cont,d from below...
but..it made you proud when you got through it, and believe me, alot didnt. one day they were there, next day they were gone and no one knew where.
i think it did me good for life and its a pity we dont bring back national service too...
cheers to all.
that was me in 84!looking back it was a fab time..did not think when getting shouted at!!
here you are ladies you're beds already made, men you're on your own.
Walker 26, June 1987
Ha!.Brilliant.I was at Raleigh beginning of 75 in the old wooden huts.Benbow 02.
Benbow 42 1980.
Can't remember the term nozzer!
Benbow14 March 87. Best days of my life! Cheers for the upload
1 joined Hms Raleigh in 1961 its changed a bit since then
+malcolm jennison The accommodation had barely changed when I joined in 2006, lockers and bedding only. Looked at recent documentary, no more changes.
I bet it has mate, I went through 1958, stage one Collingwood stage two was Grenville division, no pussy just gunnery p/o, big ugly loud petty officers lol hahahahahahahah fuckin awesome lol hahahahahahahah 😊 😊 😊 😊
Good to see my dad the master at arms doing the porn bit lol God years a go now he's 68 my Hero
Mark Digger
Sorry
MustamissedamusterMaster
I joined HMS Raleigh,1965 and we had wooden huts then.and did 16 weeks had a great time in RN.
Mark Digger Lol, well he seemed like a great laugh & the perfect officer for all new recruits.
Ex Frobisher 43 1976
tough at times but you make some friends that you can depend on.
I was in Benbow04 of 1986 and still serving, what about you
Know what I like about NCOs? They always say things like "you wouldn't have passed-out in MY DAY". And they were told the exact same thing by the NCOs during their own basic training.
So true 💡
i could never get to grips with calling someone master, i avoided him like the plague
Raieigh is not entitiled to the term Nozzer. It was a Ganges term.
Dead right.I hated my time in the Annex.
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you lot dont know what its all about at raleigh. we had 40 weeks at ganges at the age of 15. it was tough and i mean tough. very little time for anything but the mob for nearly a year. and if you got caught fighting you got what used to be called the cut. 6 for something serious, 3 was the average. ganges was the only place where you could still be flogged.
On the first occasion I shall give you a gentle reminder. On the second occasion I shall give you a reminder. Notice I left out the word gentle.
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Glad you like it. What intake were you?
Remember the faces from 1984 oliver 14 entry
Duvets these days,no bed blocks!
Walker 03 1987 great times
Good memories I joined Feb 85
+james green 82 for me, joined my ship just before the Falklands.
Great memories thanks. Benbow div 1977
They all look too young. I joined 1947 as a 15 year old Boy 2nd class did 15 months training at Boys Training and spent 15 years in Frigates and Destroyers, made it to Acting Chief I Petty Officer as a Plot and Radar Instructor. Had a wonderful time loved every minute of it!
Cunningham 23, may 1989!
I joined march 85. This bunch I think we're a couple of weeks after us, can remember the film crews everywhere. Plenty of familiar faces. Good memories.
March 25th 1985 for me
Feb 85 for me
Love how the effing and jeffing was blanked out.
1976 wooden huts new entry
benbow 06 1978 re entry walker for part 2
anyone remember the blue line cigarettes we had
Paid 12 1/2 p a hundred plus one smokers stamp in 76
My intake pellow 22 , 1985 haha ,
od, march 62, and P.O.G.I. PLUM. rip shipmate
RAF basic training in 1966 similar
Pellew 30 July 20th 1987
pellow 31 29 july 85
When men were men and women were women
Oliver 14s March 30th 1987..
Pellew 30 July 20th 1987
Back when they still called them "girls" and "wrens".
Not a patch on us Ganges boys of Jan 63!!!! Chief G.I. Williams would not have liked it.What a man! I did the guard for a month.
JohnPanto y
Ganges lads, backbone of what was The Navy.
Yawn! Not the old 'Ganges boys were better than you lot who joined up after the age of 15'. Pathetic. I did 25 years from the age of 22 to 48 and nobody cared where you were trained after basic training, or if you were a 'button boy'. So what? It's how you did your job at sea or on shore that counted.
chinese dubbed into english haha
Grenville 4th june 1979, just over 16yrs old JSO2, thank you Royal Navy for taking this troubled council estate boy with no qualifications at 30quid a fortnight. I have never had a day out of work and served 11yrs with you and 28 in the civil service and 2 yrs in the NHS. Its ashame about todays wokey, rainbow, lefty crap !!