Well, following my talk with the Padre
Wing Commander, retired Mike Hines,
And top boy.
And I knew he'd gone into stained glass window
he built the 63rd entry window,
which he did hence of 63 on this window.
And this also shows
Every entry.
every apprentice wore that badge
indicating that we were apprentices
from 1949 to 1952.
That was the legnth of our course.
Most importantly,
to be inspected and
And this was the first color
Her Majesty, her Majesty presented to,
And that crown indicates
There’s the color.
And that's the color she presented there.
That's unique.
That's the first color
She presented her
in 1951
As Princess Elizabeth as she was then but as queen
She gave us that color
and we the only entry to be reviewed
Well, 54th entry graduated in early
or late September 1949,
myarrived at the beginning of September,
at the back of the graduation parade
and we watched it.
So they had a marvelous parade,
And, when they graduated,
they marched off the square
the band playing, holding their rifles,
And as they stepped off the square
and all together fired, a blank
and yeah, our junior entry
just 15 and 16 year olds
We can't wait to do that.
Well, I've got to tell you, it was totally
And they all got put in the guard room
to graduate with no pay before
So we're sort of like,
But, you know, window,
with those guns firing there,
It's a pity
It's a brilliant window,
they were the first entry
That rank indicates
from all four corners of the country.
Daffodil, leeks Wales,
Scotland and Ireland all indicated here.
And they were trained initially,
which went out of service
And the meteor was introduced
the first entry to start
I think that completes that window
