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TA9 - 21 November 1960 to 24 February 1961 (Contributed by Peter Blunsdon)

Back row: Toney DJ, Adley ML, Whyman MJ, Roger Tone, Barratt RG, Empsall B (or Brian Hempsall?).

Middle row: Mallett ART, Hartson MW, Aldridge G, Warren PH, Boniface RW, Schoon DJ, Mercer WD, Derby MJ, Blunsdon PC, Cotton FT.

Front Row: Brown JD, Warner JR, Harper MD, Read AJ, Anthony J, Eves DH.

(Amendments provided by Roger Tone)
 

TA15 -February 1963 (Contributed by Tony Crake)

Back Row: L-R. Dave Jowett, Pete Rowley, Richard Buckby, ??, Tony Crake, Geoff Parr, Colin Widger, Rod Viveash, Ben Newby

Middle .... Pete Lonsdale, Glynn Jones, Jeff Dalton ( prev. Bottomley),? Walsh,? Firkin, Richard Stibbons, John Lihou, Alan Caporn, ? James, Arthur Allen

Front seated.... Dave Fox, John Barker, Malcolm Hunter, Ray Bown, Bob Harrison, ? White ?, Derek Cornell, Pete Holman

Tony Crake says: "We had all joined on 17th Sept 1962 for the initial Induction Course at Evesham and reassembled in Feb 1963 for TA Course 15.  Probably correct to say this was the first intake of 'school leavers'".
 

TA18 - November 1963 (Contributed by Peter Wagstaff)


Back row: 2nd left Doug Gregg, 3rd Dave Yates, 5th Mike Ashton(?)

Middle row: 4th Mike Theaker, 6th Mike Kirby, 7th Pete Wagstaff, 8th Brian Haseler(?), 9th Eric Pugh

Front row: 3rd Noel MacDonnell, 4th Malcolm Carter, 6th Harry Burnham

TA18? - November 1963 (Contributed by Roger Tone)

Roger Tone writes: This was scanned for me by Roger Smeathers (TV News 1964-1971). He wasn't sure if it was TA18 or C48, but looking at some of the people in a C48 photo on the VT Oldboys site I reckon it is the TA course. They must have been photographed in several groups because of the number of people involved. I've put names on the 'key' copy to the best of my knowledge. Brian Woodfield was a bit of detective work from another photo. The others were all known to me as they worked at AP.

TA22 - 3 February 1966 (Contributed by Mike Jordan)

Back row: T.S.R.House, E.R.Thomson, C.J.Smith, Mike Jordan, Noel Foster, John Townsend

Middle row: T.K.Sin, Alan Cogbill, B.M.Sullivan, A.W.MacDonald, D.Duffell, Alistair Mitchell, Phil Rodway, R.M.Singleton, Harry Crossley, Ian Howlett

Front row: John Carter, Dick Thrussell, Gary Sylvester, Chris Ellis, Patrick O,Neil, Roger Pharo, Dave Hume, Ronnie Spencer

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