HMS Raleigh (1985)

Some video of Royal Navy recruits training in 1985, with some 80's music too.

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[vikingsmb]

what is this song called?

[ivanjelical]

a good heart by feargal sharkey

[seanmccathmhaoil]

Frobisher 21's - 1976. Seems like 36 years ago.

[type42sheff]

Benbow o7s 1977, seems like yesterday

[thespudcat]

@3231brianw I'm inclined to agree. I joined 14 July 1986, Cunningham 29. Passed out 19 September, after 3 weeks summer leave, bigging it up to the girls at home in my uniform! But I remember the beastings.... Press-ups because your jokes weren't funny enough, kit flying out of the window, and sleeping on the deck beside my bed, with all my kit laid out on it for muster. Then many moons later, returning there as a chief, to find that part one training had become all pink and fluffy!

[lenzlaw]

I remember old shovelface...I was Drake 42, 1983

[dave2806]

memories , memories , memories !

[stevefrankland]

HMS Raliegh hated it with a vengence, I remember the gay guy who touched up big jock well, remember the commotion in the middle of the night downstairs, we were the Walker 15's. Cant believe someone talking about it on here its only a couple of days ago i was telling another Matlow down the pub about that incident. We were the idiots who ran all the way back from Pier Cellars

[jjaiy]

A good video. I joined in 1988 - Drake 12's Ha! Ha! then after six years I was back at the Seamanship school - one of the best shorebased drafts in the UK. I remember old shovelface when I was barrack guard at HMS Drake in 1990 we led a charmed life with him as he could'nt stand the Royal artillery lads living there at the time after one of their officers tipped KFC all over his boots while signing the after midnight log, I never laughed so much. Excellent days.

[LollipopLozzy454545]

@pj6bidd

Hi, I was in Walker 14's can you remember that night that the gay chef tried to feel up the biggest jock in your class and got a real beating for it?

[Nostrinian]

Top vid mate, memories ....really bad ones actually. Hated every minute I was at Raleigh both basic training or worse the bloody Leadership Training school had a overflow training base there (1986) what a feckin nightmare that was... that horrible big black chief was tosser.....breaks off, sobbing. Even when I go back now I still expect to hear shovelface shouting at us!!

[matelot321]

I Joined in July 1984 Oliver 27 passed out on August 10 and I don't remember that gay assault course at all.It must have been put in after I left.Thanks for the vid though it brought back many memories of all the pointless things we did in training before heading off to join the real navy.I remember shovel face and his daily rant "PART OF YOUR TRAINIING IS TO LEARN HOW TO STAND STILL!!!......SO STAND STILL!!!!" Tosser. Still, I'd do it all again especially the rig runs to the jubilee pub lol