May 2008 Archives

THE enduring mystery of one of Times Past’s older photographs has now been resolved, thanks to Colin Vince.

Colin, of Rimmer Avenue, recognised the photograph because he is in it, and decided to help Times Past put some names to the faces. Colin thinks the photograph, which is of an Air Training Cadets meeting, was taken in the mid 1960s.

Colin became involved with the group aged 12, after being thrilled at the sight of two transport planes landing at RAF Woodvale.The ATC would hold their meetings at Woodvale, and Colin soon reached the rank of sergeant.

Colin obviously caught the plane bug, and remained an enthusiast for the rest of his lfe. A career as an electrical engineer gave Colin the technical skills to build and fly model aircraft, which is something he continues to this day.

A member of Liverpool and District Model Aircraft Society, he flies model aircraft indoors, “bouncing them of the walls� at leisure centres. He said:“ Flying model planes is not as easy as it looks. Today people are flying half scale versions, which require a lot of skill to pilot.�

And those cadets whose names he can remember? 5 across Steven Jackson; back row middle Ian Winfield; 4 across Steven Henshaw; 7 across ‘Hague’; and back row end Colin Vince himself.