RAF Shinfield Park

Headquarters Flying Training Command 

(27th May 1940 - 1st June 1968)

Reunions

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The Black Boy (now renamed ‘The Shinfield Arms’)

This page contains links to reunions’ photos from 2008 onwards.

Many reunion attendees drove up on the Saturday morning, stayed at the Holiday Inn, South Reading overnight and left after breakfast on the Sunday morning.

The first meet-up was at The Black Boy (now renamed The Shinfield Arms) pub at 12 o’clock noon for drinks and lunch. Normally, one or more parties strolled up to the old site of the camp, now a housing estate, and walked around. Two focal points are the Parkside Players building (previously the NAAFI Eagle Club) and the rebuild of the old Officer’s Mess, now converted to two separate private houses. The rest of the afternoon was normally spent at the pub and later back at the hotel. Dinner was normally at the Holiday Inn, but had been held at the (then) Black Boy for the last few.

      Reunions 2020-2022 were cancelled due to Covid-19 

No reunion in 2023

No other reunions have been organised. Perhaps April 2025.

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The Holiday Inn, South Reading