RAOC Gazette - page 176
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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1906 1980 THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS GAZETTE VOLUME 62 No. 5 OCTOBER 1980 EDITORIAL THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS AND ARMY ORDNANCE SERVICES AND THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RAOC ASSOCIATION THE EDITOR'S NOTICES Editor : COLONEL E. R1DGEWAV, OBE (Rctd.). Treasurer: LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. A . MILLER, ( R e t d . ) . SUBSCRIPTION RATES—HOME AND ABROAD. 40p per copy, or Z4J&0 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the m o n t h , accompanied by remittance for previous m o n t h . Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to " Treasurer RAOC Gazette," and should be crossed. CONTENTS. The contents of T H E GAZETTE arc strictly copyright and all rights expressly reserved. The views expressed herein do not necessarily express the views of the Editor or the Corps, therefore no responsibility will be accepted. PHOTOGRAPHS. If it is desired to illustrate news with photographs, the photo- grapher's name and his written permission to reproduce must accompany the pictures, to avoid infringement of copyright. ' ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS NOTICES. These will be inserted free to all past and present members of the Corps. MORE UNITS are sending in contributions in the form of news- letters than ever before, an excellent sign and one which should be good for circulation though paradoxically it is a development which might over a period of time, have the opposite effect. Because of the length of some newsletters I am having difficulty in maintaining the balance of general interest matter in THE GAZETTE. Editors are always in a difficult position and particularly so when constricted by space. Units naturally dislike their news- letters to be drastically edited down and contributors, though generally very good, are not always too patient in awaiting publication of their articles. At forty pages we are just about the largest monthly journal: achieved by very careful budgeting, by the use of lightweight paper, by carefully selected type and by cropping the copies we distribute to exactly match the economic postage weight—though we need to sell more if we are to keep it up in these inflationary times. We cannot afford a larger magazine so I would ask all correspondents, while keeping up the good work, to be interesting but to be reasonably brief and to bear with me when editing for space has to take place; my apologies also to those who await publication of their articles. The main concern is that contributors are not discouraged— at the moment judging by your comments I know that you are not, but it would help to get the quart into the pint pot if the slogan became, be interesting—be brief. While on the subject of contributions I often have suggested that cover photographs be sent in, however, very seldom do I receive suitable ones. Photographs for the cover must be taken portrait (vertically) and have sky or other blank areas at the top, or at the bottom, to take the titling. Have a look at some back copies—good black and white cover photographs are very hard to find and sadly, we just can't afford to use colour except on special occasions. FOR SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. These must b e submitted in the form in which it is desired that they shall be published. Charges: £2 for the first five lines or under, and 20p per line subsequently. Charges must be pre-paid. Box numbers will be allotted if asked for. EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC SECRETARIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMBEHLEY, SURREY, (Telephone: Aldershot 24431, Ext. 51C.) — 137 — COVER PHOTOGRAPH TAKING the strain at Travers Clarke. Staff Sergeant Christie.) (Photograph by |
| Book number | R0404 |