RAOC Gazette - page 77
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
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Corpg <§u}tttt ®[je Journal of tije ftopal &rnti> (Prlmante Corps anb Srmp ©rename feerottetf, anb tfje ©ffictal #rsan of tijc &&<0C association Jfflarrfi 1978 Volume 59, J2o. 10 tEfje Cittor'tf JSotitest Editor: COLONEL E. RIDGEWAY, OBE (Retd.). Treasurer: LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. A. MILLER, (Retd.). SUBSCRIPTION RATES—BOMB AND ABROAD 30p per copy, or £3,60 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the month, accompanied by remittance for previous month, Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to " Treasurer RAOC Gazette," and should be crossed. CONTENTS. The contents of THE GAZETTE are strictly copyright and all rights eocpressly 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. FOR SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. These must be submitted in the form in which it is desired that they shall be published. Charges: £1 for the first five lines or under> and 15p per line subsequently. Charges must be pre-paid. Box numbers will be allotted if asked for. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY. The " Gazette " is published monthly about the 29th of each month, and all articles, Station News Letters t etc., should reach the Editor by the 29th of the month for publication a month later. " Letters to the Editor" and short news items will, however, be accepted up to the 7th of the month. Copy should be typed, if possible, and double spaced. EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC SECRETAHIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMBEHLEY, SURREY. (Telephone: Broofcwood 4511, Ext. 516.) 3fnbex QCo ©tfier $age£ For the Record Notices Blackdown Theatre Group Sports Report Tour Manager Letters to the Editor A little bit of history People in the News Station News—Home Station News—Abroad Postings and Promotions Vacancies , 302 to 305 306andi33O 307 308 and 311 309 310 311 312 313 to 321 322 to 330 331and332 3 32 e&ttoriai PUBLIC RELATIONS — good Public Relations, are a very necessary facet of peace-time soldiering. During 1976, the Army scored some thirty eight hours of television (excluding drama), fifty nine hours of radio and had over twelve thousand articles in the press. Difficult to value in terms of its effect on Government and the public but probably worth some seven million pounds if viewed through the adman's eyes. 1977 is bound to produce even better figures in view of the Firemen's strike—a welcome bonus from an unwelcome task. The Navy has done pretty well too—particularly in the field of drama with the highly successful BBC Television Warship series. This year the Army is launching a counter attack with an ITV series to be called Spearhead; scheduled for your screens this summer. Spearhead will deal, in a semi- documentary fashion, with the day to day life of the soldier. Heading the cast is Michael Billington who will play a Colour Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Wessex Rangers; Jacqueline Tong plays his wife, The title for the series came from the Spearhead Battalion which is always on UKLF standby for emergency duty world wide. The first seven episodes are, however, set in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is possible that a further six episodes will follow—probably set in BAOR. Much of the filming of the early episodes was done in and around Portsmouth and Southampton and unlike Warship, the focal point is intended to be the Sergeants rather than the Officers Mess, Let us hope that the series is as successful as was Warship which, whatever your views, proved to be good Public Relations. Much will depend on how well the series is produced, these things can boomerang. In the final analysis there is really no substitute for the real thing and that can only come from day to day, face to face contact with the public. Recently the Army has been doing that very well and we know how the media can, so often, do more harm than good. July 3rd is the day we will find out. On page 302 is a report on a new typing system pioneered in the Army by Headquarters 1 (BR) Corps—or so the BAOR Press Release tells us. It is, I am sure, most efficient. I do wish they would produce some aid to proof reading a tedious, meticulous—and after the third or fourth time— boring task. Still we do pretty well, much better than a name- less local paper which last week, produced the following after he admitted stealing an excise liceneesicise licence. elicence. u cace. ue. us ; . usisinging iiit fra frauddarau- duleeulentlyly a and ed uednd usingnssing a car without dis- playing an excise licence Ah well—there but for the grace — 301 — |
| Book number | R0246a |