RAOC Gazette - page 241
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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\ n the fund's history. Notable features were the number of smarts made to soldiers prematurely discharged from the Army, asuaily on medical grounds; the substantial sums made avail- able in loans on compassionate grounds; and the fact that over £160,000 had been spent on grants for the disabled. All this had only been possible because the fund's income for the year also reached a record figure, exceeding last year's total by some £150,000. Despite the calls of Jubilee Year, the public continued to give splendid support to the fund at a wide selection of events all over the country, and corps and regi- ments of the Army contributed over £231,000—again a record amount. It was also noteworthy that, expressed as a percentage f the total figure for relief work and income, the fund's ad- ministrative costs were even lower than In the previous year. The chairman warned, however, that the veterans of World War II were now mostly in their sixties and this was likely lo lead to increasing calls on the fund's resources in the future. In his closing address the president praised the magnificent response to the fund's appeal from both the public and the Army. The countless donations to the fund stemming from the Army's work during the firemen's strike had been most heart-warming. Nevertheless, despite all this, the fund was still barely keeping pace with inflation and there were certainly no grounds for complacency. UNIQUE THE other day entering Blackdown Barracks, I was surprised to see a turbanned soldier on duty at the barrier. Enquiries tell me that Private Singh, now at Kineton, is the first Sikh soldier in the Corps and so far as I can ascertain, the first to wear a turban bearing the Corps badge. Perhaps someone will prove me wrong? The Barlow Time Machine. in the hamlet of Barlow; sheltered as it is from the outside world by its massive slag heap. Barlow has treasured its lift which has no known destina- tion and has put to good use the many advantages it offers. Embarrassing surpluses, found on stock-takes, have been placed inside, the button pressed and the problem solved. Items they did not wish VIP visitors to see have similarly been consigned and always it was in use before the auditors arrived. Until the * CRAOC blabbed that is. A likely story a reader might think. Well, if proof be needed, the unbeliever would do well to contact DOE/PSA who will confirm that it is listed as a piece of equipment to be main- tained. Furthermore, at regular intervals a little man appears with an oil-can and a piece of cotton waste and makes sure that it is in good working order. You still don't believe it? Then you had better have a look at the photograph which the CRAOC insisted should be taken to support his public revelation. It is understood however, in strict confidence, that the next time he goes to Barlow to inspect among other things the lift, in his usual detailed manner, when he is inside then CALLING Private Singh. THE BARLOW ROPE TRICK DiD you know that in OSU Barlow there is a lift shaft which stands in isolation with nothing attached to it? The lift inside it is in perfect working order and yet it has nowhere to go! You press the button and the lift rises—but where does it go and for what dark purpose? In fact it has been a well kept secret in the OSU for very many years and only recently has its existence been discovered and revealed, by an over in- quisitive CRAOC during an inspection. For centuries the people of India have understood the power of an endless upwards destiny, ask any old soldier who served in India between the wars and he will tell you how he, Chalkey White and Dusty Rhodes witnessed the rope trick and how the boy went up—and disappeared. There is, in that continent, an understanding of the principal of things lost into the third dimension and so it has long been ALL SCOTS RADIO CLYDE'S Worldwide Sunday lunchtime programme links Scots around the world with requests and taped or * live * link-ups introduced by regular host Tom Ferrie, Producer Annie Wood believes that the programme's bounds are limitless. We really do try to live up to the name by being as worldwide as possible, and we've already been to many parts of the world to collect requests and record messages at first hand. But ifs a big world, and it will take us a long time unless we hear from Servicemen and women, and exiles, who we encourage to send us requests, or tape greet- ings, for family and friends living in the west of Scotland. Well do the rest I The address to write to is Worldwide, Radio Clyde, PO Box 261, Glasgow, G2. DID YOU NOTICE? PRIVATE STEPHEN SCOTT, a Supply Specialist, was wearing a protective helmet when the national press asked him to pose for the picture. Good PR came to the fore but the only beret available was the Commanding Officers—hence the officer cap badge. 197 — |
| Book number | R0247 |