RAOC Gazette - page 7
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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Outside the C o m m e r i Bank in Bielefeld, Nathan, flanked by his parents, Derek and Pamela Green, displays ' Coldi,' the toy hamster presented to him by Herr Weidner. He was presented with a gold key ring and ' Goldi,' a toy hamster, by Herr Weidner, a senior representative of the huge bank, Enthusing over Nathan's design Herr Weidner said: "The judges looked for good colour but, more important, they had to be satisfied that entrants received no help from parents or teachers. Nathan's design is obviously his own work." A shy Nathan, who was told of his success just before his bedtime was overjoyed with the result but did not believe his parents when they first broke the news. " He thought we were joking," said Derek. Nathan did, however, say he would be " quite pleased " if he won the National Competition! THE TRAINING CENTRE A pint with RSM Hosband. The raffle was also very well organised by TSAB and also worthy of note were the splendid achievements of the various organisers of stalls. The overall profit from the Bazaar amounted to £1,300 which will be distributed to Army and local charities by the Commander Training Centre, Brigadier Short. BAZAAR ONCE AGAIN the annual Training Centre Bazaar was held at Deepcut in order to raise money for charity. The event was organised under the sponsorship of the Apprentices College with Major Ted Champion as Chairman. All Units within the Training Centre contributed and ' moneybags,' in the form of Captain Douglas could be seen suffering from fatigue towards the end of the day. QUEUE JUMPING WE are pleased to report that Major John Evans of 4th Armoured Division has given up his pastime of falling off bicycles (GAZETTE September 79). Instead, he has embarked up- on the new, more dangerous, hobby of Passat pulverizing. The aim is to find a queue of autobahn traffic which you can follow at a speed somewhat greater than you judge the queue to be moving. The target to beat at present is DM3,700 which was needed to repair Major Evans Passat in his first attempt at the sport. Fortunately, our intrepid stuntman emerged unhurt. IRAN—DID YOU Robin Ncdwell talks to Apprentice Lance Corporal Brown at the Training Centre Bazaar. Our photograph shows Robin Nedwell of TV Doctor fame, who opened the bazaar, talking to Apprentice Lance Corporal Brown—you have probably also noticed him in the cover photograph taken in Cyprus, they get around a bit these Apprentices. Robin found time to discuss the problems of run- ning a bar under field conditions with RSM Hosband—who organised it. SERVE WITH CAAT? SOME of you will know that just before the Iranian Revolution, CAAT ordered some team ties which were delivered to MOD after the evacuation. These are now being sold to pay the insurance company! The design is a single Imperial Iranian Lion on a blue background—Price £3.30. Anyone who would like to acquire one or more of these 'collectors items' should write to MAO, Room 405A/3, Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2EU. Cheques payable to Major J. G. Rawlings. — 236 — |
| Book number | R0403a |