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T20 Helping your Cotswold business reach a wider audience via social media media SETUP | MANAGEMENT | SUPPORT “The four Cotswold Times magazines have launched onto social media! With so much information to share each month, it’s been crazy not to take advantage of social media but, with time always a premium, I needed help - Tom Arkell was the obvious choice to enable this to happen.” Jenni Turner, Editor www.t20media.co.uk tom@t20media.co.uk 07765 424022 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CADETS Being a Cadet means being a good citizen in the community. BECOMING A CADET: A young boy or girl may join Cadets at age 13 or year 8 at school. BASIC TRAINING: Recruits learn: the history of the Cadet force • what it means to be a Cadet – i.e: being a good citizen in the community; • caring for the uniform • general appearance and discipline. • An introduction to the Cadet training programme and who is who in the organisation. There are different stages of training culminating in the Master Cadet course at the national cadet centre at Frimley Park. This will include military and organisation skills (including learning teaching skills). SUMMER CAMP: Cadet have the opportunity to attend a 2 week summer camp, where they will take part in all aspects of cadet training as well as a host of adventurous training including:- drill, target shooting, map reading, hill walking, expedition skills, canoeing, sailing, raft building, climbing, assailing, archery, first aid – with an outdoor 48 hour exercise sleeping in makeshift shelters (called bashers). LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS: Cadets are involved in local community projects for charities including raising funds and assisting with welfare. Cadets are encouraged to assist with their local Royal British Legion Branches and become affiliated to them. ADULTS: An adult aged 19 or over can become a cadet assistant / instructor. They must attend induction course over several weeks at a cadet centre to evaluate their capability and to introduce them to the cadet training syllabus. All potential candidates are vetted nationally before being introduced to cadets and are supervised initially by qualified regular arm instructors and cadet superiors. LOCAL CADET UNITS: Bourton on the Water: Royal British Legion Hall. Meet Wednesdays, 19:30 to 21:30 hrs. Moreton in Marsh: Fire College. Meet Wednesdays, 19:30 to 21:30 hrs. 4 WEEK TRAININg PASS AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR 07977 56 00 86 WWW.mARTIALARTSVOUCHER.CO.UK SEPARATE ADULT AND CHILDREN’S CLASSES NOW TRAININg AT CHIPPINg NORTON & STOW ON THE WOLD Chipping Norton ACF Detachment The Chipping Norton Army Cadet Force parade in the ATC Hut on Burford Road in Chipping Norton on Wednesday evenings, under Detachment Commander Colin Tye. The Army Cadet Force is a Voluntary Youth Organisation for young people ranging from 13 years to 18 years of age and covers such activities as Military History, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and Physical Recreation. It aims to introduce cadets to general Life skills such as First Aid and Cadet in the Community. We are a registered charity and, contrary to popular opinion, are not a recruiting tool for the Army (although we do not discourage cadets from considering a move to any of the Regular or Reserve Forces). Anyone interested can contact: Sgt Colin Tye Detachment Commander Tel: 07917273535 58
I get to grips with a 50 year old icon! Ben Eddols goes out with an E Type Some of us, not in the first flush of youth, bordering on the’ old’ even, carry vivid childhood memories which can provoke forbidden thought’s, nudge nudge, wink wink - totally unacceptable in PC Britain today. Ask an old ‘un about the 1960’s and their eyes may glaze over as memories slowly fall into place – Twiggy, mini skirts, Marilyn Monroe, and the E type Jag. Ok, image s from a seemingly male dominated world, pure voyeurism, sultry, curvaceous, fast and dangerous, beyond the reach of the common man - until with the benefit of age an opportunity comes along, not to meet the star or relive the age, but to get to grips with an E type! Jaguar made their mark on the racing world in the fifties with C Type and D type racers winning the legendary Le Mans 24 hour race. The cars employed three important elements, their proven six cylinder XK engine, an aerodynamic body to help slip through the air and disc brakes to stop. As the fifties came to an end all of this was suddenly combined in a road going sports car, the E Type, which could charge up the newly built M1 at a reported 150mph, unthinkable stuff at the time. Car restorer John Hodgson has recently acquired one and allowed me to drive it. We meet up on a sunny day. I open the driver’s door to step in - remember we are now going back to a car designed 55 years ago - the door opens wide and is hinged quite far forward giving surprisingly good access for legs and feet, unless you are in a mini skirt, I wasn’t this time! Once in the comfy leather bucket seat I took stock; two big dials in front, the familiar Smiths speedo and rev counter then, in aircraft style, a row of smaller gauges and switches stretching out to the left over the tunnel where the gear lever and handbrake protrude. The steering wheel is big, with a thin wooden rim and three alloy spokes. I think to myself that as there is no power steering I will be struggling with this and constantly jiggling it to keep the car straight. I reach for the seatbelt - Oh! It’s not there, this is an early 1965 car made before seatbelts became compulsory - without it I suddenly feel quite vulnerable. I turn the key, press the black starter button and without drama, it lives. The engine itself is a thing of beauty, two shiny alloy cam covers sitting atop the engine, three carburettors feeding fuel and air from one side, six chromed exhaust pipes existing from the other. Ok, I push the clutch pedal down and slip the notchy lever up into first, hand brake off, a bit of throttle, foot slowly off the clutch and we move, no drama, stop, turn left onto the road and start to take stock again. As I have said, the seat is comfortable but it doesn’t have the sideways support found in modern cars; controls are fine; she drives well over the rough roads thanks to higher profile tyres ironing out the imperfections; the steering, although heavy at parking speeds, is surprisingly light and precise when out on the open road - and of course the view down that never ending louvered bonnet is fantastic. 4.2 litres in a slippery old sports car feels great, it has loads of low down grunt and John urges me on. As the revs rise the warble of six cylinders sets the senses tingling. The speedo rises dramatically, the front end rising under acceleration; at first I feed her into corners then ease the power on as we exit, accelerating gingerly out; the steering is much more precise than I had imagined it would be and with only four gears to choose from I get much more robust with the old car, the roads are dry and there’s little chance of a calamity unless I am really stupid. We trundle back to base with an inner glow. She’s not bad for a 50 year old icon! ©BenEddols.05.2015 59
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