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Subject: ' The RP Bramcote Blues'

Author:
Jim Martin

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Date Posted: 16:03:06 04/18/05 Mon

Dave, when I was posted to Nuneaton late in '78 I remember that it was a bit of a culture shock as I was not prepared for the amount of bullshit that was expected from the permanent staff side! Leading by example, if you get my drift! Walking around like a bloody Guardsman in Ammo boots and blue heavy duty pullovers starched and pressed to the extent that you looked like you had dandruff! With a slashed peak on your forage cap that made you have a permanent crick in your neck from constantly looking up. My first impressions of the boy's was they look so young, more like schoolboys and not potential soldiers in the making! Throw me another junior leader, this one is split!....They had a lot to content with these lads, but I will say by the time they left for their various Regiments after passing out they were better to a degree, than anybody who went through Man's Service training ever was!......Woolwich was a pussy, compared to Bramcote, as far as the training and indoctrination was concerned. Believe it or not!..........

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Re: ' The RP Bramcote Blues'	Dave P.	16:22:05 04/18/05 Mon