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Old 9th Jan 2019, 12:10
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Old Bricks
 
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The only other bit of religion that springs to mind from that same period was when the Towers had an official visit from the RC Bishop to the Forces. All RC-registered flight cadets were rounded up to meet the Bish, but, since it was after the university layabouts (like Beags) had left, and we were down to only one annual entry before the GE entries started, it was rapidly apparent that there was a world shortage of RC cadets. "Find more!" came the order from on high, and the plot was cast. The bish would be taken down to the flightline crewrooms to meet RC cadets in flying clothing for coffee, then the bish would be taken up to College Hall to meet more cadets, but taken via HQ to meet the Commandant, allowing enough time for cadets to change into uniform and get back to College Hall before him, where additional non-RC cadets had been rounded up to swell the numbers. Every non-RC was paired with an RC who had to brief him on the name and location of an appropriate RC school that he ought to have attended etc. I don't think the bish was fooled for a minute, but it was a good example of the daft things that we had to put up with in the 60s.
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