dadoronron Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 anyone go to the signals cadets on barnsley road sheffield nexct to the sportsman in between 1967-73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I was in the Signals Cadets at Parson Cross, '69-'71, and we used to go up to Norbury Hall (Barnsley Rd) once a fortnight for band practice. I played the drums. (Badly as I recall) I can't remember any names from Norbury, but on the Cross there was Mick Buxton, Plik (Alan Pilkington?) and a long in the tooth Staff Sergeant called Booker I also went on Summer Camp one year to Warcop (which I believe is up north between Stockton and Carlisle - on that road that always gets snowed in first - is it the A66?) and had one of the best weeks of my life, running around empty field and firing blanks at bits of cardboard. AAaahh Happy Days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorhead Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 .......................................................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadoronron Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 thanks for that bushbaby, i remember sgt walker, think his nick name was "stabber" due to the 1 tooth..do you remember drum major mathews and his wife who worked behind the bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadoronron Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 bushbaby,don't suppose you have any old photos of the lord mayors parade with the signals cadets in do you,that i can have copied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Sadly not. I'm afraid my finances didn't run to a camera in those days. You're right about "Stabber". He seemed to come from a bygone era, Carry on Sergeant, national service an' all that. I actually went on to have a succesful career in the regular Royal Signals. 17 years of absolute mayhem. Loved every minute of it. The only thing I remembered from the cadets was how to bull boots, and using "Vertical Interval over Horizontal Equivalent" to calculate the incline of hills (in the days before percentages) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internetowl Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 What about CSM MAC Compass to Map Subtract mag variation Map to Compass Add mag variation TEGALPS was another I think although probably not spelt right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarian Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 If you want old photos, try the current detachment commander at Norbury. In 98 there was about a shoe box full dating back to the early 70s. I was there and on the cross from 72 - 75, had changed to Para cadets then. Left joined the Paras, came out, re joined as Det Commander 96 - 98. They were in an old filing cabinet, real old ones of 'Monty' as drum major and various visits inc Lord mayors parade in city! I remember most of the names of cadets and adults. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushbaby Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by Internetowl What about CSM MAC Compass to Map Subtract mag variation Map to Compass Add mag variation In the army, if you needed to dispose of something you would simply say "Mag to Grid it" (as in, "Mag to Grid - Get rid") The full thing was "Grid to Mag - Add Mag to Grid - Get rid" "Grid" being the Map and "Mag" being the Magnetic Variation I could also name all the parts of a Lee-Enfield 303, but that wasn't much use in the regulars as we had SLRs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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