9 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 NOVEMBER 2002 Going up in the World By Diana Cormack There has been an Air Training Corps squadron in Barnet for over sixty years. It was instigated by Councillor Her- bert Wilmot, who was an enthusiastic lifelong supporter of the organisation. Today the ATC is still going or sailing. Canoeing is done strong and our nearest group is at the Welsh Harp and other the 393 (Finchley) Squadron. They sporting facilities, including meet twice a week in their building those at RAF Uxbridge, are behind the Territorial Army Centre, used for a variety of activities. 444 High Road, N12 (next to the You don’t have to promise to Warner Leisure centre). join the RAF, even though you Nationally there are about can learn basic navigation and 43,000 members in 1,000 gain a glider or a private pilot’s squadrons, with London and the licence. Everything cadets do is T and Carolyn keeping up to date. Photo by Kevin Finn South East having some 8,000 recorded on their ATC National cadets in 150 squadrons. Boys Record of Achievement. How and girls from the age of thirteen impressive would that be when Love in a Hot Climate can join and take part in a vari- applying for a job or a place at In the mid 1990s the Bald Faced Stag was managed by Carolyn Blair assisted by, then ety of activities, both at home college? established East Finchley resident, ‘T’ Roberts. They managed to turn the pub into a regular and abroad. These can include Citizenship and the devel- venue for local business lunches, and improved it considerably during their tenure. New powered flying, gliding, sport, opment of the individual is a opportunities meant they moved on, and we have seen several changes at the Stag since. rifle target shooting, the Duke basic aim of the Corps. Thanks Whilst working with Caro- 31 August. This was followed ‘Kev-the Rev’ Finn) in a beau- of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, to the training given, then put lyn, T fell in love with her, and by an intimate wedding bless- tiful ‘Taberna’ in Porto Rico, adventure training, overseas into practice at weekend and they sealed the knot by marry- ing (carried out by none other on the island of Gran Canaria. visits and exchanges. summer camps, the cadets ing at Hastings registry office on than our very own editor (Kevin The couple now run a number of businesses in southern Eng- land and have plans to expand KALASHNIKOV KULTUR their ‘empire’ to include a new By Ricky Savage, the voice of social irresponsibility night-spot on the popular tour- ist island where they had their marriage blessing. The picture shows the happy Nostalgia is a very dangerous thing and I think I’m start- couple at the wedding reception, ing to suffer from it. Last month I got caught up in a Bond where, apparently, the latest fixation and before that I had dead Elvis syndrome and copy of THE ARCHER was avidly this month it’s getting worse. Why? Because 14 November read by Carolyn, T and their marks the 50th anniversary of the New Musical Express guests. We are sure that readers will join with us in wishing them publishing the first ever British singles chart and without every success in their marriage that we wouldn’t have had and we wouldn’t as well as their business. have to put up with Will’n’Gareth. 393 Squadron group. Photo supplied by Andrew Bryson Everyone knows that the charts are always crap and always In Finchley the 38 cadets are become self sufficient and gain worse than they used to be. Curbing trained by a voluntary staff, led the confidence to make deci- Everybody knows by Flt Lt Mike Albone RAF VR sions, develop their skills and Everyone knows that the average week in the 50s saw bril- (T) with his Warrant Officer Jim the ability to work and survive liant records by Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Buddy Noise Olney, better known to us as as a team. If you are interested Holly battling over the number one. Well sorry, it wasn’t quite Jimmy of Josephine’s the High in finding out more, telephone like that. Let’s take February 1958. OK, you had Elvis doing his Nuisance Road florists. 020 8444 9861 during meeting Jailhouse Rock and Jerry Lee Lewis’ Great Balls of Fire, but you Barnet’s noise busters have “We can give the kids things times or drop in to see them. also had Pat Boone and - about as rock’n’roll as a a new tool in their armoury they can’t get outside,” dead sheep. following the signing of a he told THE ARCHER, The 60s? No, it wasn’t wall-to-wall Beatles, Stones and The joint agreement with the “And we only close at Who, January 1965 might have the Beatles at No. 1, but you also Christmas.” ����������������� had Val Doonican, Freddie and the Dreamers and the inevitable Metropolitan Police. The document, called the High flyers ������������� Cliff Richard. Classic? Not quite. Noise Pollution Protocol, pro- With Flt Lt Clare The 70s weren’t much better, 1972’s best selling single was vides guidelines for responding Thomson-Clark (a ���������������� the Band of the Scots Guards murdering Amazing Grace. It may to complaints from local resi- former RAF child) and have been the decade of Bowie and the Sex Pistols, but it was also dents about noise, whether from Adjutant Colin Moats All your cuts of meat can be the decade of The New Seekers and Gilbert O’Sullivan and don’t licensed premises, private prop- (who was in the RAF purchased from forget that David Soul had the best selling single of 1977. erty or unlicensed ‘raves’. himself) 393 Squadron Do we really want to talk about the 80s? Not if it means the When a complaint is received meets on Wednesdays Goombay Dance Band or Bucks Fizz. And the 90s had their own it will be investigated by the and Fridays from Tom’s unique brand - Jason Donovan anyone? council’s noise and nuisance 7.30-9.30 pm. They The green green grass officers and, if the law is being often spend weekends Butchers See what I mean, it’s so easy to remember the classics and breached, will try to resolve away camping, doing forget the rubbish: any quick trawl through the 50 years of singles the problem informally. If that adventure and leader- 100 High Road, East Finchley, charts will throw up more sows ears than silk purses. All that’s does not work, then a notice ship training, walking London N2 9EB. 020 8883 8472 changed is that no one pretends that Will’n’Gareth came up via will be served which, if it is not the pub circuit or that The Spice Girls were the result of five girls complied with, could lead to getting drunk and deciding to form a band. Like I said, the grass confiscation of equipment, clo- N E W P R O F E S S I O N A L C O N C E P T a

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