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the Deputy Editor, Emma Stacey, holding again please contact Editors my hand and the hard work of all the article me. Pleas over for this providers I have muddled through. edition. \\ Editor Liz Corry SO2 FGW Ops Foreword I have lots of ideas for the Wittering Well one more actually! Don’t Group Captain Richard Hill View but am aware that not everyone forget to enter our Christmas Word This has been a fast has the same taste as me when it comes Search Competition (on page 35) if As you read this, I will have been in post for introduction to the world to magazine articles and features, so if you fancy your chances at winning a nearly six months (if I haven’t been sacked…!), of editing and collation anyone has some budding journalistic tin of chocolates! and Christmas will nearly be upon us. of magazine articles. thoughts or ideas please drop me an With Christmas looming ahead of email. The role of Editor is a big task, us I am guessing pressie shopping is e will have sold the Harriers, I found this to be a staggeringly large I have certainly hit the ground running as I have discovered, and I would like well and truly underway as well as all their support equipment and figure, one that makes me realise just how with my first edition of the Wittering View to add to the Wittering View team, so if the festive parties. I hope you all have W spares to our American cousins; lucky those of us are who plan to be at – unfortunately magazine editing doesn’t you would like to take on an interesting a fab time and a lovely New Year and and a good chunk of this equipment home with our family. feature in any of the various RAF Loggie and diverse additional duty that will come back to work fully relaxed and will have actually left Cottesmore Not wishing to look too far ahead - training courses I have completed! But with get you out and about around the Unit, raring to go! and departed these shores. And, the certainly not before I’ve ‘enjoyed’ my New deployed personnel of 3 Sqn RAF Regt will Year’s Day hangover - we will face another be nearly a third of the way through their busy year in 2012. We will close RAF Contents various operational tours. Who knows, Cottesmore on 31 March, handing the site Op ELLAMY might even have finished. over ready for the arrival of the first Army 04 Foreword Doesn’t time fly… I must be getting old, unit later that year. Notwithstanding the 06 In Brief as it doesn’t seem like five minutes since residual disposal work that will inevitably it was my parents bemoaning the fact extend beyond that date, we will secure 08 News from 3 Sqn that Christmas seems to turn up months the legacy of Joint Force Harrier by clearing earlier each year! the site and properly closing‑off all the 10 1 EL Sqn Charity Work Of course, most of us look forward to associated supply accounts. At Wittering, 12 Ex Overlord Christmas; but it can be a difficult time we will receive elements of the rusticated for others. Those with family members A4 staffs from Air Command, and we expect 16 Our Finest Hour deployed on operations will have a to play host to the RAF’s Joint Force Support different, and inevitably less cheerful, (Afghanistan) Headquarters as it forms-up 17 The Armed Forces Covenant experience than those of us who will be and undertakes its mission preparation. 18 We are the Champions at home with all our loved ones. And I And we hope to begin to receive a know that there are many other people number of other units and staffs that we work and support during this past year. 20 BT Richardson Racing Team Visit out there who are not blessed when expect to relocate here. Unfortunately, we Please accept my very best wishes for the it comes to ‘loved ones’. We must, as will also have to deal with the effects of forthcoming Festive Season; and, despite 21 First Response Team ever, do what we can to remember and the next tranche of redundancies. All of my comments above, may I take this 22 SSAFA support those who are deployed around this at the same time as enjoying HM The opportunity to wish you and your families the world, in Afghanistan and elsewhere; Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London a Very Merry Christmas. 24 Home–Made Christmas Pudding fortunately, we have tried and tested Olympics. So, if anyone was hoping for procedures and mechanisms to do this. a rest next year, Wittering will not be the 25 Padre’s Corner However, this year, while holding all these place to get it. I see all this as positive, 26 Open Doors people in our thoughts, I would like us to though: a busy station is a happy station, remember that in certain areas across and there will be no question that Wittering 27 Hive the Station and the A4 Force, up to continues to be an extremely relevant two thirds of our people could be station when it comes to generating effect 32 In The Hot Seat on duty and working during on operations. 33 Quiz Time the Christmas period. Once again, thanks for all your hard 8 News From 3 Sqn 35 Win a Tin!

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supplied in Microsoft Word .doc format or plain text if possible. Deadlines for editorial entries, www.lancepublishing.co.uk In Brief | Our Finest Hour | Win a Tin! Features : Wittering View \\ Winter 2011  \\ Winterwittering winter 11.indd 1 2011 23/11/11 13:30:55 \\ Winter 2011  Wittering View Feb 3rd, May 7th July 20th, Oct 19th. E.mail: [email protected] Wittering View In Brief The Morning After In 2009, 380 people died due to accidents involving drinking and driving.

y drinking and driving, you risk your life, the lives of your passengers and HELP FOR HEROES B the lives of others who use the road. It is obvious to most people that alcohol and EUROPEAN BANGER driving do not mix. What isn’t so obvious, but proven by the large number of drivers Personnel from RAF Wittering organised a Banger convicted, is that you can still be many times Run across Europe in aid of Help for Heroes. over the limit the day after a night out! A night out can see many adults drinking in excess of 20 units. A couple of he 2011 Banger Run was the sequel glasses of wine with a meal can equate to last year’s ‘12-Countries in 4 Days’, to between two and three units while five T and the theme this year was the pints would equate to between 10 and 14 European F1 Challenge. Teams had to units, depending on alcohol percentage. drive their £250 bangers on a tour of seven Meanwhile two shots would be about four European F1 circuits. units and a single spirit or two is equivilant More than 65 service and civillian to between two or three units people made up the 23 teams, who raised If all this alcohol was consumed in a single over £25,000. The teams left Silverstone on evening it would add up to 23 units. Alcohol 3 September and arrived at Catalunya, dissipates at approximately one unit per hour Corporal Paul Buckley, RAF Wittering and Organiser; Flight Sergeant Tony Burnell, RAF Waddington; Senior Aircraftsman Barcelona on 6 September after completing Scott Fisher, RAF Coningsby; Petty Officer Stu Balls, Royal Navy, and as such it is possible that if you started the 1,800 mile route. The teams bought their RAF Wittering and Corporal Butch Hainsworth, RAF Wittering. drinking at 8pm and finished at 2am, you bangers for £250 or less, repaired them and Neame Brewery and Oakham Ales Brewery) could still have up to 12 units in your system at decorated them ready for the challenge. and a cash sum. 8am that morning. It is likely that you will not In addition to the two Wittering teams, The event raised substantial funds for Help be completely clear of alcohol until approx RAF stations in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, for Heroes through team sponsorship from 8pm that evening – a whole 24 hours after Norfolk, Hampshire and Oxfordshire also families and friends, corporate sponsorship, you commenced your drinking session. competed. The civilian entries included two raffles, car washes, the sale of Help for And remember, don’t ever accept a lift teams from Cobra UK Ltd. Heroes wristbands and other initiatives. from a driver you know has drunk alcohol or Teams were awarded prizes including Next year’s event is already being you suspect may still be over the limit from one ‘Best Team’, ‘Most Money Raised’ and planned and the theme will be ‘Banger the night before. ‘Best Dressed Car’. Prizes consisted of a Do Bond’. For more information visit www. trophy, a crate of ale (donated by Shepherd bangerrun.com The Facts ü 17 per cent of road fatalities in 2009 were caused by drink driving. ü A drink drive conviction can result in job loss, strain on personal relationships and higher insurance costs. ü Tolerance to alcohol depends on a combination of factors: weight, age, gender, stress and recent food consumption.

The best way to remain safe is not to drink and drive.

Some team members of the Banger Run: Corporal Paul Buckley, RAF Wittering and Organiser; Flight Sergeant Tony Burnell, RAF Waddington; Senior Aircraftsman Scott Fisher, RAF Coningsby; Petty Officer Stu Balls, Royal Navy, RAF Wittering and Corporal Butch Hainsworth, RAF Wittering.

 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011  News from 3 Sqn Autumn came and went for 3 Sqn RAF Regt in a blur of field training exercises, range camps and Mission Specific Training (MST) in preparation for our commitment to Op HERRICK. The most notable of events was the Field Firing Camp at Kirkcudbright training area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Stn Cdr gets to grips with the L115 Sniper Rifle.

ability to get the truck stuck – rest assured be required. The scenarios provided were a third of its manpower in Afghanistan at the secret is safe! On return to Wittering, 3 useful in developing 3 Sqn’s skills and exposing four different locations providing a variety Sqn immediately began preparation for areas where improvement could be made of differing roles and have a second wave the Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRX) which despite the ever present lack of resources, of deployments planned for the New Year. started a short week later at STANTA in Norfolk. particularly ops vehicles; the whole Sqn got 3 Sqn wish to send the very best of season’s The MRX is designed to practice Regt HERRICK something out of it. The end of MRX marked greetings to all at RAF Wittering, particularly skills and drills and to allow personnel from the end of formal training for HERRICK with those that have helped during the year, and RAF Honington to validate operational status a few exceptions and attention then turned especially to all members of 3 Sqn RAF Regt on behalf of the FP Force Commander prior to the task of ensuring that pre deployment that are away over the festive season and to deployment. The week went quickly with administration was complete and the task of their families. personnel conducting representative tasks actually deploying troops into theatre. that practised skills which, worse case, may As you read this article 3 Sqn has about ‘In Arduis Audax’ (Bold in Adversity)

Sgt Matty Snape seems happy (and cosy in his huge coat) as SAC Jurgens Kuzatjike preps to fire the .50cal HMG.

n epic 300-mile road move saw the squadron deploy from Wittering to A what can only be described as a large metal shed in the middle of nowhere – home for the two weeks of the camp. No one on the squadron had ever even heard of Kirkcudbright ranges, let alone visited before and this also added a certain something to the mini adventure. The ranges themselves sit on the End of squadron attack. Cpl Coleman and SAC Chikosi look towards their Southern coast of Dumfriesshire (drive to next objective. SAC Clive Stead takes a knee during a flight attack. Gretna Green, turn left and keep going until halfway to Stranraer!) and look out onto the the weather with the majority of gunners despite the conditions, managed to keep Irish Sea towards the Isle of Man. While this completing their mandatory live battle all fed – though the lads would like more is a beautiful part of the world, it is also an ranges from individual skills up to a Sqn day peas next time if possible! Thanks also go area that suffers from ‘weather’ which, for attack which the Station Commander came to Stn personnel that supported the team 3 Sqn, meant dealing with heavy rain and to see. Thanks go to all the lads for their hard while away including a certain 2 MT Cpl wind speeds up to 90 mph – or in other work during the camp in some atrocious who managed to get one of our new MAN words – a hurricane! conditions; FS Dean Betts for his coordination SV trucks bogged in – it was known it took Cpl Rich Downes receives some attention Cpl Andy Kemp checks the lay of the sustained fire Cpl Rob Wride spots for LCpl ‘OB’ O’Brien during The range camp was a success despite of the ranges and also to the Sqn Chefs who, all considerable experience and technical from LCpl ‘Pompey’ Braint. guns prior to firing. a sniper shoot.

 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011  No1 EL Sqn Bike/Run Pairs Event Take two people; give one a bike, the Keeps The Charity other a pair of running shoes and tell them they have to complete a 15-mile route while staying within 10 metres of Work Going each other the whole time. From car washes to cake sales and an extremely long The Bike/Run Pairs Event, organised Learn to skydive walk - No1 EL Sqn have continued with their by RAF Wittering’s PEd section, took charity efforts. place at Rutland Water. The aim of the Less than 60 minutes from London and the event was to raise money for the RAF Midlands offering first jump and progression Otters Retreat Benevolent Fund, with the PEd staff asking courses. Our friendly Skydive team are here to Members of No1 EL Sqn held a charity car It also provides short breaks to the for donations from all participants. It was make this a once in a lifetime experience. wash and cake sale to raise funds for The families as well as a friendly, caring, warm for teams of two, one on the bike and Otters Retreat facility in Peterborough. and safe environment that enables the the other running (the participants had • Accelerated Freefall Courses Otters Retreat supports the families of children to continue in a normal routine. to stay within 10 metres of each other at • Tandem Skydives children with profound multiple disabilities The car washing and cake-baking efforts all times) completing a 15-mile circuit • Rigging Services and unstable complex health care needs. managed to raise a total of £137. around the lake. • Coaching for all Standards Sgt Baker saw this as an opportunity to Leg Power villages along the route as mile markers, also raise funds for No 1 EL Sqn’s charities fatigue crept more and more into legs and (and to make sure that the old men can Christmas Offer MTD swapped wheels for legs for a 25–mile blisters grew in size. For a walk around a lake still run), and managed to persuade five Tandem Skydive voucher charity walk round in aid of The Stroke it was surprising just how hilly it can be, and other personnel to form three teams. Association. as the team slogged up and down over the They were Flt Lt Vicky Green with SAC £199.00 Nine intrepid walkers donned their topography of the surrounding area this Babs Andrews, FS Mick Laing with SAC Valid for 12 months from date of purchase walking boots to take part in the event which question was asked of Cpl Mills, who had Mike Gilhespy and Sgt Trev Baker with started at Rutland Water. said, “It’s just a pleasant FLAT walk around SAC Pete Ellis UK Parachuting, Sibson Airfield, Wansford, Peterborough PE8 6NE The group – consisting FS Tim Pidoux, a lake”. FS Laing was the Sqn’s saviour by Tel: 01832 280490 Email: [email protected] Sgt Taff Lewis, Cpl Fenton, Cpl Andy Mills, In the later stages of the walk, the walkers strapping three bikes onto his tiny car Web: www.skydivesibson.co.uk SAC Ingram, SAC Landini, SAC ‘Trainboy’ at the front kept having to stop to let the rear which subsequently doubled in size and Steeden-Smith, Miss A Steeden and Miss S party catch up before then lurching on to groaned under the strain. All the teams Pidoux – set off after a rousing speech from resemble the land of the living dead. completed the event well within the the ‘man mountain’ Cpl Mills. The lake was Suddenly around the corner the end time allocated although SAC Andrews very quiet in the early hours with the mist was in sight and they all crossed into the car was regularly heard mumbling: “How far and ducks playing; the scene looked very park some eight hours and 20 minutes after have we got to go now?” or words to that ethereal. But the peace was soon broken starting the trek. Cpl Mills, the organiser, effect. SAC Ellis and Sgt Baker brought up Our independent, award with the first ‘bike’ warning call that was would like to thank the many friends, family the rear - SAC Ellis had to put leave in for quickly followed by cyclists zipping past at and colleagues who kindly sponsored the the next day as he couldn’t walk up stairs speed. team. A total of £782.50 was raised for The while Sgt Baker walked like John Wayne. winning running & fitness This seemed to be the way for much of Stroke Society. All in all £240 was raised for charity. the walk, as the party constantly walked single file to let the many cyclists passed. stores just got even better The group soon left the lake and headed With a brand NEW Peterborough • Breathable clothing designed for through the charming village of Manton with store and increased range of runners a lovely pub that was unfortunately, closed, products and services, including: • Sports Science/VO2 Max testing then following the map they headed to the • Top running shoe brands with a to obtain your optimum training Hambleton peninsula. By this point the group had covered 12 miles and were starting to free gait Analysis to minimise the zones feel the wear in their legs, but the mood risk of injury • Yoga and fitness clothing was high and Sgt Lewis and SAC Steeden- • Full range of athletics spikes • Plentiful parking and late opening Smith were singing ‘Men of Harlech’ much • In-store physiotherapy by the The MTD walkers before setting off on their to the girl’s mild amusement. Now using the 25-mile trek. Fitzwilliam Hospital

Other members of the Sqn have also the next time you see a member of No 1 EL Our experienced team are fully trained to participated in the following events:- Sqn sitting in a bath of beans or standing offer good advice and exceptional customer on the gate with a bucket please help Sgt Steve Luke, Cake Sale RAFA, £101. them to help others. service. Come and see for yourself... Gusto Mill (B’hind Beefeater) Mrs Diane Jones, Great North Run, 4 Fengate East, £450 SSAFA. Huntingdon Road, Has your section organised a charity Fengate PE1 5XG • As you can see No1 EL Sqn don’t just Cambridge, CB3 0DL fund-raising event that you’d like to tell Tel: 01733 891111 limit themselves to the Sqn charity Otters everyone about? If so drop the editorial Tel: 01223 279191 Retreat, they are a willing squadron that team a line (contact details on page 4) By wheel and by foot - SAC Mike Gilhespy, FS Mick Laing, SAC Babs Andrews, SAC Pete Ellis, Sgt Trev Baker and Flt raises funds for other charities, so please and your efforts could be featured in a Lt Vicky Green take part in a charity bike/run event. future issue.

10 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 11 of the US Army with sea transport provided by the US Navy and a small contingent of EXERCISE OVERLORD the Royal Navy. Once secured, Omaha became one of two beaches – the other being Gold Beach – selected for the siting RAF WITTERING of the famous Mulberry Harbour. Following on from the visit to Omaha

Cpl Chris Kernan describing the was a trip to the US Cemetery at Colleville. STAFF RIDE fighting at La Fiere Causeway. This location was used in the opening and closing scenes of the Steven Spielberg immortalised in the Hollywood movie ‘The Blockbuster ‘Saving Private Ryan’. The TO NORMANDY Longest Day’. cemetery itself is in a stunning location and The team had a look round the Musee is beautifully kept. Airborne, a museum built in memory of the The next stop was Gold beach, one of American Airborne operations on D-Day, the British landing beaches, where Cpl Dan before moving to the La Fiere Causeway. Simpson explained the background to the The D-Day story and the courageous efforts of those Cpl Chris Kernan provided a stand on harbours and what they were designed to involved was the focus of a staff ride to northern France. the US Airborne assault which preceded do. In just six months the harbours – both the the D-Day landings, explaining how the size of Dover Harbour – were constructed 82nd Airbourne had to seize causeways and three days after D-Day Mulberry A had and bridges to sustain the occupation of been assembled on Omaha and Mulberry St Mere Eglise. The bridge at La Fiere was B assembled on Gold. The Mulberry on one of the most important objectives and Omaha was only in use for 10 days when fighting here was particularly fierce. it was destroyed by bad weather, the In the afternoon the group visited Mulberry on Gold beach, would prove to Brecourt Manor. A German Artillery be more successful. In the five months that position was sited here with the intention of it was in operation, two million men, half raining down artillery shells on the invasion a million vehicles and four million tons of beaches. Easy Company of the 501st PIR supplies passed through it. of the US 101st Airborne Division was After this stand, the group visited the tasked with neutralizing this well defended awe-inspiring Bayeux Cathedral and then position. We were particularly privileged to split up to explore at their leisure. Some visit this site as it is a privately owned area went to see the Bayeux tapestry while the but Dr Tuck and the owner have known others experienced French café culture one another for some time. The cathedral at Bayeux. and local produce in the form of cider The last stop of the day was Utah beach. DAY THREE and Calvados! ‘Utah’ was the right flank of the allied The first stop on day three was at the Pointe beach landings, which encountered du Hoc where the Germans - as part of the DAY FOUR The land at Pointe Du Hoc still shows the scars of Allied bombardment. relatively little resistance. Of the 23,250 Atlantic Wall - had built six casemates to The first stand of day four was by Cpl Richie troops that landed on the beach during house a battery of captured French guns. Crouch. Standing in the backdrop of Gold group of personnel from RAF DAY TWO D-Day there were only 200 casualties The US 2nd Ranger Battalion were given Beach, he described the role played by No. Wittering took part in Exercise The next morning, the team departed Caen Germans took him prisoner. A memorial reported, which is in stark contrast to the the task of destroying this stronghold on 4 RAF Beach Squadron during the landings A Overlord – a Force Development for the French commune of St. Mere Eglise. to Paratrooper Steele can be found on other landing beaches. D-Day with support from USS Satterlee and and about RSM Stanley Hollis. Hollis was led staff ride to Normandy, France. The aim Here, Flt Lt Keith Riches gave the first stand of that very church, and the incident was HMS Talybont provided the rangers with fire the only recipient of the Victoria Cross on of the exercise was to examine the events the trip in front of the historic village church. support. Today, Pointe du Hoc still houses D-Day, the highest and most prestigious that took place during the D-Day landings The topic was a background brief about many of the original fortifications and the award for gallantry in the face of the of the Second World War, specifically the build up to D-Day. The scope of the site itself is peppered with bomb craters. It enemy that can be awarded to British and focussing on the role of Logistics, the subject was enormous and Flt Lt Riches did has a memorial and museum dedicated to Commonwealth forces. On 6 June 1944 involvement of the Royal Air Force and Air a first rate job of covering the key aspects the battle. Hollis was a company sergeant major with Land integration. Everyone was tasked to of the topic. What was made abundantly SAC Amy Turton gave a stand on the the Green Howards, who were one of the research and present a specific part of the clear was that the RAF played a huge role German response to the D-Day landings. assault battalions at Gold Beach. As the D-Day story to the rest of the group. in making sure that the Allies were as well She explained that Hitler had made it company moved inland from the beaches prepared for the invasion as possible. impossible for his Commanders to defend he went with his company commander to DAY ONE Moving on to the Airborne invasion on the Atlantic Wall effectively as he believed investigate two German pillboxes which The team left RAF Wittering for Folkestone D- Day, Dr Tuck explained that St Mere Eglise the Russian Front should be given priority. had been by-passed. He rushed forward where we met the historian for the week – Dr had played a significant part in Second This meant the Germans had inferior to the first pill-box, taking all but five of the Howard Tuck – and caught the Eurotunnel World War. One paratrooper in particular weapons and forces in place, and when occupants prisoner and then dealt with to Calais. From there it was a coach journey was made famous during the operations the German Commander asked for Panzer the second, taking 26 prisoners. Then he to the French city of Caen. Built during the in the town - PFC John Steele. While reserves, he was refused because Hitler was cleared a neighbouring trench. reign of William the Conqueror, Caen is parachuting to the ground, his parachute asleep and nobody would wake him! The team then moved on to Crepon steeped in history and most of it had to be became caught on the spire of the village From here the team visited Omaha which was the scene for the second of the rebuilt after seeing heavy fighting during church and he hung there limply for two beach, where Cpl Lee Baddeley explained actions that led to Hollis being awarded Second World War. hours pretending to be dead before the Remnants of the Mulberry Harbour. that taking Omaha was the responsibility the VC on D-Day. Here, he led an attack on

12 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 13 The Les Braves Memorial on Omaha Beach.

Cemetery in Ranville. The cemetery, kept and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, provides a definite sense of being in England. In fact, all the building materials and grass seed were imported from Britain. The team laid a wreath on the memorial to the fallen in the cemetery. The reality of why they were there was brought home when they observed an elderly British gentleman visiting the grave of his brother. This simple act brought home that the conflict still has resonance today The British War Cemetery at Ranville. and is not yet consigned simply to the pages of history. an enemy position which contained a field the part played by a glider borne unit of SAC Naomi Gibbins then gave the group gun and Spandau machine guns. He sent the British 6th Airborne Division on D-Day. a terrific final stand, covering the British seven men to attack the position but very Commanded by Major John Howard, Airborne assault on the Merville Battery. quickly all of them were killed or wounded. the Unit was tasked with landing and The assault upon the Battery by a small and He then sent in two Bren Gunners to try capturing two bridges, the Benouville wholly ill-equipped force is still regarded as to force the defenders back but to no Bridge – renamed in 1944 to be the Pegasus one of the most outstanding achievements avail. After withdrawing to speak to Major Bridge in honour of the operation - and in the history of the parachute regiment. This Lofthouse, his CO, he realised that he had the Ranville Bridge. Today, the original was a fitting topic and location on which left his men behind. Taking a grenade from Pegasus Bridge is located in the grounds to bring the Staff Ride to a conclusion. We one of his men Hollis carefully observed of the museum on the eastern bank of the left Ranville with the RAF Roundel wreath the enemy’s pattern of behaviour and river, having been replaced by a bigger resplendent on the memorial and hopefully threw it at the most opportune moment. bridge in 1994. reminding visitors that we shall never forget Unfortunately, he had forgotten to prime The final stop of the trip was the British War those within. the grenade but the enemy did not know this and kept their heads down waiting for it to explode. By the time they realised their mistake Hollis, was firing from the hip with a Bren Gun, and kept the enemies heads down long enough to allow the stranded pair time to escape with Hollis not far behind. In September 1944, Hollis was wounded in the leg and evacuated to England where he was decorated by King George VI. For the second stand of the day, the team moved to Pegasus Bridge in Benouville, where Flt Lt Ella Clark described Gone but never forgotten.

14 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 15 Support Wing personnel at the Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith Park Memorial. was Park that managed it hour by hour and it was this crucial management and enduring leadership that allowed him to The Armed Forces inspire ‘the few.’ No tour of the significant London locations during the Second World War Covenant would be complete without a visit to the Cabinet War Rooms. These underground What does the rooms from which Churchill famously Armed Forces stated: “This is the room from which I Covenant mean for will direct the war”, were the heart of At the Churchill Rooms. the central nervous system controlling Service Personnel? Britain’s war effort and most importantly modern military and challenges that we Dawn McCafferty, her defense. These well-kept rooms see today. Chairman of the stirred the imagination and afforded a Hearing about Dowding in the shadow RAF Families glimpse into what testing conditions the of St Clement Danes made the next part leaders of the time had to work in. of the tour even more poignant, a visit Federation gives After earlier hearing about Air Chief of the church itself. Just standing in St the Federation’s Marshall Park, the hands-on manager Clement Danes, one cannot help but be view on what it and coordinator of the battle, it was transported back in time. While soaking now means for time to move on to learn about its grand up the atmosphere of the squadron and architect - Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh command crests, the stories within the Service personnel

Dowding who was the subject of the windows and the Books of Remembrance, and their families. The Covenant includes measures to enhance family life. next stand. Fittingly delivered outside St Fg Off Laura Price delivered an insightful Clement Danes by Sqn Ldr Kev Merrison stand on Sir Archibald McIndoe, a in the shadow of the statue of ‘Stuffy’ brilliant plastic surgeon who treated s active members of the External Federation’s focus will be on the specific Our Finest Hour Dowding himself, the stand showed and rehabilitated burn victims including Reference Group tasked with family-related measures that are described how Dowding’s inspirational yet solitary many RAF aircrew. It was his patients that A informing the debate regarding in the supporting documents. Some are The challenges and achievements of RAF personnel during leadership was the rock on which fighter formed the well known ‘Guinea Pig Club.’ an Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome already in place, others are aspirational. the Battle of Britain was the theme of a Support Wing trip command was based. Often the subject The final leg of the tour led Spt Wg down the publication of the Covenant and its Few have funding attached, but many are to London. of debate and criticism, Dowding’s to Victoria Embankment to the Battle of supporting documents. perhaps achievable without money – a management of the RAF, specifically Britain Memorial. The monument depicts Recognising that there could hardly be change of process or policy to address ooking up from the bustle of The staff ride would take Spt Wg through those under the umbrella of Fighter aspects of the air battle and bears the a worse time to publish a document that identified disadvantage could deliver the Trafalgar Square, a familiar figure London from the Air Chief Marshall Sir Command with it’s limited resources, names of the men and woman who attempts to capture the way in which the effect required without the need for scarce L from our nation’s proud military Keith Park memorial, via the Cabinet War the preparation of air defenses, and the were involved both in the air and on the Government and wider society values and Government funding. heritage stands sky-lined against a Rooms and St Clement Danes finishing at introduction and development of new ground. The last stand, given by Fg Off recognises the contribution of the Armed Our priority is to examine the cloudy, grey sky over Central London. the Battle of Britain Memorial. At each technologies such as radar, led to the Mark Warburton told us of one of the most Forces Community, we acknowledge that comprehensive published publications Standing there, it was easy to imagine location one of the group would give decisive victory in which so much was famous RAF pilots of all time, Gp Capt this is a step in the right direction and to ensure we understand exactly what is that 71 years ago Nelson’s statue looked a vignette on important and relevant owed by so many to so few. As the team Douglas Bader. A few wonderful stories that legal reference to the existence of a being promised for families. We encourage up at a very similar sky, however, it was a information relating to the elements heard about the trials that Dowding and some fascinating facts about the Covenant is an important starting point. all RAF family members to take the time to sky scarred with vapour trails that marked of strategic command and control of faced, managing huge commitments larger-than-life Battle of Britain pilot was a We are aware that others seek even read the detail and to then get in touch the fiercest aerial battle that our country the British Empire, the achievements in the face of huge public pressure with fitting end to an informative, reflective and tighter legal definition of the Covenant but if they have evidence they wish to share. had ever known. of RAF personnel during the war and limited resources and finance they were fascinating tour of wartime London. we are content with the balance that has Family members can certainly highlight It was a pictorial representation of how these events and achievements able to draw many similarities with the The staff ride around the parts of been achieved in terms of agreeing core where the measures require further work Britain’s struggle for survival against a are commemorated today. By drawing London that influenced the course of principles and ensuring that Parliament but can also provide feedback as to determined Nazi war machine, not unlike parallels with the leadership challenges the war, both for the RAF and Britain as is required to assess, on an annual basis, where local delivery is already working the situation the admiral had faced of today’s military and those faced all a whole, showed that despite a different the progress made in delivering across the well. We will continue to represent the 135 years before. The Battle of Britain those decades ago, it was hoped that era and circumstances, many parallels very broad spectrum of measures which views of RAF families via the new Covenant galvanized the national resolve to stand lessons could be identified to further can be drawn with today and lessons that the supporting documents describe. Reference Group and we will be seeking up to this foreign oppression and for educate the leaders of tomorrow. were learnt 70 years ago can continue to The frequent mention of the input of the the views of RAF family members as to their the first time since the war had begun The day started with a short stroll to the be applied. These lessons can contribute Service Families Federations in identifying understanding of the Covenant and its the Germans were given a moment of Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith Park memorial to a more effective, reasoned and the needs of military families is very welcome impact on their daily lives. pause, all because of a resilient little isle, which is now based in Waterloo Place successful future with their application and we are pleased to note the range RAF family members will be pleased to a determined public and at the forefront, after leaving it’s former temporary home in leading tomorrow’s forces. The day of measures aimed at enhancing family learn that the Covenant Reference Group a few magnificent men and their flying of the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square reminded the team that as they stood life. We would like to thank all RAF family will be undertaking an RAF Familiarisation machines. So, starting in one of the in September last year. The first stand, next to the Thames reading the names members who have provided evidence to Day, aimed at ensuring that all members most famous of London’s monuments 71 given by Wg Cdr Paul McClurg gave an of those RAF personnel emblazoned the Federation over the past three years as have a sound appreciation of RAF life. This years after our most celebrated aerial insight into the famous New Zealander, upon the masonry of the Battle of Britain this has all helped shape our input into the visit will now be conducted against the achievement, Support Wing personnel the Officer Commanding 11 Group who Memorial, it was those names that Covenant work, influencing its outcome background of a published Covenant and from Wittering went in search of evidence acted as Dowding’s right-hand man in allowed them to learn the lessons and to ensure appropriate recognition of the there is provision in the programme for showing how London survived these implementing the subsequent battle apply them to the future - names that family as a key element of the Armed them to hear more about RAF life from a difficult times, how the nation rallied, what winning strategy during the Battle will always stand proud as a testament Forces constituency. family perspective. Such engagement is military strategies led to the victory and of Britain. While Dowding may have to those brave personnel from all nations As you would expect, the RAF Families very positive and is welcomed. how the capital remembers it all today. controlled the battle from day to day, it The statue of Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding. that led to our finest hour.

16 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 17 “The Cott/Witt team honest, I’ve never looked back. Things is made up, not of have changed in the intervening four years; my jogging has become a bit elite athletes, but of a WE more like running, I own my trainers and complete mix of age, I’m the one constantly nagging people gender and ability. At to give it a try. ARE THE the top end we have The Cott/Witt team is made up, not of elite athletes, but of a complete mix of people like Cpl Steve Robinson, Chf Tech age, gender and ability. At the top end Chris Rowland and Cpl we have people like Cpl Steve Robinson, Chf Tech Chris Rowland and Cpl Pete Pete Norris – each has CHAMPIONS! Norris – each has represented the RAF. Runners of all abilities are welcome to join the team. represented the RAF. At the other end of the scale is one of Warrant Officer Steve Marshall reports At the other end of our ladies who has come last on more on a successful season for the Cott/Witt the scale is one of our than one occasion but so what? She is Running Team and tries to encourage new ladies who has come trying, improving and most importantly, last on more than one enjoying herself. In the middle? The rest members with offers of free chocolate! of us. Most people we attempt to recruit occasion but so what?” think they are not good enough to join in; they couldn’t be more wrong. So what do we do? During the summer we take part in the Lincs Services Road Running League and run a series of eight to ten races at places such as RLC Grantham, RAF Coningsby, Marham, Waddington and Cranwell. Standard distance is around 10km and you can expect 80-120 other runners to be there. It’s friendly and as competitive as you make it – you’ll eventually find your level and start recognising the regulars and use them as targets. Without doubt, your running will improve and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll enjoy yourself. Come the winter, we switch to cross country which is nowhere near as bad as you might imagine. The bonus for the ladies is that they only have to run around 5km. We also take part in non-league runs such as the Honington 10km, the deservedly crowned league champion, Benson 7, the Henlow 10 and the Great SAC Ollie Long was fifth, Sqn Ldr Doug Eastern Run. Some like to throw in the Bye was seventh veteran and for the occasional marathon – FS Dick Simpson ladies, Cpl Nicola Falkner, Sgt Jo Baldwin is a regular around Loch Ness and Chf and Sgt Sarah Perkins took second, third Tech Mark Hayman is about to do the and fourth places respectively. ll the years I’ve served and I Snowdonia Marathon again. There is a Stay with me – here comes the sales still haven’t learned never to race for everyone. patter and the bit where you pick up A agree to anything when in drink! The road season has now ended but the phone, call me and tell me how I’m stood in the Mess bar listening to what a season! We staged two races – much you want to join the team. The someone ramble on about running and one at Cottesmore and one at Wittering. new season has now started; at the got suckered in. ‘Do you run?’ she said. Both races had a fantastic turnout time of going to press the first race was At this point the sirens should have from respective Stations with many first scheduled for RLC Grantham. We offer been sounding and I should have made time runners earning us a good points free transport, fabulous company, an my excuses and left. But no; I engaged, total and two firsts. We dominated at afternoon away from work and on top was partially convinced that even Coningsby, came second at Marham of all that, a free chocolate bar! Tell me someone as old and slow as me could and Waddington, third at Grantham, you’re not hooked. join the Station team and committed a sad fifth at Scampton but recovered To get involved or for a no obligation to the next race. I had just begun in fine style to crush all opposition at chat, contact me, WO Steve Marshall jogging, the only trainers I owned were Cranwell. Our consistency, strength ext 7101 (CAS-AS LFOS WO) or Chf Tech courtesy of clothing stores and a vest of numbers and some fine individual Mark Hayman ext 7576 (42ESW-93EA Arm was something my dad wore in winter. performances paid off and the RAF SNCO02). At MDHU our chief recruiter is Anyway, I turned up, was welcomed, Cott/Witt team won the league by some FS Dai Perrett (Chief Clerk) – if you don’t The Cott/Witt Running Team is celebrating after winning the league this year. ran, nearly died of exhaustion and to be margin. Individually, Chris Rowland was run he’ll mess up your pay!

18 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 19 VISIT TO RAF COTTESMORE RAF WITTERING BT RICHARDSON RACING FIRST RESPONDER The Holding Wing at in the flying training of one Flt Lt Gary close. With some lucky individuals SCHEME RAF Cottesmore Waterfall, who we all know as the final even getting the opportunity for a overwhelming, the single most important hosted a visit by the Harrier Force Commander. quick spin in the passenger seat determinant of survival being the delay local family-run The whole Richardson family is of one. With a 2.5 litre V8 350 bhp from collapse to delivery of the first shock. Richardson Racing team involved in this team with the two engine, in a racing space frame What is First The chances of successful defibrillation www.richardsonracing.co.uk drivers being 18-year-old Louise chassis with a composite bodyshell, Response decline at a rate of 7 – 10 per cent with Richardson and 19-year-old Andrew this was a seriously interesting and how each minute and while basic life support he team are competing in the Richardson, with of course the support experience!!! does it will help to sustain a shockable rhythm 2011 Ginetta GT Supercup, with of mum Lesley screaming from the side work? it is not a definitive treatment alone. As T 2 Ginetta G50 GT race cars. You lines. For the 2011 race season the To find out more about either a result of this knowledge, Ambulance may or may not have seen this racing team are also supporting the British the Richardson Racing team or the Sqn Ldr Trusts nationally have been set a championship as it is one of the major military charity Afghan Heroes (www. charity Afghan Heroes please visit Chris Government target to respond to 75 per support races for the 2011 British Touring afghanheroes.org.uk) and are running the websites www.richardsonracing. Rowley cent of all Category A calls, which are Car Championship. both their race cars with the charity’s co.uk or www.afghanheroes.org.uk. explains. deemed as life-threatening incidents, It was an especially poignant visit for livery on them. within eight minutes; in rural areas it is the team owner, retired Group Captain During the visit, personnel from required. In some difficult to reach some locations within Gwyn Richardson, as it was his first sections around RAF Cottesmore cases they are this response time - hence the need for return to RAF Cottesmore since the final were given the opportunity to everal years not able to provide rapid response teams equipped with flight of the Harrier last December. An see and experience these ago an incident treatment, but they defibrillators. aircraft which he flew during his career high performance S occurred involving do have a direct link to While on shift, the Response Team are in the RAF when he served on numerous GT race cars up a serviceman, whose father ambulance control and are at the disposal of Ambulance Control Harrier squadrons. This included the died of a heart attack; it took 15 minutes able to update ambulance crews with and may be positioned on standby at OCU, where he was personally involved before medical aid attended, by which valuable information prior to arrival, this any location within the County where the time sadly it was too late. A need was also includes the requirement for Police need is identified. The type of incidents clearly identified that in certain rural and Fire services. attended depends entirely on the needs and inner city areas the response time Does It Work? RAF Marham’s First of the Trust, and attend calls where their and availability of the already stretched Response, along with its sister scheme response would be significantly faster ambulance service was clearly a cause currently running at RAF Honington, have than that of another frontline asset. First for concern. recently been praised by the East Anglian Response is a registered charity and as Population is on the increase and Ambulance Service for helping the such receives no official funding from people are generally living longer but service to meet national response times the MoD/RAF or the Ambulance Service, illness, accident and injuries are still laid down by the government as well as relying totally on support and fund- occurring and constantly putting the in providing a high standard of patient raising from sections within RAF Wittering Ambulance service under strain. As a care including treatment. The statistics and from the local communities that it result of this ‘First Response’ was born. speak for themselves; since June 2001 serves. Money raised is used to purchase Most towns have an ambulance Call Sign ‘R662’, RAF Marham’s Response essential equipment. station, but what happens when that Car and team, has attended over 5,000 Although the MoD has no official ambulance goes out on an emergency emergency calls, putting the car out on link to First Response and provides no Petty Officer Paul Fitzjohn (Holding Wing). call? Usually another ambulance is shift almost every day of the year. indemnities for its activities it does fully tasked to cover that area, but what While most medical emergencies support the work carried out by the happens if that ambulance is then are attended, the scheme was initiated members and individually approves tasked with another emergency call? primarily to assist in cardiac related the participation of each volunteer in You can see now that it is possible to incidents. Death occurs within minutes the scheme. Additionally, in May 2006 have places in and around the areas unless the normal rhythm is restored First Response received the patronage with little or no emergency medical by defibrillation which is the only by the renowned explorer Sir Ranulph cover. This is where First Response treatment that can restart the heart Fiennes. The scheme has been hugely helps out. It provides essential cover and restore a normal heart rhythm in successful since its inception and Andrew Richardson, Lesley Richardson, operating from ambulance stations and these circumstances. The scientific has continued to go from strength Gwyn Richardson (Retired Grp Capt Harrier Pilot) and Louise Richardson. high-risk black spots often jumping from evidence to support early defibrillation is to strength with teams being formed ambulance station to station providing throughout the United Kingdom. medical cover for those areas. Should a call come in the First Response are First Response is always looking for tasked to attend under blue lights and recruits to join For more information sirens and start the treatment cycle contact Sqn Ldr Chris Rowley or Fg Off until an ambulance is able to attend Mark Baron on 01780 783838 Ext 6666

Petty Officer Paul Fitzjohn, Aet James Wilkinson, and convey the patient to hospital, if and 7384. Chief Petty Officer Phil Spencer; Front – Andrew Richardson & Louise Richardson.

20 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 21 I please once again thank everyone who SSAFA shopped at Waitrose and put their green discs in our bin. Hopefully we will be able Volunteers Update to publish just how much was raised in the Spring issue. By Caroline Batterbee Monies from all the fund-raising events will be used to help personnel and families I can not believe that we are already knocking on here at Wittering/Cottesmore. the door to Christmas; where has the year gone? Our Volunteer Co-ordinator Martin Farrier will be leaving us in the New Year for pastures new. The SSAFA Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank him for all the work he has done for SSAFA, both as a volunteer and a Co-ordinator. We wish him, his wife Sue and daughter Charlotte all the very best. A future booking for your diaries this Christmas is the Families Disco which will be held on Friday 16 December in the A1 Bar. Some of the SSAFA Volunteers will be available if you wish to talk to them in confidence or wish to raise any concerns SSAFA Volunteers man the stand at RAF Wittering Families Day - Diane Jones, Paula Ralph and Caroline Batterbee. you might have. This leads me to give a quick reminder n this article I shall be doing an overview take turns to get away for a break and have to all single, married personnel and their of the past year and letting you, the a look around with our families. families here at Wittering and Cottesmore I readers know what we, the SSAFA With the start of the school summer that the SSAFA Community Volunteers are Volunteers, have been up to. holidays, the SSAFA Volunteers were here to help. For further help and information During the summer break we finally had roped in to help support the National please call Diane Jones, on 07717 858008 the announcement about Wittering’s future; Families Week and the Summer Activities at least it was good news for service and for children, I think all the support they civilian personnel hoping to stay here for a had from the SSAFA Volunteers was much while longer. Of course it was good news appreciated. In September Diane Jones, also for the locals in the surrounding area LVP Manager, along with her husband Errol of Cottesmore, that the Army will be moving and Bev Thorogood, PLA, ran the Great into the camp in the near future and of North Run in support of SSAFA and raised course we also will be getting an Army unit a whopping £450 in sponsorship. I believe it to boost our numbers here at Wittering. was achieved in a very creditable time too! Also during summer we had the Families Well done to you all on the amount raised Day and I think a good time was had by and the time achieved for the run. all. A lot of very hard work went into the During the summer Wittering Air Traffic planning and running of the event, so I Control raised £43 which was presented would like to say a very big thank you to to Terry McNulty, our SSAFA Social Worker. those people who put in all that hard work. Thank you to all Wittering Air Traffic staff for Diane Jones, LVP Manager(centre), along with her husband Errol and Bev Thorogood, PLA, took part in The attendance on the day of the Vulcan your efforts in raising the money, which will the BUPA Great North to raise funds for SSAFA. was a real treat, and even me, as someone be added to our Welfare Fund pot. who isn’t really into aircraft (unless it’s the At the start of October we had the SSAFA during working hours. The Volunteers are Harrier), was truly impressed by that majestic Big Brew on Station. We sold cakes in the friendly faces offering low-key practical piece of engineering. The SSAFA volunteers foyer of the Hub in the morning and in confidential help, such as providing a manned a stall on the day, to highlight our the afternoon we went down to the 3 Sqn listening ear, transport to hospital, mowing presence on the Station and also to make RAF Regt compound. All cakes were sold the lawn, or even walking the dog. Our ourselves known to Station personnel. We and we managed to raise a magnificent SSAFA Social Worker Terry McNalty is now also had ‘Guess How Many Balloons in a £258.24 while Cottesmore raised £78. A covering Wittering and Cottesmore and is Corsa’ competition, Lucky Dip for children really big thank you goes out to everybody now located at Wittering in the Amenities and some SSAFA ‘gizzits’ to give away and who supported us that day, including the centre if anyone would like to pop in to raised £98 for our funds. This goes towards JRM who donated the cakes to us to sell. speak to him or he can be contacted on helping service personnel and their families In addition in October we were also very 01780 783262, for further information and short term. The picture taken at the Families lucky to be picked as a worthy charity for more in-depth help. Day is of the SSAFA Volunteers who helped the Waitrose Green Disc Project bins that May I wish all our readers and supporters man the stall; Diane Jones, Paula Ralph and they have in the foyer of their branch in through the last year a very Merry Christmas me, Caroline Batterbee. We would also like Stamford. On going to press I do not have and a Happy New Year and we hope you to thank Mrs Caitlin Knighton, not pictured, the total value collected, but the last time I will continue your wonderful support of us, for her help on the day, so that we could saw the bin it was looking very full, so can the SSAFA Volunteers, in the next year.

22 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 23 Celebrating Christmas Home-made 1oz (25g) Almonds, skinned chopped. 7oz (200g) Bramley cooking apple, Padres Corner Tasty Easy peeled, cored and finely chopped. Around RAF Wittering Grated zest ½ large Orange. Grated zest ½ large Lemon. Christmas 2½ fl oz (75ml) Barley Wine. Pudding 2 tbsp Rum. Sunday Before 2½fl oz (75ml) Stout, plus For that perfect Christmas Dinner. a bit extra if required. Christmas 2 Large eggs. Method 09:00 - Mass, Stamford You will need a two-pint (1.2 Litre) pudding Catholic Church basin, lightly greased. Take your largest Station mixing bowl and start by putting in the suet, Carol 10:00 - Holy Communion, sifted flour, breadcrumbs, spices and sugar. Wittering Village Mix these ingredients thoroughly together, Service Church, Padre Led then gradually mix in all the dried fruit, mixed peel and almonds, followed by the apple, 16:30 11:00 - Mass, Stamford the grated orange and lemon zests. In a Catholic Church smaller basin measure out the rum, barley Wednesday wine and stout, then add the eggs and beat 14th December 18:00 – Nine Lessons & these thoroughly together. Pour this over all In The Real Carols Service, Wittering the other ingredients and begin to mix very Christmas – a time to a baby was born to a young Bean Coffee Shop Village Church, Padre Led thoroughly. The mixture should have a fairly be shared and enjoyed. couple. This baby was surrounded sloppy consistency – it should fall instantly by squalor and poverty, of scandal from the spoon when this is tapped on the here are certain films that and suspicion, yet this is how God Christmas Eve side of the bowl. If you think it needs a bit Christmas wouldn’t be the same was getting our attention. He chose Compiled by the more liquid add a spot more stout. Cover T without. For me one certainly has that he would give the gift of his one 16:00 – Christingle, Family the bowl with a clean tea cloth and leave to be ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles and only Son, to grab the attention Chaplaincy Team Service, Wittering Village to soak for a couple of hours (or overnight). Dickens. I love the story of the miserly of the whole world. That night while RAF Wittering Church, Padre Led Ingredients To steam the pudding, fill a saucepan with old Scrooge and the night of ghostly hosts of angels sang, only a few 01780 783838 (Serves 8 – 10): boiling water from a kettle. Place a steamer encounters. It is a wonderful story of lowly shepherds heard the song and EX - 7430/7877 18:00 - Mass & Children’s on top and bring it back to the simmering redemption and relationships restored. visited the baby. This was God calling Nativity, Stamford 4oz (110g) Shredded suet (beef point on top of the stove. 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24 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 Wittering View \\ Winter 2011 25 Open Doors Tuesday 10th January To book on the deployed families/ 1000-1100 Deployed families/partners partners trips or for more information Rugrats invited new and current Coffee Morning in the Real Bean Coffee please call Sophie in the HIVE at RAF parents to attend a special Shop on camp. Come along, have a Wittering on 01780 783838 ext 7541 open day at the crèche. coffee and a chat with some of the or Mil 95351 ext 7541 or you can Community Support eam and other email me on deployed families. [email protected]

Deployed Families January 2012 If your partner is away on detachment and Community Marriot Spa tickets available for pick up and you don’t fancy joining us for any from the HIVE. You will need to make your of the above activities we do have a Activities at own transport arrangements and book supply of cinema tickets available for RAF Wittering with the Marriot Hotel Peterborough in collection from the HIVE. They can be Drain pipe Game. Cottesmore advance. used at most cinema chains. he crèche, which has a team of five, A series of fund-raising events are Tuesday 24th January was set up in 1990 by manager Coleen planned to be held throughout the next Tuesday 6th December Community Coffee Morning/ Welcome T Churchill, who has been instrumental year to raise money for a covered walkway 1000-1100 Deployed families/partners to Wittering/MHS and DIO Housing in the success of Rugrats to this day. so the children can still use the garden in Coffee Morning in the Real Bean Coffee Surgery.In the Real Bean Coffee Shop Clinics Times In addition to parents, the event was also inclement weather. Any monies raised will Shop on camp. Come along, have a on Camp 1000-1100 come and meet the attended by OC Spt Wg Cdr Paul Mcclurg also go towards new fencing and to create coffee and a chat with some of the Community Support team and DIO Legal Clinic and OC SETL Sqn Ldr Nicola Dengate, who a miniature allotment. Community Support team and other representatives. were given a tour of the building. They were Rugrats is a sessional childcare group deployed families. The Solicitor from Buckles comes into shown the new activities and equipment and is open from 0900 to 1145 Mon-Fri February 2012 the HIVE on the second and fourth that had been bought and installed for during school term. They are registered to Tuesday 6th December Deployed families/partners to ‘The Deep’ Wednesday of each month the children to use. This included the new take children birth to three years. The cost Deployed Partners Christmas Lunch. in Hull. Times and dates to be confirmed climbing frame/slide, the drain pipe ball of a session is £7. For more information or to Come to lunch with us. To book at a later date. If you are interested Child Support Agency game, and the racing track in the garden organise a visit contact Colleen Churchill on your places please call by please call. Visits on a monthly basis as required area which the children thoroughly enjoy. 07548 770154 or 01780 784150. Monday 28th N o v e m b e r . Location to be confirmed. Tuesday 7th February Citizens Advice Debt and Benefits 1000-1100 Deployed families/partners Advisers Debt Adviser on the last Tuesday 13th December Coffee Morning in the Real Bean Coffee Tuesday of every month from Community Coffee Morning Welcome to Shop on camp. Come along, have a 1000-1600 Benefits Adviser first/ Wittering/MHS and DIO Housing Surgery. coffee and a chat with some of the second Monday of the month 1000- In the Real Bean Coffee Shop in the Community Support team and other 1600 Spar Shop in the village 1000-1100 come deployed families. and meet the Community Support team Independent Financial Advisers and DIO representatives. Tuesday 21st February Appointment available if required Community Coffee Morning/Welcome to with local firm Friday 16th December Wittering/MHS and DIO Housing Surgery. Families Disco in the A1 Bar Wittering. In the Real Bean Coffee Shop in the Spar Childrens entertainer/disco. Bar open. Shop in the village 1000-1100 come and For all over the above clinics please £1 per adult 50p per child/baby. Parents are meet the Community Support team and make an appointment. responsible for their children at all times. DIO representatives. Call 01780 783838 ext 7541.

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young people and I am delighted that it CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE INITIATIVE has received the support of Peterborough RAF Wittering has become one of the first RAF stations to set Lester, Locality Manager for North West City Council. We are also very lucky to up a Children & Young People Board that brings together RAF & Rural 8-19; Julie Rivett, Neighbourhood have Coun Holdich, who represents the Wittering’s Community Support personnel with the relevant Manager, North & West; Wittering Primary Wittering Ward, as a member, as his Local Authority departments and Wittering Primary School. School headteacher Mr Rhys Thrower; Mrs cabinet experience in education will bring Janine Tempest, a parent representative his indispensable expertise to the table. his is a new RAF Air Command October at RAF Wittering. In addition to the who is also a Service dependant; and Mrs “My team is looking forward to working initiative that will consider, all Station staff led by Wg Cdr Paul McClurg, Gina Yates, who represents a group called together in this strategic partnership, which T activities, functions and issues OC Support Wing, the board includes Simply Different. brings together, for the first time, key local concerned with children and young Peterborough City Council representative Wg Cdr McClurg said: “This is an exciting authority departments and gives us the people on the Station. Councillor John Holdich, Cabinet Member new initiative that should add value to what opportunity to work more constructively The Board held its inaugural meeting in for Education, Skills and University; Cherry we are able to provide for our children and with our local primary school.” Children’s Board.

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The mincemeat will keep for up to three 2. Some months have 31 days, some 11. You have two coins totalling 11 pence, years in a cool dark cupboard. have 30 days. How many have 28? and one of the coins is not a 10 pence piece, what are the two coins? Ingredients 3. If a doctor gave you three tablets and for Mince Pies (makes 24): told you to take one every half hour, how 12. Is it legal for a man to marry his long would they last? widow’s sister? 1¼ lb (560g) Mincemeat 12oz (350g) Plain flour 4. How far can a dog run into a wood? 13. How much soil to the nearest cubic 3oz (75g) Lard inch is there in a 2in x 2in x 4in hole? 3oz (75g) Butter 5. Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. Pinch of Salt 14. Two cats sit in a corner of a room Dash of milk and icing sugar 6. How many sides are there in a circle? and look at another pair in the next Home-made (for the top) corner and so on until every pair looks at Mincemeat 7. A man built a rectangular house with another pair. How many cats could say Method each side having a southern exposure: they were looking at other cats? In the Hot Seat Ingredients You will need one or two trays of 2½ in bear came wandering by, what colour for mincemeat (makes 6lb): (6cm) patty tins, one fluted 3in (7.5cm) was the bear? 15. Which country has a 4th of July – UK, This edition’s ‘In The Hot Seat’ nominee is the first cutter and one 2 ½ in (6cm) cutter. France or USA? Airman to be awarded the SMART Award; the Station 1lb (450g) Bramley Apples cored 8. Why can’t a man living in York be Commander’s Airman of the Month award. and chopped small (no need to peel) Pre–heat the oven to 200C/400F/ buried west of Trent? 16. If you drove a bus leaving 8oz (225g) Shredded suet Gas 6. Newcastle with 40 passengers, Name: Carl Newton 8. What would be your first act as 12oz (350g) Raisins 9. How many birthdays does the average dropped off seven at Gateshead and Role: JNCO FGW Ops – Mover by Trade the world leader? Make the British 8oz (225g) Currants Make the pastry by sifting the flour and salt man have? picked up two, stopped at Birtley and Age: 30 government reduce the price of petrol 8oz (225g) Whole mixed candied into a mixing bowl, rub in the fats until the picked up another 10 women to arrive Marital Status: Married with two children and diesel. peel, finely chopped mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add 10. If you were alone in a haunted house in Durham 15 minutes later, what would 12oz (250g) Soft Dark Brown Sugar just enough cold water to mix a dough at night and there was a lamp, a fire and the driver’s name be?

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1.None – Noah was on the Ark not Moses; 2. All of them; 3. An hour; 4. Halfway – because then he is running out of the wood; 5. 70; 6. Two Two 6. 70; 5. wood; the of out running is he then because – Halfway 4. hour; An 3. them; of All 2. Moses; not Ark the on was Noah – 1.None larger task. 10. What food would you choose for 4 tsp mixed ground spice in the refrigerator for 20 – 30 minutes. Once Answers your last supper? Fish fingers, mash & ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg chilled, roll out half of the pastry as thinly 2. And the least? My pay chit. peas - covered in salad cream. 6 tbsp Brandy as possible and cut into two dozen 3in (7.5cm) rounds, gather up the scraps and Abbey Book Matchmaker 3. What is best advice you have ever 11. Who do you most admire in the Method re-roll. Then do the same with the other of tamford received? Always listen to advice offered; world? Popeye – he is what he is. half of the pastry, this time using a 2½in S Keeping Services Everything for the you don’t have to take it. You will need six 1lb preserving jars and (6cm) cutter. We are Accountants & Book discerning bride plus prom 12. Name four people you would like as a waxed disks. Combine all the ingredients, and evening dresses 4. Describe yourself in six words? Loud, dinner guest – and why? Wayne Rooney, except for the brandy, in a large mixing Grease the patty tins lightly and line with keepers, and we offer a payroll 22 & 24 Broad Street, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1PG brash, direct, witty, sarcastic and honest. Ryan Giggs, Edwin Van Da Sar and John bowl. Cover the bowl with a clean cloth the larger pastry rounds. Fill these with the service Tel: 01780-75346 Terry – to discuss the penalty missed by and leave in a cool place overnight or for mincemeat up to the level of the edges of 109B Fulbridge Road, Peterborough, [email protected] 5. What career would you have followed John Terry at the 2008 Champions League 12 hours. the pastry. Dampen the edges of the smaller Cambridgeshire, PE1 3LE www.matchmakerofstamford.co.uk if you had not pursued your current Final in Moscow. rounds of pastry and press them lightly into Tel: 01733 312314 profession? Roofer or a role in youth Pre-heat the oven to 110C/225F/Gas ¼. position to form lids, sealing the edges. Brush football development. 13. What one piece of music would you each one with the milk, and make three Grasmere Farm Traditional Butchers DYNAMIC, INNOVATIVE like played at your funeral? Everlasting Cover the bowl loosely with foil and cook snips in the tops with a pair of scissors. ‘Taste the Grasmere Taste’ 6. Is there one piece of criticism that by The Manic Street Preachers. in the oven for three hours. Don’t worry At Grasmere Farm Traditional Butchers, we use quality pork from & INSPIRING CONSULTANCY: our own Farm situated down the road at Deeping St James. sticks in your mind? You’re not always about the appearance of the mincemeat Bake near the top of the oven for 25 – 30 Our reputation for producing award winning sausages is * Specialising in Anxiety Disorders renowned and our dry cured bacon has the enviable reputation for * Phobia’s, stress, PTSD, compulsions, Eating Disorders right. 14. How would you like to be (this will seem swimming in fat; this is how minutes until golden brown. being ‘bacon like it used to be’. * Smoking Cessation We also pride ourselves in sourcing locally produced Beef, Lamb & * Changing Limiting Beliefs & removing negative emotional patterns remembered? As the old bloke in the it should look). Poultry. Our beef is hung for a minimum of 21 days which ensures * Helping you to let go of the past both emotionally & physically 7. How would you change the MOD? Take local pub (the one with the flat cap and Cool on a wire tray and sprinkle with the an incredible tender taste that will not be forgotten. We hold weekly special offers as well as our ongoing Grasmere Value packs which FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION the power away from the politicians and sheep dog) who is full of worldly advice As the mincemeat cools, stir from time to icing sugar. When cool, store in an airtight offer tidy savings to our customers. @ Deepings Community Centre, Market Deeping PE6 8PA Find us at 34 High Street Stamford. take specialist advice from the ‘coalface’. for any given situation. time; the fat will coagulate and instead of container. Tel: 01780 765563 www.grasmere-farm.co.uk T: 01778 381780 www.peterborough-hypnotherapy.co.uk Open Monday - Saturday. 7am-5pm. E: [email protected]

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