Combined Cadet Force
I still have a hard time explaining this to people who don't know what it is.
Essentially, kids are "voluntarily" put into this thing after school where they dress up in uniforms and berets and forced to do marching drills.
You then pick whether you want to do Army/Navy/RAF, and you get to do some shooting drills. Guns are brought into the school (without ammo) and kids are shown how to shoot.
Every year each group goes on a summer camp type excursion where they get to fire real weapons or fly gliders or something.
And that's it.
Oh nice! And yeah grammar school
How close were you to the plane?
This was a long time ago, but I'd say 400 or 500 metres? We were waiting in a hut near the runway so we could jump in a plane and do our flights, so it had to be fairly close. There was absolutetly nothing between myself and the runway other than grass and a taxi way, so close enough!
Did the tea's survive?