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Life in Aden
One of the advantages of having a father in
the Forces is that you can go abroad and see all the different countries.
In September, 1952, I was landed at Aden in
a Hasting 3 aircraft after a most interesting first flight. My father was there to meet us and greeted my mother, who was the last member of the family to leave the 'plane. It was very warm when we alighted.
We were very quickly on our way to our new home, and when we arrived there I was very thirsty. I ran into the house to get a drink of water, but I was disappointed to find that the water in the tap was quite hot. My father told me that the water had to be bottled and put into the refrigerator to cool before it could be drunk. We were very tired, so after a good meal we went to bed. It was very hot and I remember I did not sleep very well.
Next morning when I awoke I had forgotten
" where I was and expected to see grass and apple trees, but when I looked out of the window all I saw was broken shell and sand.
At eight o'clock I had my breakfast and went out to find my way about the R.A.F. Camp. Its name was Khormaksar.
We soon settled down to our life there. My
father often took me swimming. I joined the Cubs .and was made a "sixer." When I was
older I joined the Air Scouts, and I went camping with them to Sheik Ochman, and also climbed an extinct volcano called Sham San. In October, 1953, I climbed Sham San again. On the top is situated a Turkish fort. That summer I got "prickly heat," a rash of blisters which goes septic. I had to have treatment with penicillin spray, but as that was no good, I had penicillin injections or "jags." The mosquitoes were a pest in the summer.
One day I cut my foot in the swimming pool
and had to have it stitched. I had to attend hospital every day and I missed school. We went to school in the morning, from nine to twelve.
In the middle of May, 1954, we set sail for England on the troopship S.S. Lancashire, arriving at Liverpool on June 12th. Soon we were on our way to Brighton, in Sussex, to stay with my aunt, after a very interesting time overseas.
D. McARTHUR (Primary 7).
Oor Skale
Oor wee skale's a braw wee skale,
It's made o' stanes an' plaster,
The only things awrang wi' it
Are fifteen awfy masters. ,
They play their games on Saturday,
They gang tae kirk on Sunday,
Tae ask the Lord tae gie them strength
Tae belt us a' on Monday.
B. MacDonald (IIIa).
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Climatological Station
"The study of climate, apart from being interesting in itself, has an important bearing in many ways on everyday life. Increasing and varied uses are made of the records in agriculture, heating, ventilation, water supply, town planning, industrial and research enterprises, etc. Records collected over the years provide the basis for a study of climate. It is, therefore, essential that there should be a day-to-day recording of the weather all over the country.
"Weather observations are of greatest use (a) when made regularly at fixed standard times each day by a competent observer; (b) when accurate instruments of a suitable design are used; and (c) when the site on which the instruments are exposed satisfies certain requirements. When these conditions are fulfilled, it is possible to compare reports from various stations in this country, and from stations in other parts of the world where a similar standardisation is used."
At present there is no meteorological station in the Dunblane area and although there is a belief that the climate here varies considerably from that of Stirling, for example, this belief is founded on observations which have little, If any, scientific value.
It is therefore proposed to establish in Queen Victoria School a climatological station to make careful observations of the weather with accurate instruments. It is hoped that the station will be in operation at the beginning of the new session, and at first observations will be limited to air pressure, maximum and minimum air temperatures, relative humidity, rainfall, and
air speed and direction. This will provide boys with excellent scientific training and they will have the added satisfaction of knowing that they are taking part in a valuable piece of scientific research.
J.R.
Young Jim Palmer
Young Jim Palmer,
His dad was a farmer,
And he wanted to be
A knight dressed in armour.
So his dad he was generous,
He gave him a pound;
Jim was delighted
And danced off the ground.
So he went to the top shop,
And there he did spy,
The suit that he wanted,
The suit he would buy.
Now Jim has grown
Into a very fine man
And fights for his country
In some distant land.
P. FINLAY (Primary 6)
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