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Dear Sir
I am writing to ask if you would tell your readers about a book I have just written about what was the army apprentice school in Harrogate.  The book is called 'The HARROGATE Army Apprentice - Our Story'.  Over 60% of these apprentices went into the Royal Engineers who have a large camp in Waterbeach and, consequently,  many will have settled in the area and it is them I am trying to reach out to.

The story I am trying to get across is not just, about my writing a book about my army days. ‘This Book’ embraces the lives of a group of waif’s and strays who joined the army as 15 year olds many with no qualifications at all. It not only charts their journey through the Army Apprentice School at Harrogate but carries on to show how far they went up the ranks in the regular army, it also reflects on their success stories in Civvy Street. It is an excellent combination of stories submitted by the lads who actually served there and shows the impact it had on their future lives.

Part One tells the story of what we actually did and got up to while we were there, the Army Apprentice School at Harrogate turned raw young boys many from broken homes into very skilled tradesmen. The skills instilled in them during their apprenticeships made the modern army what it is today.

Part Two covers the time we left Harrogate and served in the regular army showing how far up the military ladder we went, it also shows a copy of our Roll of Honour and Honours write-ups. Returning to Civvy Street and the relevance that our army lives had on our civilian careers is also covered in this section.

The success stories of these ex Harrogate apprentices are what this book is all about, it will certainly give a great deal of inspiration to every one reading it, whatever their age group ... there have been a lot of stories both in the press and on TV about ex servicemen living on the streets and having a rough time, this book could go a long way in showing them the way forward.

The book can be bought from me Fred Carslake at 29 Coopers Drive, Yate, Bristol BS37 7XZ  Tel : (01454) 317112 for £15 plus £2 P&P.