Talk:Joint Services School for Linguists

Bodmin
The article states that the school in Bodmin was run by the Army and Caterham by the Navy. However, according to a plaque at Bodmin military museum the town was the location of the RAF school (I was there a couple of weeks ago), and Caterham is an Army station. These are maybe the wrong way around? -- Necrothesp 11:47, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The CO at Bodmin in 1953 was an Army officer the 2nd in command was a naval officer. As the camp was contiguous with the DCLI depot no doubt it was supported by the Army. The annual inspection was carried out by the Army. Seadowns (talk) 11:23, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

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Locations etc.
The 18-month courses started, for the first year, at either Cambridge or London. Plain clothes were worn, not uniform. After one year, pupils were moved to Bodmin, for six months, and had to go back to uniform. Military discipline at Bodmin was very light. By 1956 Crail in Fife had replaced Bodmin. At the end of the course there was an exam. set by the Civil Service Commission, by which pupils could qualify as simultaneous interpreters. I think only about 1%-2% qualified as first-class, but all would have had a fairly decent ability in Russian. After discharge from full-time National Service there were still three years in each of which one had to return to the forces for one fortnight's refreshment training. Former JSSL personnel did this at Bodmin or Crail. Source-my memory. Seadowns (talk) 01:06, 6 December 2020 (UTC)