This is an entry in a year-long project to post-blog the demobilisation experience for British servicemen at the end of the Second World War. See here for an introduction to the project and here for a brief overview of the demobilisation process.
Forty educational experts are about to embark on a five-month talent-spotting expedition across Europe, the Near and Far East in order to identify excellent potential teachers amongst serving members of HM Forces, reports the Times. Two interview boards, each consisting of representatives from local education authorities and teachers at the elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels hope to meet with 4-5,000 prospective candidates during their extended tour.
In other news, the paper also reports on a proposal to create a new flying-boat base at Langstone Harbour, in Hampshire. "Whatever the technical merits of flying boats," suggests the Times, "the British public likes them. They are roomy and clean, and they do not have to employ airfields which are hot and dusty in summer and cold and muddy in winter. Perhaps the liking is due to an island people's traditional love of the sea - something which suggests to them holidays and sunshine ..." [sadly, with the rapid increase in the size and performance of land-base aircraft in the post-war era the idea was eventually abandoned].
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