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Daughters follow dad
into the minefield of work
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Snm Johns, right, with Kirsty at her passing out parade in August T G^iv tiGe
Nowadays it's rare for all of them Greendown and set their hearts on
to be in the same place because joining up, not surprisingly with Parts,
both Angie Johns' daughters - Sam weapons and explosives in mind. repairs, accessories,
and Kirsty - have followed their Sam, now 20, went straight into back up stock
father into the armed forces. the Navy as their youngest ever
Husband Andy, joined the RAF artificer. She recently passed a de- Open: Mon to Sat
aged 17, and became hooked on gree in weapons engineering and gam to 5.30pm
the thrill of bomb disposal, but is serving on HMS Northumber- Closed Sundays
Angie has barely got used to the land in home waters. She has re-
idea. "It's nerve racking a lot of the sponsibility fora weapons systems
time, but I've lived with it for 28 section but Navy rules will pre-
years," she said. vent her from undertaking bomb
After the first Iraq War in the disposal.
early 1990s, Andy cleared mines in Younger sister, Kirsty, 17, com-
Kuwait and the family went with pleted her RAF basic training in
him. "The girls grew up with August and has started a weapons
bombs and mines. The idea of their technician course and hopes to
dad working with them has never pursue the same work as her dad.
bothered them," said Angie. While Andy and the girls are
On leaving the RAF, Andy found away, Angie keeps the home fires
civilian life too boring and quickly burning, but in an altogether more
joined Minetech, a company spe- sedate manner. She is the Weight
cialising in mine search and dis- Watchers consultant running
posal. classes in West Swindon.
Currently he is involved in hand She is looking forward to a fam-
searching old World War 11 mine- ily reunion, hopefully at Christ-
fields in the Libyan desert, clear- mas. No doubt, there will be much
ing areas before oil exploration can technical talk of hi-tech kit and
take place. tales from the western desert over
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