He wrote to Jim'll Fix It but got no reply...

My guest, Craig Bulman from Maidenhead was just a little boy when he first saw The Red Devils parachute display team when they came to his hometown of Newcastle upon Tyne. He wrote straightaway to Jimmy Savile, but got no response. So he wrote to Captain Mickey Munn, who led the Devils, who replied immediately and invited the young Craig along to see them, and they even took him up in the plane to do a quick circuit.

Inspired, young Craig joined up at the age of 17, and joined the Paras. Within a couple of years, he was selected for the Devils and spent two years with them, jumping all over the world. It just goes to prove that determination pays off. How many of us really ever get to fulfill a childhood ambition like that?