Keighley Sea Cadets are on the crest of a wave.

They are to be visited next month by the chairman of the Sea Cadet Association, Vice-Admiral Sir Jonathan Tod. He will be at the unit's Waddington Street headquarters on September 7.

He will be accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, John Lyles, and Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Miller.

John Briggs, president of the Keighley unit, says: "I have been involved with Keighley Sea Cadets for over ten years and this is the first time such a visit has been planned. I am delighted for the cadets, staff and committee who have worked so hard to put our unit on the map. I am reliably informed that it will be another ten years before another such visit is planned."

at Cross Roads. Today we have 60 cadets, a wonderful town-centre HQ and a new junior section. Shortly we will be starting a bugle and drum band which can only enhance the opportunities for our cadets to serve the local community."

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