THE SILOS
“These silos once cured the golden leaf that built Peebles Valley”.
Today, Milites Dei Academy utilizes the silos for dry firearm training classes and one of the rooms house all the snares that the students have collected over the years.
In the tobacco era, these silos are flue-curing kilns, built of brick, mortar and iron to dry green tobacco to a deep gold. Local history says that in hard times they also served as food distribution points for the community.
In the 1970s, tobacco gave way to macadamias, and many old farms in the valley were converted. Some silos were demolished. These ones stayed.
At Milites Dei Academy, the silos have a new job. Their height and layout give students a realistic structure to practise tactical firearm movements and drills. Milites Dei Academy offers The South African Professional Firearm Trainers Counsil (PFTC) Accredited Firearms Unit Standard.
Learn these skills through military-style training at Milites Dei Academy where the valley’s history meets its future.
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