1972. My first posting as an airman. We were allowed to go to the Airmen’s Mess at 21:00 to have tea and toast. As the duty supper was at 22:00, there was usually beans on the servery, so it was beans on toast.
Fast forward to 1987 and now a Cpl. Amending the Queen’s Regs one day, I come across ‘Oc Catering is to provide a light supper I.e. tea and toast to all living in OR’s’. Off I go to the mess at 21:00 only to be told no you can’t have supper.
I phoned OC Cat next day and after a bit of checking QR’s, he said I was right, but please keep quiet about it!
On the next amendment, that paragraph was taken out.