My first squadron boss. After a rather intimidating “arrival interview” at a squadron beer call where he suggested that I held a crew party the following weekend to which he should be invited, he proved to be a very supportive and fair boss. I left the kipper fleet after 4 years, but I bumped into him some 15 years later and he remembered my name as we had quite a long chat. Dare I use his toilet roll trick at my golden wedding speech next month?