Etiquette
Whilst Stradling was of course the Bible, does anyone recall "Notes for the Guidance of Flight Cadets"? This thread prompted an attic search but to no avail.
IIRC there was a section on appropriate dress that prescribed that sports jackets, to be worn on Wednesdays (sports afternoon) and weekends, should be of a certain length, but that one should "avoid the theatrical" !
Sqnd Ldr R.......n, he of the Alvis and Regiment / Navigator fame, was so unimpressed with our dining habits that he too had a formal place setting laid before him, and gave us instruction on correct use of the eating utensils! Was it he or Stradling who said that there was no harm in an officer once taking a litttle more drink than was wise - so that he would then know his limit and never again exceed it !!!
As for lounge suits, let us not forget that one was required to have a "tweed" suit for semi formal weekend occasions and non-uniform church attendance!
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Where else would one see a cravat worn these days other than at breakfast one weekend each year in College Hall ?! Indeed where else would one sit down to breakfast at the same table with whatever is the collective noun for a group of ACMs !
Happy days indeed, and all rather splendid in its way