Langleybaston,
Not sure how old you are but don't forget that homosexuality was illegal in the UK until 1967, that must have had a huge effect on how people portrayed themselves. Not sure how the Public Schools managed for so long though...
As for it being a strange world, isn't it indeed a far stranger and weirder world where a Government deems it has to tell me where I can and can't put my penis in other consenting adults, and that if I do not do as it thinks I could be sent to jail? Now that is a VERY strange world...
Oldfella,
You said;
"How pleased I am that homosexuality was not tolerated during my time in the service."
Why? Why are you so frightened of it, why is it such a threat?
I ask that as a genuine question. WHY does homosexuality seem to freak out so many men?