Drinking in the 60's
After about 47 years I'll tell about about the time we were to do a Sharjah det. starting 1st Jan. with a TOT of around 0730ish.
Now, of course, we were at a party the night of 31/01, on the scaley patch, and, of course, we had our suitcases and holdalls full of clothing etc. for a fortnights trip with us!
0600ish, Cue a gaggle of very hungover/ still tipsy groundcrew staggering to 3 shed and our squadron Hastings ready to depart on time, get on strap in, hold heads, and go
Next thing, airborne and then discover that an enterprising rigger had installed a keg of beer underfloor and had a tap in the cabin!! 1 shilling a plastic cup istr.
Needless to say there wasn't a big uptake between here and Malta, and, for anyone who
hasn't tried a two day old beer between Luqa and Esenboga, let me tell you, it's horrible.
Regards, Den.