Originally Posted by
The Oberon
Mess tins, your own irons and mug and a filthy great, scalding plate wash bath in the entrance, worked in the App's mess at Locking in the '60s.
I was at Waddo when they switched to plates and cutlery. IIRC personal issue stuff had to be handed in.
Took about 2 days before they ran out of cutlery as the troops didn't believe there was enough to go around and snaffled them from the servery.
PS, who remembers the one pint nylon ones you could get from NAAFI?