(Mis)Treatment of VSOs
Many moons ago there was a 46Gp based at Upavon. Came the day for the demise of 46Gp and there was to be a farewell dining in at Lyneham at which the AOC, AVM Norman Hoad, was to be the principal guest. After a very good dinner and the usual toasts NH stood up to make his speech which ran something like this: "Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight is not a night for frivolity. Tonight there are to be no mess games. Tonight there is to be no mess rugby......"
I don't know what his real intention was because I next met him about an hour later coming the opposite way through the Tunnel of Love. His mess kit was in a similar state to mine and his face very shortly after rubbing hard against the carpet as I battled to get over him using elbows and knees to maximum effect.
That night or even in the days immediately afterwards there were no interviews either with or without coffee as far as I am aware.