In the mid-sevnties the goverment introduced a minimum wage where if somebody was earning, according to circumstances, less that this amount he could claim extra off the taxpayer.
Severe consternation at Odiham when a married ATC pilot officer's claim came through.
To ease our dire financial straights we dug up a section near the squadron and planted various vegetables etc, therebye creating an allotment. In went the pea sticks followed by the peas and we waited. The peas came up, were eaten by the rabbits and the pea sticks blossomed with leaves all over the place.