Late one night on guard, we were randomly discussing the traits of the various trades who were present that shift. One of the guys was a storeman, who had spent some time at the big stores depot at RAF Stafford.
We had heard some stories about the wonders that were stored there, such as the story that between Stafford and Donington there was kit going back to the world wars "in case it was needed again" (Green goddeses were one such item) and we asked him to give us some idea of the stuff he'd seen.
His response was a bit of a tale, and started out that reminding us that there were three classes of stores, A,B and C (or as it was in those days). A stores were those items that were one-off issue such as kit bags. C stores were consumable items, and were never intended to be returned or replaced. B stores were lifed or exchangeable items, and you could exchange them either after a period of time, a number of uses, or if the condition meant they were no longer suitable for use. Most uniform is B stores.
In those days the members of the WRAF were still being issued with P.E. Kit, which included a short skirt and uniform issue knickers. As these were B stores they could be exchanged, and once exchanged like all uniform items they were sent to a central depot for disposal.
So there he was at Stafford, surrounded by bales and bales of used WRAF knickers, with the task of arranging disposing of them.......
It might have been a tall tale, but it made the shift go faster.