Originally Posted by
Old Bricks
BEagle
"Not just 16/8 per day though, didn't we also have free haircuts from the Mad Slasher?"
There was nothing free about the haircuts! It was the ultimate insult - we were charged for 4 haircuts a month on our mess bills, whether you had them or not. After you swanned off to a life of leisure at university and we moved up to College Hall, there was a revolt by the cadets at an AGM, as virtually everyone went into Sleaford or Grantham for a haircut rather than suffer the indignities of College Hall Slasher, who therefore spent most of his days reading the paper. We demanded that we should only pay for haircuts taken. Shock horror from PMC and staff - mutterings about mutiny. Overwhelmingly voted for by cadets, and then vetoed by PMC. However, the staff later relented and we just paid per haircut. Amazingly, the quality of the haircuts improved no end....
Spoilt rotten you lot were!
In 1952 as a Boy Entrant on 2/6 a day, we were deducted a 1/- a month, for which we had an many haircuts as we were told to have.