Our room at Swinderby wasn't carpeted in Oct 85, hence the need for the smallest man to sit on the electrical(yes I know but we had the old buffer as well !) buffer whilst our beds were balanced on our lockers.
My Uncle who joined as a volunteer in early 60's said it was just like that for him when he joined up, my Fathers biggest regret was as an apprentice he couldn't do national service as it was stopped whilst he was an apprentice.