Show us yer meat...
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I was one of Trenchard's Brats during the great typhoid outbreak of 1963 when tainted corned beef killed a bunch of pensioners in Scotland. Corned Beef then went for about a tanner a ton. (A 'tanner' would be 2 1/2 pence)
Guess what was the only meat we had for two months...
A couple of years later I was implicated in the Great Waddington Food Mutiny. Its all about the ration allowance and making ends meet, you see.
Guess what was the only meat we had for two months...
A couple of years later I was implicated in the Great Waddington Food Mutiny. Its all about the ration allowance and making ends meet, you see.
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I was at St Athan in Flemingston Mess in 1962
Every morning the OO and Duty Cpl came to every table to ask if everything was OK
One morning a brand new Boy Entrant said " No Sir, my egg looks funny!"
The poor lad was told to stand up and laugh at it! - after which, the OO said "Sit down Bloggs, we were only yolking!"
Later on, during an evening meal,someone complained of string in his cabbage - a similar response was, "Don't tell everyone, they will all want some"
Ah! the good old days!
Every morning the OO and Duty Cpl came to every table to ask if everything was OK
One morning a brand new Boy Entrant said " No Sir, my egg looks funny!"
The poor lad was told to stand up and laugh at it! - after which, the OO said "Sit down Bloggs, we were only yolking!"
Later on, during an evening meal,someone complained of string in his cabbage - a similar response was, "Don't tell everyone, they will all want some"
Ah! the good old days!
