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25Shoe-shine BoyFlight Cadet Spink managed to annoy his Corporal batman in Block 80 (not sure how) %u2013 the next morning on opening his door to retrieve his airman pattern shoes freshly shined, he nearly breaks his back when the shoes refused to leave the floor. The 6-inch nails securing the shoes took some time to remove!Cliff SpinkBrief EncounterHeating pipes and electrical cables passed between buildings in ducts which were covered by paving slabs thus making narrow walkways. Tony Stacey and I were on our way to the Junior Cadets%u2019 Mess when we encountered a newly commissioned officer going the other way. We saluted smartly and he promptly responded; however, because of the narrowness of the path Tony%u2019s and the officer%u2019s arms became linked and they both spun around in a pirouette. Embarrassed, they disengaged & went their separate ways.Roger Wooldridge The NATO visit, Spring 1968Our final term at Cranwell had begun; all of us were wearing the insignia of Senior Flight Cadets. Or Under-officers, Senior Underofficers even. So proud we were of our exalted status, oblivious to our impending reduction to Pilot Officers, somewhere near the bottom of everyone%u2019s RAF pecking order. They took us to NATO, that is to say, RAF Laarbruch, some army things, the odd Belgian air base and a Headquarters near Brussels. What really appealed was the opportunity for drinking duty-free booze in the Laarbruch Officer%u2019s Mess bar. I remember a small group of us conceiving the challenging plan of drinking one shot from each