So on day one, I turn up at
and it's the day in which I leave
the London County Council's care.
So I have no home,
I have no parents,
I have no educational
and so on and so forth.
I'm going nowhere.
I have no career plan,
I know nothing about the RAF,
and I know nothing about aviation.
But I'm really happy because
in one institution to being
And the institution I'm
has a sort of glamorous
You know, all the wartime
RAF people in a really nice light.
Everybody likes the uniform.
There's a huge amount of respect
more so, I think, at that time,
than if you joined the
On day one, I had a
being at home, unlike the
who joined at the
Many of them were
crying themselves to
you know, lost 'cause of their
and I was one of the few that
I was back in an organisation
what time breakfast was
and the evening meal was,
and I didn't have to think
With the square bashing
now the other thing
about the sad things
there were some actually
my childhood, my traumatic
One of them was
I learnt to deal with failure.
So failure did not concern me at all.
In fact, when I was in
I was already at the
of civilization as far as
There was no way down.
So I didn't ever bother to think
I was already about as
When the sergeants are
and swearing and insulting you
trying to make you react, I didn't.
It just went straight over
I ignored it and just carried on.
Whatever I needed to do,
Whilst other kids again
and distressed at the aggro
But it really had no effect
They gave up trying.
They'd go and try it
So square bashing
