Bridlington - Peter Potter

Bridlington - Peter Potter

Tells the story of a comrade who got drunk on pub crawl, fell into an emergency static water tank on his way back to camp, and consequences.

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[underlined]Bridlington[/underlined]
At Bridlington, one of our squad went pub crawling, having received a
cash gift from a relative. He overdid the imbibing a little and somehow
managed to fall into the emergency static water tank on his way back to
camp.
He was rescued by a couple of Waafs and delivered to the camp
guardhouse.
Normally he would have ended up in a cell and been put on a charge, but
the SP.s wanted nothing to do with him and refused entry to the
guardhouse as he stank to high heaven with the putrid water of the E.W.S.
We took him to the showers, where we stripped him and left him sitting
on the floor under a shower and his clothes beneath another. He came
into the billet about an hour later, still wet and minus his clothes. One of
the chaps went for the clothes, which were still under the shower. Both
showers were still on.
Next morning he had to wear his best blue on parade and the Sergeant
Instructor, having heard the tale, decided to put us over the assault course.
The poor bod was up most of the night sorting his uniforms out.
By the way he had no memory of falling into the E. W. S and thought he
had fallen into the North Sea.
The next morning he was put on kitchen fatigues for being so scruffy and
no shine on his boots.