And Finally…

By Tearless

Message from the Editor

Our correspondent proposes a challenge for the NR’s readership: The author, who is aged 89 and has contributed many articles over the years to the NR, more in a humorous vein than a serious one, takes a look back at the Royal Navy in war and peace over the past century and ponders some of its lighter social changes. A 5 minute read.

What happened to Fun in the Navy? W(h)ither Fun in the Navy? What was Fun in the Navy and when did it exist? Why does the son of one of my contemporaries, currently serving in the RN, tell us that in today’s Navy we could never now get away with what happened in our day? Why and when did it all change? What happened to the fun which all those of my generation so much enjoyed and of which the RN was central? Join the Navy and See the World: No package holidays when we joined! Research and folklore begin to reveal this. My father served and survived the whole of WWI and, as a Naval aircrew offic…

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