From Cornwall to the Middle East, by accident

I went on to spend several years in PCA, the Portable Compressor Assembly , putting together various Air Recievers and the turntable chassis for the large towable compressors. The workshop was a linear space with an overhead crane servicing the entire floor. At the top of the shop hoses of various lengths and diameters were assembled, along with other smaller assemblies. Then the chassis were assembled and passed onto the engine and airend assembly, cooling and control, then finally the acoustic enclosure. There was an air of raucous camaraderie in PCA.   Frequent hoots of laughter at someone’s misfortune, running jokes about the chap who went to Lust -leigh for his honeymoon (though why that might be who knows, because it is often called one of the prettiest villages in England), the “library” held in a locker for general furtive perusal, the practical jokes such as thick grease injected into one of the wonderful pasties from the canteen and left for a hapless fellow to sink h...