Great letter in the Telegraph today about the awfulness of sprouts:
A flight home to load the bomb bay with sprouts
SIR – In 1957, I was a Shackleton pilot based in Gibraltar and it was decreed that the garrison should be served Brussels sprouts with Christmas dinner.
I was sent to Cornwall to collect about five tons of fresh sprouts. With the bomb bay full I flew back at low level to avoid freezing them. However, while flying over the Mediterranean the air temperature slowly increased. When we parked and opened the bomb doors the stench that rose into the aircraft was dreadful.
I hate sprouts and will sail with Captain Keble (report, June 17) at any time.
Wg Cdr T.R. Holland
Hexham, Northumberland
R.N.Captain.
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