racism at the royal naval college in the 1950s was vicious . as girls from the local grammar school were were invited there to tea on sundays and dances as well as trips up the river to dittisham . our home was a refuge for the cadets from india, pakisthan, afghanisthan and from the tueraq tribe . we girls werer spat at in the street an d called p[rostiytioutes by the locals when in the company of these polite handsome young men from the top of their societies