Julia, the air hostess view 1
So there I was in the early sixties, a spotty faced schoolboy sitting at the dining table minding my own business.
My mother was in the kitchen when there was a knock on the kitchen door.
It was Julia. She was the daughter of our rather posh, prim and proper neighbours.
Julia was in her late twenties and was, in my eyes extremely good looking. She always dressed really smart and had recently given up office work to become an air stewardess. I'd missed watching her coming and going to work in her perfect office wear, however seeing her in her stewardess uniform more than made up for it.
"Oh hello Julia. Come in and have a chat, I haven't seen you for awhile," said my mum.
My mum made tea and poured a cup for Julia.
"Now then dear tell me how you're getting on as an air hostess?"
"Well generally I've really enjoyed it. The uniform is so smart and I really love wearing it. It does seem to attract attention.
But yesterday I had a terrible and embarrassing experience."
"What happened that was so bad?"
At this point I stopped minding my own business and listened avidly to Julia's experience.
I decided to keep quiet and keep out of view so as not to intimidate her.
Julia began, "We were flying back from Vienna and I noticed a group of three young men occupying a row of seats right at the back of the aircraft They seemed a little full of themselves. One of them stopped me and said how he liked my uniform.
I had to serve them from the drinks trolley. As I approached them I heard them talking enthusiastically. "I think yellow" said one, "My monies on cream". "Pink" said the other. I had no idea what they were talking about.
Being in the back row they were first to be served. The trolley was pointing towards the front of the aircraft and I was behind it.
Then the problems started.
As I served the passenger in the aisle seat opposite the three men I felt two hands around my waist pulling me backwards onto the three men behind me. As I fell backwards my legs shot upwards. I was flat on my back across the three men's laps. My immediate concern was what was I exposing. Fortunately for me when I looked down at my legs I could see that, although the hem of my dress had risen up above my knees, my slip had remained in place.
The men could see my slip but that was all. I think the man sat opposite must have seen partly up my dress. As I tried to get away the man in the window seat held me by my shoulders. I was beginning to panic and tried to wriggle away from his grasp. My struggles had a disastrous affect, as this time when I looked down I was horrified to see my slip way above my knees and my stocking tops and suspenders were exposed. I desperately tried to pull my dress back down but couldn't break free.
The more I struggled and wriggled the higher my dress and slip rose.
One of them shouted "Pink" and the others laughed.
Now I knew what they had been speculating about.