Mycota foot powder was and possibly still is issued to soldiers for the purpose of keeping the likes of athletes foot at bay when their feet are in horrid rough army socks and stinky army boots all day.

My father was out on exercise on the ranges in Germany while we were posted in Lubbecke. My sister and I were aged 4 and 5 respectively at this point.

Anyways he was running with his sqn with his bergen on in full kit when the cry went out GAS GAS GAS! My father put on his respirator and continued to run - suddenly the world turned white, he began choking and he couldn't breathe, ran straight into a tree almost knocking himself out and slid into a ditch - the reason?

When dad was getting his kit ready for exercise my sister and I thought we would help, Unknown to him we had emptied the entire contents of a tin of mycota into the respirator and put it back into its bag. Possibly to assist in the prevention of athletes face.