My main memory of the first few days in the Army is haircuts...
I attested at Ipswich recruiting office on Aug 15th 1972. I was given a day's pay, a rail warrant and orders to report to Sutton Coldfield Recruit Selection Centre (RSC) on Aug 19th. I was also advised to spend some of the day's pay on a haircut.
I got the train to Sutton Coldfield on the 19th, found the truck taking everybody to RSC and, on arriving at RSC, was issued a pair of coveralls, a pair of plimsolls and then ordered to get a haircut.
Having attended all the briefings and passed all the aptitude tests, I was accepted for REME as a potential electronics tech. I was given a rail warrant for travel to Wokingham, along with about ten other guys, and eventually got to the REME depot at Arborfield. We were marched to the spider (ancient wooden hut) that was to be our home for the next few weeks, drew bedding, mug, KFS and went to the cookhouse for something to eat. The following morning we drew kit and were then marched to the barber's for a haircut!
Luckily, I don't have so much hair these days and don't have to get it cut so often.