"British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947" Sergenat C Crane from Wolverhampton had worked for the Goodyear tyre company before the war but decided to retrain and set himself up with a painting and decorating business. Here he practices producing a marble paint effect on a wall using a feather to apply the paint. The painting and decorating course was just one of many pre-vocational courses on offer at the college in Cairo to prepare soldiers awaiting demobilisation for a return to 'civvy street'.