The centuries-long Navy rum tradition the Wrens were allowed to join on VE Day

Veterans Mabel Kidney and John Roberts had VE Days unlike any other (Picture: Solent News/Royal British Legion/Supplied)Something unheard of happened in Mabel Kidney’s Navy barracks on May 8 1945 – she was given rum.The Women’s Navy veteran had never had a lick of the alcohol in her life before VE Day 1945.But that all changed at the end of the Second World War, when she and her fellow Wrens participated in a renowned Navy tradition.Mabel had joined the Women’s Royal Nav