FED, really? Of course many wives were ex-teachers or nurses and in the 60s nurses and marriage didn't go together and I guess teaching posts were scarce, especially one requiring a car. Similarly WRAF had to retire so they took may have become unemployed.
Yes, on reflection you may well have been right with 'wives of' being marooned on the patch or caravan site. Remember the good old days on no quarter for officers under 25, quarters, frozen and unfrozen lists, points etc and no quarter for dets under 6 months. I was lucky, my poster juggled my courses and postings to give me 6 months and my overseas tour as a batchelor gave me the requisite points. Yes, things were better in those days
