Originally Posted by
Four Turbo
Wasn't there something about the place being designed in metres and built in yards?? Only came to light when they resurfaced the runway and had a mound of the new materials left over? Also why rooms were too small for wardrobes. Or maybe that's all rubbish - just what I heard, but it would be nice to know of any truth!.
True. The rooms in the original blocks of the OM were all sub-standard in terms of sq footage. As a result, even first tour fg off like myself in the late-1970s could have 2 rooms - non-interconnected - either adjacent or across the corridor.
Those waiting for a second room had their wardrobes in the corridor.