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Old 14th Oct 2020, 10:03
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Cornish Jack
 
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Mention earlier of the 69 Club jogged a memory or two. When it opened it was the first 'Airmen's Club' in the RAF and caused a huge rumpus with NAAFI. The bar offered an alcoholic range not allowed in the NAAFI and they produced fresh edible filled rolls - previously unheard of in K'sar. The finance was raised locally, including a lump sum from Shell at Little Aden to fund the dance floor. The 'leading light' in the programme was Jack Winterflood, a Flight Sergeant in Admin and a large proportion of the money raised came from the annual 'Khormaksar Fair', an afternoon and evening drinking spree with sideshows!. It opened in '57 and became a model for similar Clubs elsewhere.
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