I was a Midshipmite at Leeming in 79, as the RN ran EFTS there for a while. We lived in the SEECO (sp?) huts that were an annexe to the OM. They were made of sheet asbestos, and you could here the guy two rooms down turn a page. They were effing cold in winter, and effing hot in summer. The only benefits to living in them was a) we were away from the grown-ups and b) we paid C 50% of the normal rate.
They were prefabs built to last 5 years max in WW2 - and we weren't fighting any wars then, let alone two at once, so where is the money going to come from now?
Miraculously when HRH the Duke of York went through, space was found in the OM for the dark blue.
