"NAAFI would barely touch NI then, so the whole Province worked on Chogi Shops (can I say that these days?)" (see Teeteringhead, above)
Interesting that the word chogi has survived, even though it seems to have lost its racial (racist?) connotations. In most overseas theatres east of Suez the term referred to the local civilians, who would invariably be non-white. It was certainly a slightly offensive term, if not downright derogatory. I was told it was a shortening from the Indian "chowkidar", a sweeper, or cleaner, thus someone in a low-grade job. Presumably the "chogis" in NI were mainly fair skinned, so it seems the term has moved on somewhat.
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