In the sixties Spitalgate was used for WRAF recruit training.
During my year at RAFC Cranwell before going to university, there were only about 6 WRAFs on the entire station...
But one day, for some obscure reason, a coach brought a gang of WRAF recruits from Spitalgate to use the swimming pool. Of course we were forbidden to fraternise, being 'officer' cadets whilst the girls were 'airwomen under training'...
Neither group thought this particularly fair, but we were sent off on yet another cross-country run whilst the girls splashed about in the pool.
What the PEd staff had perhaps forgotten was that the western side of the pool area was almost entirely glass. As we trudged back to the changing rooms, the girls spotted us and their pool-time behaviour soon became...most revealing!
And now, back to our scheduled programme!