I'm not saying her observations are inaccurate. But marrying into service life and then criticising Cpl's not being allowed into the Mess, for example, makes her appear naive at the very least.
I was amazed to discover, for example, that the houses on the RAF base were segregated according to rank
Yep, luckily the Services still aren't socialists!
I longed to paint the walls a different colour but Paul reminded me that we would have to restore them to their original shade of bland magnolia before we left.
Yep, and I expect my civilian tenants to do exactly the same.
They should be sure to host regular dinner parties of their own.
I couldn’t cook, so I would order takeaway pizza when people came round.
Hmmm!
For long periods, there would be no men on the base and the kids would get excited about seeing a postman. Henry would run to the window and shout: ‘Look Mummy, a man!’
Does anyone believe that actually happened?