Going back to the original thread I would make the following thoughts/observations (I believe that the current word is "take").
Pa joined in 1950 and slowly worked his way up to F/Sargeant. At his attempt to go up to W/Officer he was taken to one side and told that Ma would never be an occifer's wife. Ma told me this some years after he'd retired, she was still angry about it.
Housing. Definately improved as you ascended the ladder. We spent a few years at Gaydon. When the camp closed - long after we left for Sopley in 1966 - the OMQ were sold as private accomodation, the AMQ were sold to the council.
The woman does sound a bit Hyacynth Boucketish but I think that she's broadly right.