Nissen-hutted Mess and draughty Nissen hut communal ablutions. (All very different now, I suppose
It certainly has. IIRC in 1960 the new Officer's Mess was built. There was still not a lot of confidence in Valley's long term future so it was built in such a style that it could be readily used as a hotel. This, of course, has not yet happened.
Those that remember Middleton St George may well know that the officer's mess was converted into an excellent establishment complete with en-suite facilities. Visiting air hostesses overnighting at the now Teeside Airport could be easily terrorised by telling them about the ghost of the Meteor pilot who speared into the building; with some advantage.