I seem to remember airmen's quarters had to have carpets that didn't touch the walls IE there was a foot or so of lino all round and officer's quarters had fitted carpets. Maybe urban myth, prepared to be told otherwise on that one. I know in the 80's my friend's quarter was recarpeted with fitted carpets so maybe it ended around then.
Possibly the same urban myth, but in the late 70s/early 80s ISK had a surplus of OMQs and a shortage of AMQs. A street on the edge of the OMQs was redesignated for use by airmen and yes, Barrack Stores allegedly went into every house and removed 12 inches of carpet all around each room on the grounds that "Airmen are not entitled to fitted carpets".
And it would be early 90s when a colleague informed my boss that he was invited to a "Amontillado and Literature" evening at his quarter. He had just been promoted to MACR and his wife called the Sqn to say that Barrack Stores had just been round to drop off the additional items to which he was entitled: 6 sherry glasses and a bookcase.
