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Old 1st Sep 2014, 20:22
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BEagle
 
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In 1975-6, there was a piano in the OM bar at RAF Brawdy, but I don't think anyone ever played it.

A notice attached to the piano stated that, if someone's squadron tradition involved burning a piano, they were at liberty to do so - provided that they would be prepared to pay for its replacement. The cost of which was also prominently displayed.

Whether it was that which ensured the piano's survival, I don't know. Perhaps it was simply the fact that the bar was on the first floor, accessible only by steep stairs?

Summer of '76 and the single seat Hunter - bliss!
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