PN (#8),
...She made a profit...
Quite right, too (but hope SATCO had briefed her thoroughly on "The Correct Method of Crossing a Runway in Use" ! (you'll recall my tale of the Strubby NAAFI girl and her devatasting punch-line "Do I have to know all this for £3 a week ?")
Geilenkirchen had an excellent all ranks "Malcolm Club" in '60-'62. Relations were cemented when our DAPM Flt Lt married the Manageress. The shop sold me an excellent "Baldamatic" (E.German) 35mm, with coupled rangefinder and exposure meter, still works fine.
In the late '50s the Malcolm Club ran an Officers' Club in Cadogan Gardens (off Sloane Square). Did D/B/B in a (shared) room for 18/6. Much cheaper than RAF Club membership for a country mouse who only came up to the "Smoke" when he absolutely had to.
Danny.