BEagle, agree your point about motivation. My first acquaint was at Hooton Park. My next, in the CCF, was at RAF Silloth with lunch in the Mess served by a cpl pilot and later a flight in a Hastings to RAF Aldergrove. Camps at RAF Topcliffe, RAF Manby, and RAF Upwood followed.
I even remember the MQs at RAF West Kirby reserved for 'wives of . . .' for airmen on 12 month unaccompanied tours. I didn't understand at the time, but that was a downside even then.