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When the Australian Government took in Kosovar refugees in 1999 many of them objected to the accomodation provided at the Infantry Centre at Singleton.
Basic the lines were, but clean and functional and in all the times I'd stayed there I was taken aback by the utter lack of Serbian death squads roving around ....
Laugh? I almost did
Basic the lines were, but clean and functional and in all the times I'd stayed there I was taken aback by the utter lack of Serbian death squads roving around ....
Laugh? I almost did
Most of the blocks were single man rooms, with H&C sinks, but none on-suite. I believe one still had 4 man rooms with no sinks, but that was out of use for the last few years.
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I remember when the floating "Coastels" which had been used as military accommadation at RAF Stanley in the Falkland Islands were offered as prison ships once MPA was ready. They too were turned down because the accommodation was substandard for the poor little convicted thugs who got a £10 pound call home phone card at Christmas when serving personnel were only given £5. It appears that the only other difference between a PC and murder is that your pension doesn't get cut in half when you only serve half your term for murder.
Asylum seeker’s accommodation
Apparently some of the accommodation used to house asylum seekers has been deemed ‘filthy and run-down’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-56325360
From what I remember, it seems pretty much like the transit accommodation in most camps I visited, though granted, it was a few years ago.
From what I remember, it seems pretty much like the transit accommodation in most camps I visited, though granted, it was a few years ago.
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Alternate accomodation is available, here is a nice quiet site just outside Dunkirk.
Or Calais if they prefer a different aspect
Or Calais if they prefer a different aspect
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The lights at Odiham were those globe shades and when it rained, they used to fill up with rainwater... Downstairs!, the room was divided off by wardrobes into about 16 bedspaces and someone in disgust wrote to farmers weekly stating he had a well lit warm room xyz size and how many pigs would they recommend housing... they published it and it was a lot less than there were of us in it.
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The lights at Odiham were those globe shades and when it rained, they used to fill up with rainwater... Downstairs!, the room was divided off by wardrobes into about 16 bedspaces and someone in disgust wrote to farmers weekly stating he had a well lit warm room xyz size and how many pigs would they recommend housing... they published it and it was a lot less than there were of us in it.
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Yes! side nearest the NAFF 1
From NutLoose...............
Alternate accomodation is available, here is a nice quiet site just outside Dunkirk.
Looks very similar to a Harrier Field Deployment site in Germany in the 70's - except our tents were green and we didn't ponce around in yellow trousers....!!
Alternate accomodation is available, here is a nice quiet site just outside Dunkirk.
Looks very similar to a Harrier Field Deployment site in Germany in the 70's - except our tents were green and we didn't ponce around in yellow trousers....!!
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I was downstairs, Was on the OCU then moved over to the new single room blocks as it was then just outside MT workshops other side of the mess.. we had a couple of 72 Sqn guys in our room in Hastings, two regiment bowser drivers and a couple of Engineers. one a Teddyboy who rebuilt his Tiger Cub motorbike in his bedspace lol.
Was OCU Wessex / Puma and then Chinook.
Was OCU Wessex / Puma and then Chinook.
I had to do a course at HMS Daedalus and they put 8 of us in a room with about 20 triple deck bunk beds and with 4 lockers between us before we were moved.
”How come you RAF types always complain about the accommodation?”
”How come you RAF types always complain about the accommodation?”