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RAF Episkopi HQ MEAF Cyprus in 1958
written by Derek Hoye
 The long, hot, dusty wait for a garry, at Limassol Docks, to take us to Episkopi after disembarking from the troopship Devonshire. Then the shock horror of discovering we were expected to live in a tent, which had seen better days (and wars) with just a sunken bed a broken locker and paving slabs on the floor. To top it off there was a single light bulb on a post in the middle of the tent! The mess hall was a mile away through a dusty valley and then came the realisation that I had signed on for two and a half years in purgatory.Soon three other lads moved in and we scrounged new lockers, beds, mattresses and carpets for the floor. A bedside light brightened up the bedspace and a table and chairs had pride of place in the middle of the tent. We fixed a door in the tent entrance with a hitching rail outside, on which we leaned as we watched the sun go down over Happy Valley, and spat out seeds from watermelons. Keo Beer, chai walley, tea miucker, 9999 days to go, "Boss Corporal Ginger Number One" . Bliss - this is the life!!! Dai Rees, Bill Williamson, Sergeant Michele, Flt Lt Robinson, Flt Lt Pete Hay and my dog Toddy - to name but a few.Dances in the NAAFI with 20 WAAFs and 200 airmen. Keo Beer and Brandy Sour. Sking in the Troodos Mountains and laughing till the tears froze on our cheeks. Pork chop, chips and two fried eggs washed down with Keo Beer at the cafe on Mount Olympus. Taking photos of Paul Newman on FamaG. beach. One thing I could never get used to was the "thunder box" toilets - the smell still lingers on! Spike |
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