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Cinemas, Dances, Girls and PubsNorwich was the nearest city to the camp. There could be found cinemas, dance halls and shops – not that the shops had much to sell. Nearer the camp, in the villages of Alburgh, Denton, Fritton, Hardwick, Hempnall, Long Stratton and Topcroft, there were public houses (pubs). These were frequented by the USAAF personnel, the RAF, and the teams who operated the searchlights that surrounded every airfield. A little further away but within cycling distance there were plenty more pubs in the towns of Bungay, Harleston and Diss. My grandparents ran one of these pubs, The Three Nags at Fritton, located to the north-west of the aerodrome in line with runway 13-31. more
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