Anyone still get the naafi wagon round in a morning?

[grumpyoldb]

These used to be the cure for many a liney's hangover in the morning. Stuck out on a limb away from the squadron t-bar, a cuppa and a bacon butty, or corned beef and raw onion sarnie or even a greasy pork pie was welcome to soak up some of the excess alcohol from the previous evening.

Do they still exist, or are they now confined to cold war folklore?

 

[timaloy]

They still have a naafi wagon at DEODs Mr Chatham

 

[riggrrrr]

It still exists at Culdrose as a 'Shore To You' service run by Sodexo. Environmentally friendly as well, the wagon is electric!

 

[Sixty Percent Overlap]

Alas, not in the traditional sense of late. There is a contracted out ISS-supplied 'wagon' that does the rounds about a secret ISTAR base in Linconshire that got rid of a good mobile greasy spoon when I was there locally known as 'Melons' (nothing to do with boobs, I'm afraid readers)

Although good, Melons was probably introduced some years back again when the traditional Gaddafi Wagon that cut about Waddo - another sad minor example of our traditions long gone!

 

[Tin basher]

At the secret west midlands training base following the arrival of "save as you starve Ltd" the old SIF van is currently up for sale. Got to be 15 years at least since I last saw a pucka NAAFI van.

 

[Sixty Percent Overlap]

Although static, Pegs at a secret recruit base in Bucks. I'm pretty sure alot's been stated on other threads before but the wagon did not need to come to you - you always found your way to it.

 

[Tin basher]

Ah Pegs a subject that has been worthy of a few respectful threads within the hallowed portals of the goat and a level of eminently edible, sans booze, cusine that rises above even that of the revered early morning post booze NAAFI van. Pegs an institution that's kept body and soul together since Trenchard was in short trousers.

 

[grumpyoldb]

Pegs an institution that's kept body and soul together since Trenchard was in short trousers.

You mean since Saus2 was there??? DT_Xtremez_42:

 

[Norman the Storeman]

At a secret North Yorks base there is a 'Bapmobile' which is a life saver on Friday mornings.

 

[Sixty Percent Overlap]

At a secret North Yorks base there is a 'Bapmobile' which is a life saver on Friday mornings.

ISS run the same van at Waddo too.

 

[Who?]

Halton also has a jiffy wagon that travels around camp selling sandwiches and the such.

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[big duke 6]

Wagon still does the rounds at BZN.

 

[Realist78]

Ah Pegs a subject that has been worthy of a few respectful threads within the hallowed portals of the goat and a level of eminently edible, sans booze, cusine that rises above even that of the revered early morning post booze NAAFI van. Pegs an institution that's kept body and soul together since Trenchard was in short trousers.

She wasn't there when I went through Halton, it was the old NAAFI wagon.

 

[Sixty Percent Overlap]

Not a NAAFI provided wagon but during my time on a (dis)joint post, we had to do OPTAG at Lydd, Kent prior to touring AF and there was a bloke who provided brews and banjos from his Range Rover-pulled trailer kitchen. He probably made a small fortune owing to thousands of pongos that passed through over the years and Lydd not being touched by any CRL-type contract.

Nice private enterprise to get into I suppose but these also seem to be rarer than rocking horse poo due to establishments being tied to restrictive catering contracts.

 

[dkh51250]

I remember when Waddo had a NAAFI van, and two Sally vans. Very happy days indeed.

 

[Old John]

How about his one from Akrotiri in 1974?

 

[actechy14]

I'm at rts Halton on training, the spar here does a run round every other morning. Not to us recruits though...

 

[Flybynight]

I'm at rts Halton on training, the spar here does a run round every other morning. Not to us recruits though...

Of course not! Mud butties for recruits!!

 

[actechy14]

Of course not! Mud butties for recruits!!

Got pizza for lunch one day and burgers the next.. cant complain dude, haha

 

[shettie]

Slightly off topic but still sort of relevant - At the office I work at in Newark - we used to have a butty wagon that would pop in and flog really good quality butties and hot pies and the likes. It was banned off site, apparently for health and safety reasons (someone might get knocked down in the car park running to get a prawn salad roll...) - it now parks in one of the junctions just across the road, and still does a roaring trade... Wasn't long after that the canteen here opened... funny that...