• We are grateful to Mr Raymond Grail, of Aylburton, for this interesting photograph which shows NAAFI staff and friends at Aylburton.

The photograph was taken about 1951. NAAFIs – Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes – were founded by the government in 1921 to run recreational establishments needed by members of the British Armed Forces.

Many of the team here have been identified by Mr Grail. They are (back row, left to right): Rona Tamplin, unknown, Alma Dowle, unknown, unknown, Mrs Habgood, Selwyn Oliver, Ivy Gibson, Anna, Bill Charles, unknown, Mary Harris, unknown, Olive Jenkins. Front: Gladys Taylor, Emily Hawkins, Kathleen Taylor, Betty Grail, Ivy Grail, Gladys Temple, unknown, Olive Cameron.