Did you see that lady at Christmastime, who bought up the Woolworth's she'd worked in for years and ran it as a dollar store? Like that.
Err...shame about the military base idea, though. Just to knock this thread back in the original direction.
More on-topic to air bases:
When I was a much younger woman, I was part of a gigging band run by two Americans over here in London. One of the gigs they managed to book happened to be at the US airbase at Upper Heyford -- I have no idea if the place still operates today. The airbase was holding a contest/show to vote for a band to entertain at other US airbases overseas, and our band competed.
It was a ton of fun driving up there and taking part in the show with all the other bands. (It was a bit like being in the X Factor except this was the '80s and that show hadn't even been invented yet.)
It was also fun to be admitted into what was officially considered American soil! I even had to change my money into dollars in order to buy something at their onbase convenience store!! I was quite tickled by that, having not yet been to the US itself. It was a blast of a night.
