My air cadet unit visit to USAF Alconbury was cancelled the morning we were supposed to go in 1969. It was flippin cold and we went to the Shuttleworth Collection instead......I'm still "harrumphing" exactly 52 years later.....

Look at Life at it's charming and fascinating best.Excellent-thanks so much for sharing

All members of the 70's Rock band "America", were US citizens brought up in an American Airbase in Hertfordshire, England.

My dad was stationed at South Ruislip 1963-66. I was a young lad. Good times. Brings back memories.

That was fascinating. I wonder how many of the people shown are still around? Hope life was kind to the newlyweds.

I would have loved living in that street with all the American muscle cars about

My oh my, those lovely English girls. 👀

Growing up in Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire from the mid 1960s, there seemed to be US bases and US servicemen everywhere

You only have to listen to the intro music to realise how far we have come and how far we have fallen. I wasn't even alive when this was made but we have lost something, turned in on ourselves a fractured and insular people. Where are the old ladies on the bus who would chat and gossip with the rain still dripping from their coats. Everyone is silent now. Locked in their heads and afraid to be set free.

"Peace Is Our Profession"

I don't think coaching from Peterborough football club 'The Posh' (and 4th division for ever when I was a kid) is that lucky!

1:43 - Interesting car choice for an American serviceman at left: British-registered left-hand drive Renault.

Born at RAF Upper Heyford.. stationed at RAF Croughton and RAF Alconbury..

Upper Heyford England 74 to 77 lived in Glory farms an American housing area Bicester, loved it even tho I don't think we were liked by the english community very much and yes I'm a Air Force BRAT

I have two friends who were born at the hospital at RAF Mildenhall. Their fathers were Americans and their mother's British. There must have been a lot of "activity" in and around Mildenhall.

We would have been beaten by Hitler but for the Americans. England should never forget the debt that we owe the United States. Sadly there are plenty of young people that have no concept of history and have never even been taught about the two world wars, when America came to our aid.

Seven bedrooms...and likely one bath and no furnace.

What a splendid nuclear armed occupation.

🇬🇧🇺🇸 xx

Back when you learned stuff in school.

Please can someone tell me what type of aircraft are those top-wing reconnaissance jets are with the twin engines under their wings?

Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your uncle

Does anyone know the airfield shown during the opening landing sequence?

USAF Alconbury ?

Helping the over 60s club 🤣! Good grief they are running the world now.

Jesus most of those school kids at the start looked in their 30s!

"Overpaid, oversexed and over Here". 😁

When Britain was great!

J