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Queen gives 'Royal' title to the NAAFI after a century of feeding UK's armed forces: ...

The Daily Mail 31 Mar 2022

She has been patron of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI), which provide on-base shops and canteens for the British Army and their allies across the world, since the year she became Queen in 1952 ... Since 1920, the NAAFI has provided leisure, catering and recreational ...

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The Goon Show-The Jet-Propelled Guided Naafi

Bitchute 01 Jul 2021

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Gone but not forgotten, Naafi celebrates centenary

The Malta Independent 09 Dec 2020

Staff and customers are celebrating the centenary of the Naafi, the British military retail operation that operated in Malta for decades.

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How Naafi canteens kept Hong Kong’s British military in beer, tea and brown sauce

South China Morning Post 25 Apr 2020

With little available beyond grog shops and brothels, negative consequences were inevitable.

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Liverpool fan’s wedding to show Champions League final from WW2 NAAFI van

Belfast Telegraph 31 May 2019

A Liverpool fan who booked his wedding venue 20 months ago had to improvise to find a way to show the Champions League final during the reception ... (Joanna Norman) ... “Joanna’s dad has a World War Two NAAFI van, the old canteen vans they used to feed the troops from, and he does events with it,” said Mr Tucker ... (Joanna Norman) ... (Paul Tucker) ... .

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NAAFI man’s new role

York Press 16 Sep 2011

FORMER NAAFI man Richard Norton has set up a new franchise in York ... Richard, who worked as a buyer for the armed forces retailer for eight years, said ... .

photo: Creative Commons / ChristianBier

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Spicy sausage that is worthy of a shrine in Berlin

The Independent 15 Aug 2009

Buy one at any Berlin kiosk and you will invariably be asked whether you want it served with or without its intestine ... The Berlin shop assistant lived in the city's British military sector after the Second World War and is credited with creating the popular snack from ingredients obtained from a British Naafi (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) ... .

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Small consolations: MADC wins use of NAAFI clubrooms

Independent Online 06 Jul 2008

Having recently lost the Manoel Theatre, where traditionally it has been staging its Christmas panto-mime, last week MADC (its real name is Masks Amateur Dramatic Club) won a 16-year battle to keep using its clubrooms in St Venera, formerly the old NAAFI warehouse complex ... There were two sets of contracts in respect of the building ... F ... .

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Royal Marine Denies Raping Naafi Barmaid

Scotsman 18 Nov 2004

A Royal Marine accused of raping a NAAFI barmaid at a training base said they had consensual sex, a court heard today. Neil Hollis, 20, has pleaded not guilty at Exeter Crown Court to anally raping the woman at the Commando Training Centre, Lympstone, Devon, in October last year ... last update 2.28pm (UK) Royal Marine Denies Raping Naafi Barmaid ... .

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D-Day Remembered: NAAFI on duty after 60 years

Belfast Telegraph 04 Jun 2004

SIXTY years on, NAAFI, Navy, Army & Air Force Institutes, will again serve Normandy veterans and troops some old favourites at the D-Day commemorations in Normandy. During World War II, NAAFI played a key role in the troops' welfare. They moved with them, setting up canteens in tents and the number of NAAFI employees rose to a peak of 110,000.

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Nidd Vale launches one-stop shop for Naafi sales

Hoovers 02 Jun 2003

NIDD Vale Group, the Yorkshire-based independent motor retailer owned by Richard Jackson, has been selected as the new partner in a major joint venture with the Naafi Financial (Navy, Army, Air Force Institutes) ... "Nidd Vale has been working closely with Naafi Financial since 1997, primarily on export sales to military personnel based overseas.

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MUM'S VOTE FOR NAAFI HEROES

Daily Record 22 Mar 2003

Mar 22 2003 ... Her daughter Nichola, 21, is in the Gulf serving troops from the NAAFI super- market on the Ark Royal. Nichola, from Whitecraig, Midlothian, is the fourth generation of her family at sea ... "Wherever the forces go, the NAAFI staff follow ... .

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Naafi commander joins up for store wars

The Independent 17 Feb 2003

And if British land troops go into Iraq, the Naafi will go in too, setting up huge, air-conditioned tents to provide drinks and snacks to the soldiers ... He says he didn't even know what the Naafi was when the first headhunter's call came in two years ago. "I'd heard of the Naafi canteen but that was about all ... Chief executive of Naafi.

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The Grocer: Naafi is back in the black

Hoovers 06 Jan 2003

Armed forces service provider Naafi has moved back into the black this year after dramatically reducing operational costs ... Naafi retail outlets outside military bases will either be consolidated into the one-stop shops or sold to c-store operators. Naafi chief executive Chris ...

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NAAFI DUCK RAF base is brought to a halt by defiant mallard and her chicks

Daily Record 10 May 2001

THE might of the RAF was brought to a standstill yesterday - by a sitting duck. A feisty mallard refused to abandon her chicks, which were stuck down a drain on the main runway at RAF Kinloss. The defiant duck stood her ground in the path of an incoming 90-tonne Nimrod jet ... But his arrival with two RAF firefighting vehicles made no impression on her ... .