Following on from my UFO adventures, a drive around the corner to the USA. For 50 years after WW2, the Americans occupied a corner of Suffolk. 11,000 Americans worked in and around RAF Bentwaters.
Definitely getting your X-files fan book. Back in the 90s I had a boyfriend who was obsessed with that show and some of it rubbed off on me, though I was less interested in the storylines than the dynamic between Mulder and Scully. BTW there's a UFO zone in Ireland too, around Lough Key. Possibly something to do with the fact that the head of a UFO-spotters' club, the late Betty Meyler, lived nearby. I interviewed her for the Sunday World. Very glamorous and eccentric elderly lady. She lived in an old cottage in a forest and had a landing pad for UFOs in her garden, and loads of dragon ornaments around the house and garden (the kind you find in shops selling incense). She used to host a rather glitzy annual conference in the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, in a hotel best known for hen parties (it was called the Bush Hotel - I kid you not!). RIP Betty; I hope she's up there buzzing around in a flying saucer!
Definitely getting your X-files fan book. Back in the 90s I had a boyfriend who was obsessed with that show and some of it rubbed off on me, though I was less interested in the storylines than the dynamic between Mulder and Scully. BTW there's a UFO zone in Ireland too, around Lough Key. Possibly something to do with the fact that the head of a UFO-spotters' club, the late Betty Meyler, lived nearby. I interviewed her for the Sunday World. Very glamorous and eccentric elderly lady. She lived in an old cottage in a forest and had a landing pad for UFOs in her garden, and loads of dragon ornaments around the house and garden (the kind you find in shops selling incense). She used to host a rather glitzy annual conference in the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, in a hotel best known for hen parties (it was called the Bush Hotel - I kid you not!). RIP Betty; I hope she's up there buzzing around in a flying saucer!
What a story thank you! I was very interested in Scully! From Beyond Belief by Paul Charles still on Kindle. Paperback harder to find.
Just got it!
I'll read it when I get a bit of free time. It will be a real treat. Re Scully: my ex really liked her too!