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Oct. 10, 1959 - Caravan village for the Parachute regiment: Members of the Parachute Regiment of which General Sir Richard Gale is Colonel Commandant, are purchasing luxury caravans by installments from the Army to overcome the acute shortage of married quarters. The village has been given the name of Pegasus village after the winged horse emblem of the Airborne Forces. By the end of the year the village is expected to be an almost self-contained community of 40 caravans, with water electricity a club room children's nursery grocery shop with launderette. Building from a disused wartime hospital on the site provides accommodation for washing rooms toilets bathrooms store shes and for the nursery and club. There are already more than 20 families living in the village. The 1st. Bn. Parachute Regiment had the idea in the first place and the 3rd. Bn. has since joined in. The village is near Aldershot, Hants, and the paratroopers paid £30 down for the caravans and the remainder at £4 a week within two years. They think it is like paradise. Photo shows Cpl. Thomas Duffy of the 1st. Bn. who is the caretaker of the site takes charge of two of the village youngsters showing some of the caravans in the background

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