RAF Akrotiri Virtual Tour

Hi , My Dad Station Warrant Officer Cyril McArdle was stationed at Episkopi and Akrotiri between 1963 and 1966. Lived at 10 Down Rise and 12 Verity Close.
Went to school at Beringaria, & St. John?s.

12 month unaccompanied at Akrotiri?.1974
1977-1980 lived in Queen Street, Akrotiri
1987-1990 lived in Manning Ave, Akrotiri
Seven great years in the RAF. Worked on the Gas Plant.
Was into Water Ski club and Boardsailing club.
Did model aircraft flying on the salt lake.

My sister and myself along with our parents lived in Berengaria Village from February 1957-May 1958. We were supposed to be there for 2.1/2 years but that was cut short due to the EOKA terrorists. We returned to England after 15 months. I have such fond memories of the place and even remember our address as being 13 Citrus Square. Our father worked at Episkopi but to this day we don't know what he did! I was friendly with Shirley Michell, June Gaye, David and Michael Pitt but can't remember the others. I was in the 2nd Limassol Brownie Troop too. I remember seeing Jon Pertwee who performed in a show once but being positively geriatric now I can't remember any details. My sister and myself were June and Carol Evans. Our favourite beach was Ladies Mile. I would love to go back to Cyprus for a holiday but know it would be a mistake as it was idyllic and unspoilt back in the 1950s. Good times!

Hi all. Posting this hoping to connect with a couple of old friends. We lived in Westmoreland park episkopi 63-68 approx. I went to St John's and have 3 siblings, Jacqueline, Phillip, marialouisa. Parents Ricky Richardson & Mercedes Richardson. I remember Ian Longworth and Tim (Tim had polio ) spent many happy hours at the beach, ladies Mile and tunnel beach dancing to the Beatles! My sisters remember the saddle club and walking through the tunnel swimming our to the pontoon. Great memories.!!

I was five in 1965,for the first six months we lived at Larnacos (Filopimenos) St, Limassol, then for 2 1/2 years at 11 Citrus Sq. Does anyone know Bob and Ann Miller , they lived in Citrus Sq , Berengaria for the same time.(10 years ago I had a Stroke it is a little challenging.

Our family lived on Tyrone st. in Episkopi parents Jim and Jennie, sisters Lennie, Mari, Beverley and Jody. 63 to 67 I think

I use to live with n the base and also worked at the club whilst I was their

This picture is obviously the sailing club; well maybe. Anyhow, it reminds me of what was known in 1976 as the fisherman's club. I can't tell you the exact location now, I'm 73 y.o. and it was many years ago. There was a huge radar site up on a hill overlooking the ocean and we monitored communications with the U2 Spy Plane. The Fisherman's Club was at the end of that road that ran right in front of the site. They had Guiness beer and other English beers I drank while stationed in England. I liked the Bitter, not the Lagar. Too many memories, too many years past. I still remember the men I worked with, Americans and English. I can't remember his name, but there was a young English military policeman who used to try and break our security as a test for our military police assigned to the U2 as well. It would be a joint exercise and I could hear him climbing on top of the trailer we used as our comm. site. He was so good at his job, but he never gained access to the inside of the trailer. He didn't always get detected, but he never breached the security to the trailer.
I'm just an old man now, living on memories of better days. I loved the island and the people, both civilian and military.
Hey, I just remembered something; we once found a souvenir shop somewhere outside of the base. They had clothes and things that could lay around, like statues only smaller. I bought my wife a dress made of a gauze type material. It was beautiful. I bought my son a bag to carry his school books in like they did at the English schools. My daughter got a toy stuffed animal, I think it was a lamb, very fluffy. She loved it. They are all grown now and I see them occasionally. Wish I could see them more, but they have their own lives and children now.
Sorry, I'm boring y'all, I'm sure.
Thanks for this site. It does bring back some great memories, you should be proud that you have made an old man's day...again.

Received this picture of the Airmans' Married Quarters. I never went there, but one direction I do remember is going to the NAFFI. We would walk from the barracks we were in close to the Lady L restaurant back in 1976 up to the NAFFI to buy food we could cook. I actually lived on boiled eggs and orange squash for breakfast, and mostly eating at the Lady L or going to a food stand where a guy sold what they called 'a kabob'. He would cut a piece of pita bread in half, open it into a pocket and stuff it with sausage links of some kind (but great), cut lamb strips and then cover it all with shredded lettuce and lemon salt.
It was a meal in itself and we liked them a lot.
This assignment was one of the highlights of my military career. I was assigned to the U2 Spyplane as a communications specialist for the U.S. Air Force. I worked in a radar trailer on the road to the Fisherman Club right on the water at the end of a long road. I once rode a bicycle to the club to get English beer because I was permanently stationed on an RAF base near Banbury, England.

I lived Andrew Way 15, brings back the good times!