definately happy days solent60 i was married at 19 to a then wrac private i met at our the depot when i transferrred from the engineers. it was just sods law that each 2 year tour in germany involved 2 6 month tours of ireland or the such like. being pay corps it was interesting as you got to do whatever the regiment you were attached to did be it infantry,air corps,signals etc.
it just got a bit much when on a 6 month tour in NI from germany i learned that when i got back we had to pack up as i had been posted to NI for 2 years. half way through the 2 year tour options for change happened so i volunteered for redundancy as they were freezing our promotion and disbanding the pay corps.
so i actually got to spend some time with the wife, unfortunately 6 years later she died of a brain heomorage so after all the years she spent waiting for the knock on the door i ended up getting the knock.
but overall i wouldnt change owt they were good folks and mostly good times lol plenty of beer!