Built at the junction of Wellington Avenue and High Street, Aldershot in 1947/48 the NAAFI (Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute) Club was opened by H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester on 28th November 1948. It provided recreation facilities such as a ballroom, bar, games room, TV room, and reading and writing rooms.
Many bands appeared in the ballroom. The Stormsville Shakers graced the NAAFI on almost a weekly basis in ’63 and The Gods took to the stage on 10 October ’67. We also know that Sound of Time and FBI played there in late ’68 or January ’69. The club closed on 1st May 1971; but the building remained and was run as the Roundabout Club for several years. It was eventually demolished and replaced by a Burger King restaurant.
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