Photograph reproduced in NAAFI News, April 1952.
Tea Above the Clouds: The NAAFI Canteen on the Gerlitzen Alpe
A NAAFI canteen perched high above the clouds in the Austrian Alps might sound improbable. Yet for several winters during the British occupation of Carinthia, that is precisely what existed on the slopes of the Gerlitzen Alpe above Villach. Here, at the Pöllingerhütte some 5,000 feet above sea level, British servicemen learning to ski could warm themselves with tea and a plate of ham, egg and chips, served by NAAFI staff who had followed the troops into one of the most unusual catering outposts the organisation ever operated.
For the full story, see club member Keith’s Sutlers Supreme blog.