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Hot damn! I was stationed at RAF Chicksands near Bedford, absolutely lovely little town. There used to be an air show/carnival ay the Priory there every year. We used to go to the pubs, then find after close places until late, then hit up this old dudes kebab shop (literally between two buildings)... Make you way up to Biggleswade...I jad a Sgt. who lived up there we used to drink old crow & fosters oil cans...can't remember if that was a cool town or not but the name stuck. Second the Pub idea...especially Sundays
Biggleswade is a decent little town. Had a bit of a problem with stabbings a while back, but seems to have calmed down. And there are some great little restaurants in there.
A lot of the villages and smaller towns around it are extremely charming.
For the airshow, are you thinking of the ones they have at the Shuttleworth Museum nearby? That's where a lot of the spitfires that buzz around in the skies ~~cube~~ come from.
It has been awhile since i was there, base has since been shut. But there was an old Priory on the grounds that was used for the fair/airshow and i had no idea where the planes flew out of (Chicksands was a "electronic intercept" base, no flight line).