Blimey....looks like I was one of the "very" lucky ones too! I was in 1075 (camberley) Sqn ATC in Surrey.
We had two large huts (more like wooden buildings not just huts) that were joined together, our own parade square, 22 DP 303's for drill and 4X .22 small bore (not air rifle) target rifles to use....get this...on our own indoor range!!!! and as Ash range was only 5 miles away we got to shoot fullbore regularly too!
Our CO was cool and kept to paper work but our Adjutant was ex 21sas and did all the adventure training and we did heaps....more than the ACF unit next door to us in fact!
We went to Wales at least four or five weekends a year on top of the "Army" type exercises held at Hankley Common and on the RMA land behind us.
We also backed onto the Sandhurst RMA and had use of their training areas and assault course. Two of our CI's were MLTB Summer mountain leaders and one was an SPSA.
We had our own new minibus donnated by a a local company with it's own garage.
Our officers mess had a bar (obviously us cadets we weren't allowed in) but we also has an NCO's mess that we all hung out in.
We had the front end of an old Lighting Fighter converted into a flight simulator (not a moving one...just instraments).
We regularly paraded close to 100 cadets split into three flights and a training flight for new recruits.
Because of the numbers promotion was very much chased and worked hard for in my sqn and you had to be in at least 2 years before you could even think of expecting your first two stipes.....used to bug the heck out of us at annual camp seeing first class cadets from smaller sqn's who hadn't a clue and were already made up after 6 months in!!!!! You had to be a leading cadet at least and you couldn't get your third stripe until you were a senior cadet.
I knew we had it good but I'm only just beginning to realise just HOW lucky we were!!!!
I left over 12 years ago but they are still going strong....I found a link to their website the other day while nosing around the net....lol....even they have moved with the times and are online now!!!!
(Espy...yer, I tended to seek out the Rockapes to hang with on camp too...that or the storeman to pilther from...lol).
http://www.1075squadron.org.uk/