The station made sure to observe holidays when they were able, often hosting a dance and inviting many (mainly women) from all the surrounding towns. These larger dances were held on holidays like Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas, and others. The Christmas ball had the amusing tradition of the officers serving the food to the trainees, a role reversal meant to encourage unity in the ranks of pilots. Most of the other large events were essentially excuses for staff and pilots to socialize with townsfolk. Life in a training camp gets lonely, even in a station so close to a town. This much is obvious by the tone of some of the dance invitations, with the Breeze boating about the amount of local women attending the functions. On the other hand the war meant many men would be in the army, so it was also likely a chance for women to socialize in a time when it would be more difficult to do so.