"Rich Greene \)"
wrote in
:

When I was in the Army serving in many overseas
assignments, the first food on a GI's mind was a "Big Mac" when they
arrived back home.

In the early 1970s, there was one Mickey D's in all of Britain, and it
was south of the Thames in London. There was a map with instructions
about how to reach it on the bulletin board at work where I served with
the USAF. About 1974 or 1975, a second one opened north of the river.

When I took my adopted daughter to Britain around 1986, we ate at
McDonald's across the street from Windsor castle! In the mid 1990s,
while in Britain again on business, I visited friends from the village
where I used to live. We took a drive to the American memorial cemetery
in Cambridge. For lunch they decided to go to Burger King. Quite
frankly, I would have preferred sausage and mash at a good local.

--Roy Cochrun