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jonney

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The first installment can be found here [ame]http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=21078[/ame]

Right before I start I have to thank both the|td4 and Foz77 for the information they have given me, your stars guys.

Right I managed to have another quick look round here today and found quite a few goodies including another 5 blast shelters (why so many answers on a postcard to ...). I'll start with the 2 buildings that I missed last time these are just south of the 2 stratton shelters in the first installment

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This building had a Nissen hut attached to it but sadly it's long gone

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toilet area

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some features still remain

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The tower next to it (some sort of water tower I think judging by the pipe work)

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looking up the inside of the tower

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Then on to the airfield itself

Aircraft tie down points on the North end of the main runway

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drainage for the main runway

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don't know what these next two were for but again they were on the sides of the runway

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fire hydrant on the northern taxi way

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also on the taxi way way these rails, these were the runners for the doors of a T1 hangar

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The hangar was removed by the council in the early 80's but here is a photo of it from then

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In the plantation behind this were the 2 small arms ammo stores. On the 2002 google earth map for here it shows a third building but there are no signs of it today... anyway

SAA number 1

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SAA number 2

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I'll leave it there for now and post the other bits and pieces in a little while

Cheers Jon
 
Right moving swiftly on to the last lot I took today... On to the Eastern side of the airfield (the area where I found the water storage tank in the first installment) and the first think I found was 2 more blast shelters

number 1

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number 2

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and right next to these was a second water storage tank I think as Foz says these were for fire fighting rather than domestic water supply (note the ice still on the top of the water lol)

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as I was heading to the reserve set house I noticed this

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turns out to be the base of another building (function unknown)

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Now to the reserve set house

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graffiti think it says "keep out private tarts by st.marys sluts" St.Marys asylum is just down the road about 1 1/2 miles

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another building base

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on the way back to the car guess what...

number 3

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number 4

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number 5 sorry the sun got in the way lol

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well thats all folks hope you enjoyed

there are still more places I need to investigate up here so I will be going back again

Cheers Jon
 
The reserve set house is the airfield's Main Inlet Electrical Sub-station to AM Drawing 13241/41 or similar, where the airfield was connected to the national grid.

All the best,
PB
 
The reserve set house is the airfield's Main Inlet Electrical Sub-station to AM Drawing 13241/41 or similar, where the airfield was connected to the national grid.

All the best,
PB

cheers for the correction mate much appreciated any info is always welcome. It must be 13644/41 Substation Modified well that's the one on my list anyway
 
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No problem Jonney.

Building No.48 on the site plan IIRC. :)

do you have a copy of the site plan mate all I have is a copy of the building numbers and types and it's hard to try and make head and tail of the place
 
Afraid not, all I have is the bad copy of the index list with most of them crossed out that was posted online a couple of years ago.

Copies of the full site plans (1385/50 for the airfield site and 1386/50 for the dispersed sites) are available from DoRIS at RAFM Hendon though.

All the best,
PB
 
yeah got my index list off one of the airfield exchange sites as well think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and order up a copy of the plans because no one seems to have a copy of them. Cheers anyway
 
Ah yes, it was me that posted the typed-up list on AiX from what was visible on the copy. :)
 
Good work fella. I didnt think there was this much left of the place, always good to see other people's experiences

Ive got the site plan for this but its about as much use as no use. Come to think of it, of the 6 site plans I have, none of them are particularly legible...

Would love to see at least one old airfield in this country restored to how it was when it first opened, if for nothing else but to to just see what they were like in their prime...sadly will never happen
 
Good work fella. I didnt think there was this much left of the place, always good to see other people's experiences

Ive got the site plan for this but its about as much use as no use. Come to think of it, of the 6 site plans I have, none of them are particularly legible...

Would love to see at least one old airfield in this country restored to how it was when it first opened, if for nothing else but to to just see what they were like in their prime...sadly will never happen

that makes two of us mate, it's the trying to work out what the remaining bits were for that's the pain. I'd still love a copy of the plans just to say I've got them and mark up what I've already found
 
Nice work there jonney wonderfull place to explore. love the way the nissen hut has rotted away and left the wall which was attached in place.
 
Nice work there jonney wonderfull place to explore. love the way the nissen hut has rotted away and left the wall which was attached in place.

cheers mate, I think the tin sheeting has been removed at some point either by the farmer or scrap men rather than just rotting away mate because there was no trace of it at all
 
that makes two of us mate, it's the trying to work out what the remaining bits were for that's the pain. I'd still love a copy of the plans just to say I've got them and mark up what I've already found

PM me your email if you want and Ill try and send you something
 

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