Re: RAF Lincolnshire.
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:30 pm
I'd say the drain cover was an original feature. Looks exactly the same as the ones that are scattered all over Bruntingthorpe
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Hihonyr8811 wrote:I've looked into it, It sounds like the RAF museum may have them, but it would mean a trip to London to look through their reading room/archives and considering I can count how many times I've been to London on one hand, I can't see it happening
Avro683 wrote:The two items you found on the dispersal remind me of tie down points over here... Nice to see a little of what remains at woodhall...
Ipso wrote:Hihonyr8811 wrote:I've looked into it, It sounds like the RAF museum may have them, but it would mean a trip to London to look through their reading room/archives and considering I can count how many times I've been to London on one hand, I can't see it happening
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Xplumberlives wrote:Avro683 wrote:The two items you found on the dispersal remind me of tie down points over here... Nice to see a little of what remains at woodhall...
They are either
TIE DOWN POINTS
OR
EARTHING POINTS!
Hihonyr8811 wrote:That's what I looked at and as far as I can see you still have to go to London to look at them
Blue_2 wrote:I'll be interested to see what you find at Skellingthorpe.
Ps. Yorkshire's good for old airfields...!
Hihonyr8811 wrote:If anyone's interested I've started a blog.
Photos are all the same as the one's I have posted here, but I've added some commentary.
http://raflincolnshire.blogspot.co.uk/
Yorkie wrote:Blue_2 wrote:I'll be interested to see what you find at Skellingthorpe.
Ps. Yorkshire's good for old airfields...!
I may try and attack the York ones soon, now i'm back working.....
Avro683 wrote:Do they still have the small museum room there to Hemswells wartime days Helen?
Mayfly wrote:The tall tower Helen could be a parachute hanging facility, there is one similar at Metheringham tho' that one has recently changed hands and was described as a parachute jump training centre, tho' thats not what the locals say.
Just a reminder Helen - 4-5th May is Metheringham open weekend and there is a free bus tour of some parts of the old airfield you can't normally have access too.