The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

At Fiskerton, the remains of the four HE Bomb Stores ( two each in-line) can be seen in Google Earth. Switching to Street View gives another perspective. The earth traverses have been flattened but much of the road system remains and appears to have defeated Farmer Giles!

wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=5...8594&gz=16&oz=7>=1

Not so at Elsham Wolds where the bomb stores have been obliterated by agricultural reclamation.

Hi

I copied an old colour aerial photo from around the early 1960's of the High Cross Lane East site of Geest Bananas at CM6 1TH, formerly a US Military store to Easton Lodge/Great Dunmow airfield.

You can see the old railway spur running onto the site, and the remaining bases of the largely removed buildings, although you can see examples of a few huts which were remaining at that time.

Hope these prove of interest to someone. I apologise for the poor quality, not helped by fading on the original photo.

Brgds

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Thanks for the pointers on the likely hut types - much appreciated.

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone.

Apologies for delay, I've been snowed under with work etc.

Peter - I did do some research and exploration of the local airfields such as Hunsdon, Sawbridgeworth and Panshanger in the past, but now, not as much as I'd like. All a matter of time...

REF - Unfortunately, I won't be able to make the Thorpe Camp trip as I'll be at the military show at Chatham Dockyard in East German garb.

Carnaby - I chose my username about 10 years ago, though the reference was not lost on me then, as I have been on tours around 3 of the UK's nuclear power stations. Conversely, I'm going on a second trip and 3 night stay to the Chernobyl Zone next month

Paul - Yes, that was me Can't believe the years have flown by so quick, though. It was thanks to your books (still have the signed Architecture one on my shelf, btw) and people like yourself and John Nicholls and others that got me interested in all this in the first place.
The family's fine, thanks for asking, and I hope you are well, too.

Mike

Looking at the number of side windows and sheltered door structures to the side of the huts in the photo, does anyone have a view as the most likely use for the huts, given that they are off the main airfield - living accommodation or storage (or both)? Is the pipe through the top of the hut most likely for ventilation, or heating?

I presume the close spacing and lack of blast walls would preclude their use as munitions storage?

Any input gratefully received!

hi there
just joined up with you.
I am interested in our local airfields. lucky enough to live near davidstow moor airfield, where i get a lot of pleasure, exercise and solitude.

spent 25 years filming local news so visited many of the active / inactive sites for many and varied reasons if anyone want to pick my brains on what i can remember. lucky enough to have flown from most airfields here with the mil or civvy. lots of visits to culdrose for rescue to airdays reasons. did quite a few sar trips from st mawgan. travellers overunning Davidstow, used to watch nick grace fly his spitfire over padstow but sadly did not film the restoration. a crew did and all the footage will be at the archive in plymouth.

Welcome to AiX kernowcam. I intend to visit Davidstow sometime this year to 'tie up a few anomalies and loose ends'. Would be nice to meet up

Graham

Welcome to the forum kernowcam,
With the wife having Family in Cornwall (St Ives) we often pop down. I have never yet broached the idea of walking the local airfields while on a break.... due to not having the courage!