Gymnasium 4911/42

18 Jun 2020 08:02 #1 by BazJones
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We are a bit puzzled by our gymnasium on our airfield communal site. The chancel is large and we are trying to work out what it contained. It has a lot of chimneys, so we are not sure if this was for a heating boiler at one end or if there was a kitchen.
There is a three sided brick base at waist height at the join of chancel and gym, so we suspect this may have been made for an altar.

Does anybody have a plan drawing for Gymnasium 4911/42 which may shed light on the matter ?

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18 Jun 2020 08:45 #2 by Paul Francis
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There is a info and a re-drawn drawing in the members area - the original drawing is unavailable at the moment. www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/a...ema-14604-40-onwards

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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18 Jun 2020 09:05 #3 by BazJones
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Thanks for your quick reply, but forum is saying I dont have access to that link ?

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18 Jun 2020 09:08 #4 by netcompsys
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Must be a quiz ?
You don't identify the location of these buildings you are inquiring about ....

kevin

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18 Jun 2020 09:12 #5 by BazJones
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Its RAF Tuddenham. Is that relevant? I thought this building drawing number was a standard design ?

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18 Jun 2020 09:19 #6 by netcompsys
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Its RAF Tuddenham. Is that relevant? I thought this building drawing number was a standard design ?


Always if you expect to get definitive answers
There may be local variations or later modifications or you may have misidentified the building for instance

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18 Jun 2020 09:41 #7 by BazJones
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Fair enough but a simple request would suffice. Sarcasm never goes down well.

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18 Jun 2020 19:18 #8 by Paul Francis
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Baz you are correct the members area cost £10 per year. Yes drawing numbers are generally type designs but a gym could have upwards of three different numbers, the 4911/42 I assume you have got off of the site plan. From memory, this drawing refers to the gym only, not the chancel for example which might be 15424/41. I am not familiar with the Tuddenham building so I don't no whether it had a projection room extension which would be the third number such as 8891/42. There are other numbers, mostly referring to the original 1940 gym building which was smaller than 4911/42.

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18 Jun 2020 21:33 - 18 Jun 2020 21:34 #9 by BazJones
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Yes you are correct in that the number came off the site plan.

Theres not much of the gym itself left, but hopefully this photo might give you a better idea of which one we have ?

As you can see, the chancel is quite large, relatively speaking, hence the question.

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19 Jun 2020 07:54 #10 by Paul Francis
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Baz the chancel appears to be longer than the standard version probably by one or more bays (10ft increments)

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