The entrance lobby and hall to the main block gives to bar and lounge, writing room and similar public spaces, with the large dining room set centrally but transversely to the rear. Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive. I am collating a documentary of life and experiences on married quarter estates throughout the post war years in particular on RAF MQs through the late 1940s to the 1980s. "With the village of Binbrook just one mile away, a new name had to be produced and the old name 'Brookenby', reputedly the name of a former 'plague village', was reactivated. During Operation Quickforce in 1941, 100 fitters from the base were deployed onto carriers which were shipping Hurricane fighters to Malta. Red facing brick in Flemish bond, Portland stone dressings, slate roofs. Terracotta tiles on the roof of Saintoft Lodge, Newton-on-Rawcliffe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire. But, while updating Parliament on plans for 33 military sites last Thursday, defence minister Tobias Ellwood confirmed that RAF Henlow will now be closing by 2023. [18], The empty packing crates that the Hurricane aircraft were shipped in were used to make the original control tower (which has now been replaced by a more modern two-storey Portakabin type). The entrance lobby and hall to the main block gives to bar and lounge, writing room and similar public spaces, with the large dining room set centrally but transversely to the rear. Redbull, I'm in exactly the same position myself. 1959 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF, No. A significant period was during the Battle of Britain in 1940: Hurricanes manufactured in Canada were crated in, assembled at Henlow and flown onto front-line bases. UK RAF Stations Map | Royal Air Force 127 Married Quarters RAF Faldingworth, Lincs (renamed Virginia Estate) 133 Married Quarters RAF Middleton St George Durham (renamed Virginia Estate) 70 Married Quarters RAF Driffield . The dining room has a flat segmental plaster panelled ceiling above a continuous horizontal moulded architrave, panelled doors in moulded architraves, wall pilasters, and high-level windows. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. By: PeterVerney Archaeologist Dr David Neal discussing his illustration of the mosaic being excavated at Rutland Roman Villa with members of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services team, IMAGE OF THE MONTH: Jacob Epstein's sculpture of the Devil being delivered to Coventry Cathedral on the back of a lorry. I once worked with a guy who had been with his girlfriend for 10 years and they had 3 children. During his speech in the House of Commons, Mr Ellwood also confirmed that work is being done to help military personnel and their families after stations are closed. By 1924, when it was selected as the permanent home of the School of Aeronautical Engineering, Henlow was producing 35 engines and 15 aircraft each month. By: REF 1918, by the War Office's Directorate of Fortifications and Works. By: rogcoll Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building. - 23rd November 2011 at 20:44 Permalink More than 50 former RAF homes are on sale as a job lot.
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