Miles and miles of concrete...

Shaun Haselden

Shaun Haselden

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Here is my latest addition to the forum. Miles and miles of concrete to indicate the way WW2 RAF stations affected the countryside. Even now so many decades later, it is almost impossible to totally eradicate their impact on the land. Ghostly, silent and lonely. Grey brown concrete stains the farm lands of Lincolnshire and beyond.
 

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Gary R. Smith said:
Great series Shaun!

Do you know if the land was acquired by the gov't by purchase or by eminent domain? Who owns these air strips now?

They did serve a useful purpose, that's for sure!
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I'm not entirely sure Gary but I do know that in most cases the land was returned to the original owner. In a lot of cases it also has the original public footpath reaching over it.
 
It is these footpaths that can be traced on old OS maps to give access for photography but I must just mention the land owner of what was RAF Lissett who is such a gentleman he welcomes photographers onto the old airfield.
 
Hi Shaun/Gary. Certainly Strubby was put to new uses. I used to go there with a friend to fly in his light plane and do a little gliding. It was/is? home to the gliding club and also to helicopters servicing the North Sea oilfields. Their auto-rotation excercises to simulate engine failure were heart stopping. Don't know about the others.
 
Tony Warren said:
Hi Shaun/Gary. Certainly Strubby was put to new uses. I used to go there with a friend to fly in his light plane and do a little gliding. It was/is? home to the gliding club and also to helicopters servicing the North Sea oilfields. Their auto-rotation excercises to simulate engine failure were heart stopping. Don't know about the others.
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Tony, I used to do a bit of gliding there back in the early 80's. The helicopters fly out of Kirmington these days.
 
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