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Old 14th Jan 2009, 17:22
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Had a chance to take some photos of the Officers' Mess recently. Almost every window broken, anything remotely valuable gone. It's sad to see such a beautiful and historically important building go to ruins.....

Dining room (?)



Bar



Kitchen area
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Sickening! Typical of how our history is treated throughout the board though i'm afraid!
Similar pics posted some time ago! Saddest thing you could want to see after such a proud history!
Bit more of a punch seeing the 'Frightnings' here over CPT regular too!
Especially as I used to photograph them at Binbrook as a youngster
and was at the final show! Rain or what! Happy days but OH SO COLD Brrrrrrrrrr!
Sad as it is, your pics are beautiful in an atmospheric sense!
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Ah, shame innit?

Really like those pictures. Very evocative, in a cold way. Almost like a film set.

So many memories growing up next to the base.

I know I've plugged this pic on here before, but what the hell. If anyone buys a print, the proceeds go to a very worthwhile charity.



You can of course download it in high res for free, but if you ever felt like making a donation, he asks them to be made to Everyman cancer charity.

It's called 'Still On Guard'.
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It gets worse! Have a look at some of these links (takes you to an Urban Exploration site - a bunch of guys who (sometimes legally, sometimes not) gain access to disused sites (not just military) to photograph):

RAF Binbrook

RAF Newton

RAF Upper Heyford, and again, and again

RAF Upwood

RNAS Portland

RAF Manby

Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot

Very sad!
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It's the same everywhere. Not just mil stns.

Hospitals, churches etc. get abadoned then the poxy little scroats move in and wreck the places.
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Gutting to see - I was born at the LMMH in Aldershot!
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A few photos of a Lightning airlifted out as we were wrapping up the loose ends prior to closing

http://www.pprune.org/4653284-post137.html
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