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Old 19th Jun 2007, 12:43
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niknak
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Bentwaterswas bought very shortly after it closed by a local farming family. They were earning **** all from farming and to their credit, borrowed to the hilt to buy the base.
It now hosts a large industrial retail park, hosts conferences and large scale dinner/dances functions, in the last few weeks they announced another venture there which eacapes me but the details were in http://www.edp24.co.uk you'll have to search for it, but to their credit, the owners now employ or provide employment for a lot of local people there.

Alconbury is now a vast industrial estate and never will revert to aviation status.

Woodbridge , much the same as Bentwaters I believe.
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