IIRC Finningley had a relatively new facility built there not long before it closed - a Navigation school or something similar, plus had recently had some sort of runway upgrade or refurb. What did the RAF want it back for and in place of which other field? Church Fenton?
It was a sad day for us when the flying stopped - a bit of local colour had gone and the bucket and spade LoCos don't make up for it. By and large the RAF were good to the locals in terms of flying disturbance - I remember night flights being relatively infrequent and usually preceeded by warnings in the local press.