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Secondly, we had a look round the gate guard, which was of course the Lancaster. I recall it had red spinners? Also, I seem to recall that the crew entry door had a Yale lock on it, but the guardroom staff couldn't find the key for it, so we didn't get a look inside. Dammit.
Can anyone confirm whether these recollections of the Lancaster are accurate?
I was at Scampton in the '80s and your recollections are spot on, the crew door did have a yale lock on it, but the guard room staff didn't keep the key to it, that was kept safely locked away in SHQ