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Old 12th Jan 2009, 18:51
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NRU74
 
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There is [or certainly was] a protocol which allows any interested person to visit the Church and the graveyard at Thorney.A few years ago [5 probably] I turned up at the piquet post and requested that I be allowed to visit these places - I also thought I might get a beer at the Sailing Club if it were still extant.A very polite young Army chap arranged a Land Rover escort for me across the runways, past the Mess etc to the graveyard.Unfortunately the Sailing Club was closed.For nostalgic reasons I asked if they would take me back past the hangars and the place where the OCU Ground School was. They let me park and wander around the area.Suggest anyone interested in visiting takes his/her passport and politely requests same.
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