I’ve lived in the Newbury area for many years and can document the saga from the time U.S. airmen in uniform were a very common sight in the town, through the moronic ‘women’ and their Peace Camp, to the industrial mess, Greenham is now.
As someone has already said, but for the shortsightedness of Newbury District Council, Greenham could now be a major international airport for the south of England. What was the longest runway in the south (possibly in Britain) and with space to extend with very little disruption, 3 miles from the M4 motorway (but now linked by the Newbury By-Pass), one mile from Newbury mainline railway station (45 minutes to Paddington) etc., etc. The word ‘jobsworths’ comes to mind!
