Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Waddington's oldest tower was used by Customs and Excise in the 60s, the next house Approach and the third was Local. The oldest has now gone, Approach, as WD said, is condemned, and yet another was built.
You would think that after 4 attempts . . .
One of the problems was getting the Local Controller to actually have a view of the runway. So the WW2 Tower begat the Remote Local, and the crumbling WW2 tower later begat the new NATO-funded one out near the runway.