Strubby closed in October 1972 we had been told that we had a number of years to go in the September, Manby closed in March 1974.
Manby was all spit and polish because of the College of Air Warfare and a Air Commodore in residence, the Group Captain Bailey was a nice man and the Air Comm wasn't.
I did from close of Strubby to the November 1973 at Manby, all those bloody JP's, I went to work in Abu Dhabi and returned in 1974 and started work at the Heliport at Strubby !
A great old place a bit short on amenities, we still had bucket toilets up to 1965 but it was a far better place then Manby.