Originally Posted by
Arclite01
Whisperair
I don't remember an artificial pitch in the hangars - I do remember an indoor 5-a-side pitch with a concrete floor (the hangar floor) where we used to play 'off the walls'. I've also played badminton, volleyball and indoor cricket in the hangar and cricket outside on the grass, ..........
Or is my memory playing tricks with me re: the artificial pitch ?
I used to live at Valley View BTW.................and like you have fond memories of Battle of Britain 'At Home' days and the early 'Biggin Hill Air Fair' displays. I can certainly remember the Low Flying Aircraft signs on the main road by the Salt Box Café - although jets had long gone by then...........
I have been to many services in the chapel and some of my friends have been married there. It's a very atmospheric place for me.
Arc
Good to hear from another 'local'.
As I recall, the 5-a-side pitch surface was rubberised not bare concrete. We weren't that hard - but we would never have let on to the Westerham boys, we had a reputation to uphold!
Sadly, along with jets, the 'Salt Box Cafe' was consigned to history some years back.
They were good times to live in Biggin. Many school-friends were RAF Brats and feelings in the village for our uniformed neighbours ran deep, which is why there is so much resentment locally to the Council's plans for St George's Chapel.