A better class of scrapyard
 

Found this on another forum. The original is dated 1935 somewhere near Doncaster on the York road - A19?

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Blackburn T3 Velos G-AAAZ, "scrapped in 1932" apparently.

Deregistered in Dec 1933, having been operated at Brough. Details via the CAA’s G-INFO website.

Unearthed A J Jackson's British Civil Aircraft Vol 1 - sister ship G-AAAY was scrapped at Bentley which is indeed on the A19 just north of Doncaster.

Reminds me of the lone Lightning that sat near the A1 somewhere near Newark, gradually losing bits over the years

And was eventually rescued for restoration to static standards. Not heard anything recently.

I believe it is only the cockpit section that is being restored.

Not much scrap metal to be had there, a bit of wood for the yard office fire.

Driving round the Cirencester ring road back in '91, there was a Gannet in somebodies back garden!
(Yes I know it's weird to visit Cirencester but I was taking cadets to a gliding course at Little Rissington and we were billeted at South Cerney.)

Nothing wrong with South Cerney that graduating didn't fix. ;) (Dec'64 to Apr '65)

It's been finished, looks very nice

I wonder if this is the early days of what used to be Parker's scrap yard at Toll Bar on the A19, just north of Bentley. I don't recall ever seeing any aircraft there but back in the 90s it was a regular source of parts for several of our cars. It used to be good for obscure bits, and it was at a time when you were still encouraged to go foraging for yourself.