Prisoners 'to be housed in RAF camp'
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Prisoners 'to be housed in RAF camp'
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>Its the only RAF camp near Merseyside that I know of being under investigation into use as a prison.
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Fully agree Ratty, don't forget the new sports facilities and swimming pool though !
Cultybraggan gets my vote......
Austere, built as a prison for 4,000 Nazi PoWs, still able to accomodate 800 or so (some of them under canvas!) with kitchens and showers....
Plenty of fresh air and scenery, and if anyone escapes, they're in Jockistan, with unfriendly natives everywhere.
Austere, built as a prison for 4,000 Nazi PoWs, still able to accomodate 800 or so (some of them under canvas!) with kitchens and showers....
Plenty of fresh air and scenery, and if anyone escapes, they're in Jockistan, with unfriendly natives everywhere.
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Stations To Prisons
This part of the north west was once one of the most heavily populated areas for RAF stations. Most were training stations. A few I can remember are: West Kirby, Woodvale, Weeten, Kirkham, Freckleton, Burtonwood, Warton.
Most of these have probably been ploughed over or built on now. Kirkham I think is already a prison. How many of them are in the correct constituency I do not know. My bet is Woodvale.
The article does say that they are building cabins now so I do not think it will be Sealand. Also it is in the wrong constituency.
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Don't you love the bit about not using the Dover camp because children of those serving in Afganistan are at school nearby. Another no cost, crocodile tears support for the military from a Tone Crone.
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This part of the north east was once one of the most heavily populated areas for RAF stations. Most were training stations. A few I can remember are: West Kirby, Woodvale, Weeten, Kirkham, Burtonwood, Warton.
Most of these have probably been ploughed over or built on now. Kirkham is already a prison. How many of them are in the correct constituency I do not know. My bet is Woodvale.
The article does say that they are building cabins now so I do not think it will be Sealand. Also it is in the wrong constituency.
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West Kirby was in the west when I used to ride there on my bike
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North East?? My compass is reading wrong. The articles are a bit misleading so I will try my best guess. Ashworth NHS Hospital (Ian Brady lives there) is on the outskirts of Maghull and Kirkby. The old hospital buildings are still behind the wire and at this very moment are being refurbished, I looked at the crane today. It was announced a few weeks ago as a new Category C prison. Not sure what that category is, but it is OLD news spouted again today to put a spin on things. The RAF station has been declared (I think) as a one in the North of England. I am sitting at Woodvale right now and am fairly confident that the security of this station is ....ahem.... not up to the standards required. Sealand airfield is almost empty and as far as RAF airfields go, that is about it for the northwest. So my tentative guess is Sealand or N Yorkshire.
Tony, Gordon, John....... Why bother trying to fool us?? Just let them go publicly, rather than try and hide it behind spin. Everybody knows you are lying. We catch them and you let them go, it has become a sick game
Tony, Gordon, John....... Why bother trying to fool us?? Just let them go publicly, rather than try and hide it behind spin. Everybody knows you are lying. We catch them and you let them go, it has become a sick game
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West Kirby, Woodvale, Weeten, Kirkham, Burtonwood, Warton - North EAST??
Woodvale is in Southport, Weeton is a very nice army barracks and hasn't been an airfield for centuries, and is in Lancs. Kirkham _ i presume you mean HMS Inskip, the top secret base with 3000ft masts, and BWOS might have something to say about prisoners nicking bits of Eurofighters at Warton. Burtonwood is mainly houses last time I drove past.
Dunno about W.Kirby
Woodvale is in Southport, Weeton is a very nice army barracks and hasn't been an airfield for centuries, and is in Lancs. Kirkham _ i presume you mean HMS Inskip, the top secret base with 3000ft masts, and BWOS might have something to say about prisoners nicking bits of Eurofighters at Warton. Burtonwood is mainly houses last time I drove past.
Dunno about W.Kirby
MPA - Nowhere to escape to, they could have an open prison, with as much free BFBS as they want
