RAF Ternhill / Clive Barracks to be sold for housing
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RAF Ternhill / Clive Barracks to be sold for housing
Making the incumbent regiment homeless.
Clive Barracks Army base to be sold and replaced with up to 600 homes « Shropshire Star
Now does that mean that it will be plowed as extra funds into the budget or being the cynic I am, is it more likely that it we are asset stripping the military and in reality we will reduce the military budget accordingly to allow for this surplus cash.
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Clive Barracks Army base to be sold and replaced with up to 600 homes « Shropshire Star
It is hoped the sales will generate a total of £140 million, which the Government says will be invested into the defence budget.
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster said: “Every pound we make by disposing of excess land will be reinvested into a defence budget that keeps Britain safe.
Read more at http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2...hZ9rGkFVUY7.99
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster said: “Every pound we make by disposing of excess land will be reinvested into a defence budget that keeps Britain safe.
Read more at http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2...hZ9rGkFVUY7.99
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My only Tern Hill memory was of a gorgeous daughter who lived there with her parents when I was doing an ATC Course at Shawbury in the 60s.
I may not sleep tonight!
I may not sleep tonight!
I have lots of memories of Tern Hill, mainly from Market Drayton. However, the biggest memory is from my Provost Mk1 course, the last one at Tern Hill before CFS(H) took over.
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Worth pointing out that the originally quoted piece about £140m generated is for ten sites, Ternhill/Clive Barracks is just one of them. Personally I think that the ten sites should really generate a bit more than that.
I also thought that the present RAF Ternhill/Clive Barracks was compulsorily purchased as an expansion airfield in 1936, with the proviso it should be sold back to the original owner or descendants (for the original price) when the military finished with it. That will generate a lot of money -not!
Nutloose,
I somehow doubt that the resident regiment will be "left homeless!"
Do you write headlines for the Daily Express and Mail by any chance?
I somehow doubt that the resident regiment will be "left homeless!"
Do you write headlines for the Daily Express and Mail by any chance?
Fareastdriver - that Provost wouldn't happen to be WV489 would it ? Or do you have that one logged ?
One of my first flights in 1954, as a CCF cadet, was in WV489 but I never logged it's individual code.
The piston Provosts were brand new then - Prentices and Harvards were the main inhabitants.
One of my first flights in 1954, as a CCF cadet, was in WV489 but I never logged it's individual code.
The piston Provosts were brand new then - Prentices and Harvards were the main inhabitants.
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Along with.....
The 10 sites released today are:
Thornhill Barracks (Part of Clayton Barracks, Aldershot)
Burgoyne Barracks (Part of Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone)
Clive Barracks (Tern Hill, Shropshire)
Fitz Wygram House – Royal Army Vet Corps (Aldershot)
Army Officer Selection Board Westbury (Wiltshire)
Defence Training Estate land near Cove (Farnborough)
Rylston Road ARC (London)
MOD Wethersfield (Essex)
Chetwynd Barracks (Chilwell, Nottinghamshire)
MOD Cheadle Hulme (Greater Manchester)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/t...ses-more-sites
KPax re Clive Barracks:
The airfield might not be, and the ACO have just announced it will house one of the (few) retained cadet gliding Sqns. However, security will become a nightmare if it is to become a housing estate as announced locally. Nearest base - Shawbury, but I'm willing to bet the ACO had assumed they would continue to use their present hangars for storage during the week!
The airfield might not be, and the ACO have just announced it will house one of the (few) retained cadet gliding Sqns. However, security will become a nightmare if it is to become a housing estate as announced locally. Nearest base - Shawbury, but I'm willing to bet the ACO had assumed they would continue to use their present hangars for storage during the week!
Blimey, reminder of CCF Annual Camp about 1961 or 1962. We had to take part in the CO's Parade, and ISTR he or one of the wg cdrs had an artificial leg, which led to some odd marching
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Its sad to see the old buildings go - especially the hangars and the messes.
The stories they could tell. What's the story with Lee On Solent? Will that ever be sold/totally destroyed?
The stories they could tell. What's the story with Lee On Solent? Will that ever be sold/totally destroyed?