RAF Manbys Officers mess burnt down yesterday
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It had fallen on hard times, photos from earlier in the year
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/thread...n-2018.112078/
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/n...er-raf-2065645
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/thread...n-2018.112078/
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/n...er-raf-2065645
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It had fallen on hard times, photos from earlier in the year
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/thread...n-2018.112078/
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/n...er-raf-2065645
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/thread...n-2018.112078/
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/n...er-raf-2065645
At least the Commandant's Residence has a new lease of life, though!
Watch out for the housing estate building to be started!!
Same thing happened with Eastern Radar's site, IIRC it had some kind of preservation status on it but the totally empty and unpowered building mysteriously burned down one night and shortly after a housing estate sprung up.
I think I may be accused of cynicism too!
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Same thing happened with Eastern Radar's site, IIRC it had some kind of preservation status on it but the totally empty and unpowered building mysteriously burned down one night and shortly after a housing estate sprung up.
I think I may be accused of cynicism too!
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I had the opportunity to watch my local pub burn down at the third attempt.
Conversing with an attending Fire Officer he mentioned that he had attended three similar fires in the last few months and that "sooner or later", complete satisfaction would be achieved for the developing client.
Our listed Pub became a development of low quality houses at extortionate prices. Kinda makes it alright then...
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Conversing with an attending Fire Officer he mentioned that he had attended three similar fires in the last few months and that "sooner or later", complete satisfaction would be achieved for the developing client.
Our listed Pub became a development of low quality houses at extortionate prices. Kinda makes it alright then...
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Seems to be a pattern here! Officers' Mess at RAF Kenley destroyed by fire a couple of years ago. These listed buildings seem to have no protection!
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Seems to be a pattern here! Officers' Mess at RAF Kenley destroyed by fire a couple of years ago. These listed buildings seem to have no protection!
Yes, frequented/resided continuously from 1965-1967! Very sad to see that.
It was a very nice Mess back then, full of life and with a massively varied population (CAW, Refresher Flying, Staff and Spec N courses and of course all the staff to make it all happen). All ages and ranks from plt offs to gp capts, all mingling happily. It was noted that the more senior ones (e.g. Gp Capt Norman Hoad) actually enjoyed just being students again. And with Air Cdre Cyclops Brown as Cmdt, happiness spread from the top downwards.
I had always thought that most/much of the former Station had become Council offices. Clearly a king-size Officers Mess ‘with later additions’ was simply too big to use. Probably the same applied to the huge College of Air Warfare building as well.
It was a very nice Mess back then, full of life and with a massively varied population (CAW, Refresher Flying, Staff and Spec N courses and of course all the staff to make it all happen). All ages and ranks from plt offs to gp capts, all mingling happily. It was noted that the more senior ones (e.g. Gp Capt Norman Hoad) actually enjoyed just being students again. And with Air Cdre Cyclops Brown as Cmdt, happiness spread from the top downwards.
I had always thought that most/much of the former Station had become Council offices. Clearly a king-size Officers Mess ‘with later additions’ was simply too big to use. Probably the same applied to the huge College of Air Warfare building as well.
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