Sign of the times!
Fish runs were well-known even in the '70s. A chap flew a Hunter up from Brawdy to collect a couple of bags of prawns, which would be stowed in the sabrinas. All went well and he was soon on his way back to Brawdy...
But at low level...
In the Summer of '76 - one of the hottest for years...
Liberating the prawns from the sabrinas, he was greeted by 2 bags of warm, pink, fishy smelling sludge!
But at low level...
In the Summer of '76 - one of the hottest for years...
Liberating the prawns from the sabrinas, he was greeted by 2 bags of warm, pink, fishy smelling sludge!
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If you wanted fish, you should have called me at Lossie ops. One year just before Xmas I saw off a shack off to Scampton, I think it was, loaded with cod and haddock ( no cash, fish for fresh Lincolnshire veg and a few chickens (plucked and cleaned)) just as a Britt was landing from Boscombe to pick up a few stone of Cod. I finished the day with more cod onto a Canberra for Binbrook. There were quite a few entrepreneurs at Lossie and Kinross thanks to the low pay airmen received and the massive cost of living thanks to North Sea oil, which saw airmen like me with two young children having to go overdrawn thanks to the storage radiators in AMQ's ( If you got a Taxi into Lossie or Elgin I could have been your driver!)
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If you wanted fish, you should have called me at Lossie ops. One year just before Xmas I saw off a shack off to Scampton, I think it was, loaded with cod and haddock ( no cash, fish for fresh Lincolnshire veg and a few chickens (plucked and cleaned)) just as a Britt was landing from Boscombe to pick up a few stone of Cod. I finished the day with more cod onto a Canberra for Binbrook. There were quite a few entrepreneurs at Lossie and Kinross thanks to the low pay airmen received and the massive cost of living thanks to North Sea oil, which saw airmen like me with two young children having to go overdrawn thanks to the storage radiators in AMQ's ( If you got a Taxi into Lossie or Elgin I could have been your driver!)
Around 70 years ago, an OCU Lancaster flew down to Somerset from Kinloss on a particularly urgent mission......
....to deliver Spey salmon for a dining-in night at RAF Merryfield. But in doing so, apparently it hopped down the runway in ever-increasing bounces until the QFI took control. Much to the amusement of the resident Vampire flyers!
Apparently after it came to a standstill, a car drove over to the mighty bomber. Out came the salmon, then the car drove off and the Lanc about turned and rattled off back to Scotland.
....to deliver Spey salmon for a dining-in night at RAF Merryfield. But in doing so, apparently it hopped down the runway in ever-increasing bounces until the QFI took control. Much to the amusement of the resident Vampire flyers!
Apparently after it came to a standstill, a car drove over to the mighty bomber. Out came the salmon, then the car drove off and the Lanc about turned and rattled off back to Scotland.
Concerns over plans to convert former RAF base into asylum seeker accommodation - Norfolk Live
As time moves on the shape and character of the country changes again. Coltishall is now to become an asylum seeker holding centre, unless the locals can over turn the decision. I notice the old Officers' Mess has more recently been renamed the Jaguar Building, I can see where they got their inspiration.
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As time moves on the shape and character of the country changes again. Coltishall is now to become an asylum seeker holding centre, unless the locals can over turn the decision. I notice the old Officers' Mess has more recently been renamed the Jaguar Building, I can see where they got their inspiration.
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