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Thank you John for a great bit of S-TR history.=20
Bill
=E2=80=9CShoot low sheriff, she=E2=80=99s riding a shetland=E2=80=9D =E2=80=A6=
B.Wills
On Sep 17, 2023, at 9:25=E2=80=AFPM, johnbmacartney@gmx.com wrote:
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Dave Northrup wanted to know if the former WW2 airfield I mentioned in my la=
st post was still in existence and if so, does it have any particular use?
=20
The answer is Yes to both queries, but not as an airfield. The original WW2 h=
angars are still there and very much in use by various companies involved in=
distribution logistics. The former Royal Air Force Control Tower at the nor=
th end has long been converted into a private house.
=20
Attached (? Hopefully) is an aerial picture of the airfield layout as it use=
d to be. When in use as a storage park for newly built Standard and Triumph c=
ars, all three runways (still just visible in the pic) were used for storage=
with cars parked in two parallel lines down the runway centres with two fur=
ther single lines on each runway edge. Mostly, they were parked by model and=
wherever possible by colour within each model group =E2=80=93 always assumi=
ng there was available space. This overall layout gave two free carriageways=
the full length of each runway for unobstructed vehicle movements in each d=
irection. The runway intersects were obviously not used for vehicle parking.=
=20
If you=E2=80=99ve ever wondered where the rust on your Triumph first started=
, you=E2=80=99re now looking at the location!
=20
Jonmac
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ar use?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal">The answer is Yes to both queries, but not as an airfield. The o=
riginal WW2 hangars are still there and very much in use by various companie=
s involved in distribution logistics. The former Royal Air Force Control Tow=
er at the north end has long been converted into a private house. <o:p></o:p=
></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Atta=
ched (? Hopefully) is an aerial picture of the airfield layout as it used to=
be. When in use as a storage park for newly built Standard and Triumph cars=
, all three runways (still just visible in the pic) were used for storage wi=
th cars parked in two parallel lines down the runway centres with two furthe=
r single lines on each runway edge. Mostly, they were parked by model and wh=
erever possible by colour within each model group =E2=80=93 always assuming t=
here was available space. This overall layout gave two free carriageways the=
full length of each runway for unobstructed vehicle movements in each direc=
tion. The runway intersects were obviously not used for vehicle parking.<o:p=
></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
">If you=E2=80=99ve ever wondered where the rust on your Triumph first start=
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oNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Jonmac<o:p></o:p></p></=
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