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Paul F
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When did you last see inside the one at Langham?

Hi Richard

Summer of 2004 (or maybe 2003?) – I happened to be driving past when I saw there was a reasonably large gap/hole in the main door. Although it was too dark to see detail clearly through the hole given the very bright daylight outside, but inspection of a photo taken by poking the camera lens through the hole (and taken with flash) showed lots of decay and typical small “stalactite” type growths where rain/damp had presumably been penetrating the structure and leaching out salts etc.

It would be good to hear one of these domes had been fully restored on the inside as well as the outside. As has been said, these are rare structures, though with Shoreham being my closest airfield I guess I take them for granted.

Paul F