Bamburgh Castle aviation museum

I was informed that it was the owner of Brunton who put paid to the parachute club due to the noise of their aircraft….. I love Chinese Whispers….:rolleyes:

Incredible, is’nt it, the people and places, in the centre of our little village is the Church, local 17th pub and a row of 3 thatched cottages. The one by the pub has been bought by a guy who hates church bells, the sound of the celler cooler and cars being parked in front of the pub. Another one has been bought by a Londoner for weekends away who also dislikes the bells and the gliders being aerotowed from the local camp as the buzzing noise of the Grob engines is annoying, as we are on the edge on Salisbury plain nobody knows if he has yet experienced a full exercise with the AS90 Howitzers …. here’s hoping!

…………I knew the owner of Bruntom Airfield until he died last year, he was an ex-Lanc pilot and was shot down and became a POW during the war.
He flew his own Jodel aircraft off the field for many years and I took a flight with him many years ago from there.
He certainly liked aviation, you must have spoken to the wrong person Lindy’s Lad? My mother ran a guest house from Brunton House after she retired so I know the area and people well………..

Anon.

I was informed that it was the owner of Brunton who put paid to the parachute club due to the noise of their aircraft….. I love Chinese Whispers….:rolleyes:

Bamburgh, Brunton and all that

There are loads of old aviation sites to visit, many of them seeing a great deal of useby a large numer of squadrons during and after WW2.
I knew the owner of Bruntom Airfield until he died last year, he was an ex-Lanc pilot and was shot down and became a POW during the war.
He flew his own Jodel aircraft off the field for many years and I took a flight with him many years ago from there.
He certainly liked aviation, you must have spoken to the wrong person Lindy’s Lad? My mother ran a guest house from Brunton House after she retired so I know the area and people well.
Yes, the Goswick ranges are worth a look – never mind Lindisfarne, check out the dunes at Goswick instead. The range towers are still there and the dunes have shrapnel, practice bombs, bullets, pickets and barbed wire in abundance!
There is a permanent detachment of bomb disposal men sited there as there is stuff uncovered at almost every tide. I have seen stacks of RP motors and fins in their skips.
Had the kippers Quinnie! Sis used to live in Craster and many a pint was had in the Jolly Fisherman opposite.
I’m not going to start arguing about what constitutes a real Geordie, or not. It’ll no-doubt be like the definition of a Scouser (Liverpool only) yet anyone from outside the area thinks anyone with such an accent is one: coz of de accent like.

Anon.

In addition the RAF appear to use Bamburgh Castle as a way-point or turning-point for the Otterburn range during exercises, meaning that screaming low flying jets are a frequent accompaniment to a visit to the castle, as many documentary film crews have found to their cost.

Brunton used to be a parachute centre run by Border Parachute Club….nothing sacred? Inland from Druridge Bay, you can still find bullets in the dunes, walk the road over the old airfield of Acklington or Eshott. Visit the war graves at Chevington near Acklington. Inland from Lindisfarne, the airfield at Milfield and the war graves (German) at Kirk Newton. In short, see the lot but it will take more than a day. By the way, we are Northumbrians not ‘Geordies’ they come from the Tyne area.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Mr. Walton’s collection contains artifacts found and recovered by ACIA – the region’s wreckology experts. (Book out too – Air Crash Northumberland – ISBN 978 1 84674 112 8). The collection is quite large, but the area which it is housed is very small……

The castle is easily a whole day’s visit, and well worth the trip. Even for us close to Newcastle, its a couple of hours north! Close by is the costal resort of Beadnel – closest town to the former RAF Bunton. Excellent runways, but the owner dislikes aviation. 🙁 Druridge Bay further south was the main gunnery range for the several OTU’s and gunnery schools.

Or even Brunton! 😉 There’s parts of the dunes on Lindisfarne (or Holy Island) that have got signs warning of unexploded ordnance due to the northerly section of it being part of the former Goswick Sands bombing range to the north west of the island.

Mr. Walton’s collection contains artifacts found and recovered by ACIA – the region’s wreckology experts. (Book out too – Air Crash Northumberland – ISBN 978 1 84674 112 8). The collection is quite large, but the area which it is housed is very small……

The castle is easily a whole day’s visit, and well worth the trip. Even for us close to Newcastle, its a couple of hours north! Close by is the costal resort of Beadnel – closest town to the former RAF Bunton. Excellent runways, but the owner dislikes aviation. 🙁 Druridge Bay further south was the main gunnery range for the several OTU’s and gunnery schools.

Yes, I’ve been to that museum – and excellent it is too.
A beautiful county and castle and a fascinating museum – to say nothing of Geordie hospitality! Well worth the trip.

Being a Geordie,I’m not biased in anyway shape or form,but do take a trip just a little further down the coast and visit Robsons smokehouse in the small fishing village of Craster,and purchase the kippers direct from the supplier themselves.

http://www.kipper.co.uk/

Mmm………….:)

Bamburgh Castle Museum.

Yes, I’ve been to that museum – and excellent it is too.
The castle is well-worth the entry money and with the aviation museum to visit as well is good overall value.
The chap responsible for collecting the aircraft exhibits and setting it up is Derek Walton, a retired fireman and lifelong aviation enthusiast.
He has published a very interesting book entitled Northumberland Aviation Diary (Norav Publications. ISBN 0 9536189 0 0) and this gives the background to his own interest and the exhibits in the museum as well as chronicling aviation in and over Northumberland from the earliest times.
I’m lucky, my mother lives in Alnwick and my sister just up the road from Bamburgh
A beautiful county and castle and a fascinating museum – to say nothing of Geordie hospitality! Well worth the trip.

Anon.

The castle was purchased and restored by the 1st Lord Armstrong of Armstrong gun, Vickers Armstrong, Armstrong Whitworth fame. Hence the modest naval and aircraft museum. Which to be fair is only an element of the ‘castle experience’.