Been sad to see on my travels during the last couple of weeks that one of the 1930’s hangars at Dishforth (the furthest one from the A1, whatever number it is) is being demolished. Shame, the hangars there are one of my favourite landmarks on my usual boring schlepp up and down the country. According to the guys working on it I was talking to last night in the pub in Boroughbridge, they sure knew how to build them properly back then, because it ain’t giving in easily!
Just thought this might be of interest if there were any ex-Dishforth chaps frequented the forum.
By: Blue_2 - 21st April 2010 at 16:54
…And then it was gone. Nothing but a heap of rubble now. 🙁
By: WG-13 - 15th April 2010 at 14:58
Yes it is a newer 2548/55c ‘split vertical’ type tower, standard 1950s repalcement on alot of older and expansion period airfields. Not sure on Dishforth in particular but most were erected late ’50s early ’60s, there probably was a smaller one (guessing ‘fort’ type) in front of the hangars.
I think that the entry for Dishforth in the ‘Action Stations’ series has a photograph of a ‘fort’ type watch office.
By: pagen01 - 15th April 2010 at 09:30
Whenever i’ve driven past Dishforth i have always thought it odd that the current control tower is on the north side of the airfield, far away from the main airfield site and hangars. I realise that is not unique to Dishforth, but was there ever an earlier tower nearer the hangars.?
Yes it is a newer 2548/55c ‘split vertical’ type tower, standard 1950s repalcement on alot of older and expansion period airfields. Not sure on Dishforth in particular but most were erected late ’50s early ’60s, there probably was a smaller one (guessing ‘fort’ type) in front of the hangars.
By: Wyvernfan - 15th April 2010 at 09:23
Whenever i’ve driven past Dishforth i have always thought it odd that the current control tower is on the north side of the airfield, far away from the main airfield site and hangars. I realise that is not unique to Dishforth, but was there ever an earlier tower nearer the hangars.?
By: Blue_2 - 15th April 2010 at 08:09
Hangar’s about down. Just looks to be the offices left now.
By: Blue_2 - 13th April 2010 at 20:46
Excellent, no worries mate. Hope I’m not about to become the forum’s own Sally Traffic! 😀
By: Scott Marlee - 13th April 2010 at 20:32
rgr that, thanks mate, should return with more pics tomorrow
By: Blue_2 - 13th April 2010 at 20:29
apart from the usual m1 jollities around trowell nowt to worry about. I’m down in Ringwood now, was pretty much clean and green all the way
By: Scott Marlee - 13th April 2010 at 20:19
ah right i see, any road works down your way to watch out for? off to Middle wallop in an hour
By: Blue_2 - 13th April 2010 at 20:08
Aye. And was involved with a lass up that way for a while…
By: Scott Marlee - 13th April 2010 at 19:41
ah right, got ya, not a truck driver are you?
By: Blue_2 - 13th April 2010 at 19:29
No mate, i live over on the east yorks coast, but my work takes me along the A1 loads every week and i’ve spent a lot of time that way on anyway.
By: Scott Marlee - 13th April 2010 at 19:04
not a problem mate, i take it you live around the catterick area from a post i read on a different topic?
By: Blue_2 - 13th April 2010 at 18:58
Ah the nostalgia! On me mobile at the moment but i’ll have a proper look in photographic when i fire the laptop up later 🙂 Cheers Scott.
By: Scott Marlee - 13th April 2010 at 18:50
twas indeed mate, if you look in the photographic, just uploaded a load more 🙂
By: Blue_2 - 13th April 2010 at 18:47
Nice pics Scott. That a vigilant u were up in? Years since i flew one of them 🙂
By: Scott Marlee - 13th April 2010 at 18:41
By: Red Hunter - 12th April 2010 at 10:36
It’s a few years since I was a regular on the north/south route and rmember well the Dishforth hangars. You don’t much of an excuse to pull something old but with a bit of history, down these days.:(
By: Blue_2 - 12th April 2010 at 10:04
Down to just the wall facing the airfield now by the look of things :(.
Go on Scott, get em posted!
By: Blue_2 - 11th April 2010 at 22:43
THe guys I was talking to said asbestos, but reckoned it was in such small quantities it was being used as an excuse to pull the thing down. Shame…
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