Douglas Bader's Childhood Home Under Restoration

This is interesting! Good to see they are trying to reuse as many of the Yorkshire slate roof tiles as they can

Not sure where it says that Peter, the earlier slate tiles were replaced many years ago with concrete examples and “All of the tiles have come from other buildings…”

I looked at the title and thought, who is going to be the first to mention, Stork, shoes, Churchill etc….. Why am I not surprised ?

The beauty of the internet is that we can have discussions that go down hill faster than any other medium. 😀

Will they restore the connecting tunnel that goes straight to the cellar of the Stork Hotel?

Sorry….but somebody had to be the first to suggest it.:o

I looked at the title and thought, who is going to be the first to mention, Stork, shoes, Churchill etc….. Why am I not surprised ?

Sorry….but somebody had to be the first to suggest it.:o

And so you ought to be – everyone knows that tunnel was the one that went straight to Downing St. where it was to serve as the secret shoe repair conduit for Prime Ministers who would be visiting the Stork Hotel to tell Douglas Bader “Well done that man – enjoy your trip back to the Boche”.

Have I got the facts of this saga straight or am I getting confused …… :confused:

Nice to see it being looked after still. It’s an awesome place, I have fond memories of a couple of parties there.

Rich

Will they restore the connecting tunnel that goes straight to the cellar of the Stork Hotel?

Sorry….but somebody had to be the first to suggest it.:o