Old red and white RAF base signs

One item that was crying out to be saved was the Deci Wall. Was at one point plans for the RAF museum to get it, but I don’t know what happened in the end.

I saw a video of it that someone posted on pprune recently Tony, I’ll try and dig it up.

Link to pprune

One item that was crying out to be saved was the Deci Wall. Was at one point plans for the RAF museum to get it, but I don’t know what happened in the end.

I saw a video of it that someone posted on pprune recently Tony, I’ll try and dig it up.

Link to pprune

can’t find any Wall pictures yet but here is the Deci version of the red and white sign:

can’t find any Wall pictures yet but here is the Deci version of the red and white sign:

It’s not really appropriate for a museum on the Isle of Man

Depends if its pointing in the right direction, 😀

RAF Stations have a habit of losing stuff, so I wouldn’t give them it back

It’s not really appropriate for a museum on the Isle of Man

Depends if its pointing in the right direction, 😀

RAF Stations have a habit of losing stuff, so I wouldn’t give them it back

One item that was crying out to be saved was the Deci Wall. Was at one point plans for the RAF museum to get it, but I don’t know what happened in the end.

One item that was crying out to be saved was the Deci Wall. Was at one point plans for the RAF museum to get it, but I don’t know what happened in the end.

Many years later, and after Andy’s untimely death, the still-wrapped sign came to light and is now in our museum collection. It’s not really appropriate for a museum on the Isle of Man so we might consider letting it go to a more fitting home. Any suggestions?

Perhaps a phone call to the CRO at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, not sure if they have a base museum or not.

Good to see some of these road signs still exist 🙂

Many years later, and after Andy’s untimely death, the still-wrapped sign came to light and is now in our museum collection. It’s not really appropriate for a museum on the Isle of Man so we might consider letting it go to a more fitting home. Any suggestions?

Perhaps a phone call to the CRO at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, not sure if they have a base museum or not.

Good to see some of these road signs still exist 🙂

This one is in the pub at Worth Matravers

This one is in the pub at Worth Matravers

I can’t remember when this happened, maybe the 70s, but as a result of the threat of IRA interest in its properties the MoD decided to remove all the road signs to airfields in an attempt to prevent the IRA boys finding them…

Corporal Andy Arnold and his band of men were tasked with removing the signs to Linton on Ouse and taking them to the scrap man. This they did, but fortunately for posterity Andy couldn’t bring himself to scrap them all so he parcelled one up and posted it home to his brother Peter.

Many years later, and after Andy’s untimely death, the still-wrapped sign came to light and is now in our museum collection. It’s not really appropriate for a museum on the Isle of Man so we might consider letting it go to a more fitting home. Any suggestions?

I can’t remember when this happened, maybe the 70s, but as a result of the threat of IRA interest in its properties the MoD decided to remove all the road signs to airfields in an attempt to prevent the IRA boys finding them…

Corporal Andy Arnold and his band of men were tasked with removing the signs to Linton on Ouse and taking them to the scrap man. This they did, but fortunately for posterity Andy couldn’t bring himself to scrap them all so he parcelled one up and posted it home to his brother Peter.

Many years later, and after Andy’s untimely death, the still-wrapped sign came to light and is now in our museum collection. It’s not really appropriate for a museum on the Isle of Man so we might consider letting it go to a more fitting home. Any suggestions?

For those with a spanner handy there are still 1 or 2 Lyneham ones which have not been removed by the council yet!

For those with a spanner handy there are still 1 or 2 Lyneham ones which have not been removed by the council yet!

I think it was the “Halfway Farm Motel” (www.halfway-farm-motel.co.uk) that provided accommodation for visiting families to RAF Swinderby. This is the same side of the A46 as the “Dovecote” (“Halfway House” as it used to be), but on the Newark side of the new roundabout. I can’t recall the Halfway House, or Dovecote, providing accommodation – but could be wrong!
Like other posters, I’m sure the Motel owners choked on their breakfast when RAF Swinderby closed, but they seem to do OK these days with the Antique Fairs etc.
Regards
Paul

I think it was the “Halfway Farm Motel” (www.halfway-farm-motel.co.uk) that provided accommodation for visiting families to RAF Swinderby. This is the same side of the A46 as the “Dovecote” (“Halfway House” as it used to be), but on the Newark side of the new roundabout. I can’t recall the Halfway House, or Dovecote, providing accommodation – but could be wrong!
Like other posters, I’m sure the Motel owners choked on their breakfast when RAF Swinderby closed, but they seem to do OK these days with the Antique Fairs etc.
Regards
Paul

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