With all due respect to everyone viewing, it’s fantastic to see a preserved site, complete with period dress and vintage cars, however we should all remember not to forget.
These sites were farmland before the RAF, USAAF and others purchased the land, and now that the land is back in private ownership they may appear a thorn in the farmers side, consider the cost of upkeep?
These historical sites hold precious memories for the people that served and the ones of us that enjoy visiting them, each site is special and that is why the memorials are errected, so that generations to come will feel the passions the we and our parents feel.
However, as these sites fall into decay and nature retakes them the imagination also starts to take over.
My son, Jakob enjoys the walks across every airfield we visit, thinking of what life was like 50 years ago, would things be different if every old airfield was preserved, hundreds of sites still with fences and intact control towers across this great country of ours.
Please see below for some of the sites that Jakob and I have visited and please also think if they were all preserved we may not have gone?
RAF Woolfox control tower, external:
RAF Woolfox control tower, internal:
RAF Kings Cliffe dispursed site, still in use as a riding school:
Grantham AAA site, complete with Jakob:
St Vincents, Grantham, a family home (up for sale £1.6m):
RAF Harlaxton, however in decay:
I sincerley apologise if I have offended anyone, but history cannot be kept otherwise it is danger of remaining the present.
Please note that all of the sites visited above were with the permission of the owners.
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