I spoke to the education organiser at Newark Air Museum today about the National Curriculum and the associated topics. They emailed me a set of search strings that had been used to find education resources from the museum website this time last year; I think that it makes interesting reading.

“education + evacuation world war 2 key stage 1

remembrance day work sheets

WW2 + educational + museums

Learn with museums

World War 2 educational visits in Nottinghamshire

Educational + visits + World + War + 2

World War2 activities for children”

Perhaps its other factors that need to be considered rather than the education aspect.

Sounds like a good idea but East Kirkby might struggle to get any HLF funding because I don’t believe that it is a Registered Museum or indeed a Registered Charity.

Certainly no mention of either on their website.

In 2004 there was a survey carried out and document produced for English Heritage entitled “RAF Scampton – Historic Characterisation”.

69 pages worth – but it makes interesting reading.

If I can get hold of a copy would you like to see it Peter? 😉

Many metals and alloys were at a premium and as a consequence a lot of materials were re-used – despite the many stories that might indicate otherwise.

This might be a bit off topic but you only need to read structural reports on some Second World War building steelwork to appreciate how marginal the integrity often was – that having been said many were only really meant to be temporary structures.

Didn’t FlyPast cover the project in a recent edition?

I believe it was at Wickenby – http://www.wickenbyairfield.com/news/

It’s got to be pretty ‘air’ tight if the nitrogen was just pumped in and left.

Most modern nitrogen purge systems used in the chemical industry rely on a constant supply of the gas; indeed many processes extract the gas from other parts of the plant / process to cut down on costs.

Likewise de-humidifying and air-conditioning systems need to run constantly to work properly.

Paul,

Just looked at your profile and I noted the aviation artist connection.

If I remember things correctly Tim O’Brien did four paintings for Newark in the 1990s, which were used to produce prints.

TG517 featured in one of those paintings dropping mail to a Royal Navy ship on one of the Operation Heliotrope sorties, the original painting is currently displayed in Newark’s café.

The second Hastings painting showed TG517 in its Berlin Airlift Days – Operation Plainfare.

The Shackleton print featured WR977 over Grand Harbour Malta.

The Vulcan print featured XM594 over Lincoln Cathedral.

Like with the Shackleton Association there is a link to Tim O’Brien’s website on Newark’s Associates page.

I hope this further information helps.