Didn’t know there was anything over the other side! I’ve never been over the other side and people probably wouldn’t know about the stuff being over there. Are there any aircraft or something like that in the hangar? Might have a look tomorrow if i get the chance. Personally i think they look fine in Hangar 3, theres a bit of everything in each of the WWI hangars, hangar 5 restoration, hangar 4 battle of britain display and hangar 3 boats e.t.c.
A few points (from someone who works on the north side at Duxford):
1) There is normally no access for the public to the north side at Duxford (apart from car parking at airshows) This is not to say that if you want to visit the north side something couldn’t be arranged by contacting the Museum in advance, but please don’t just wander over the Bailey Bridge willy nilly. Another way of seeing the north side is on a Friends of Duxford north side tour, held most years now (not a member of FoD? It’s worth it if you visit Duxford on a regular basis :))
2) What’s on the north side? Well the north side is the home for a very substantial part of the Museum’s Collections – The Film and Video Archive, Department of Printed Books and Documents, the Photo Archive, Exhibits and Firearms and the Art Department all have storage and offices on the north side (the Sound Archive also uses Duxford as a storage facility, but access to their stores is via the Film and Video Archive) The Film and Video Archive alone stores something like 130,000 films at Duxford, so I am sure you will agree, we take up a bit of room doing this! Several of the private operators have storage/office space over here too, and occasionally space is leased to ‘outsiders’ such as Sawston Police while their new station was being built a year or so back.
3) Alexis – I think the fair sized hangar is a little bit full at the moment (both halves of it ;)) As far as there being plenty of space, where would you propose putting new buildings (without losing airshow parking areas?) Answers on a postcard…;)
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