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Does anyone remember RAF Radipole lane at Chickerel Weymouth. It was responsible for the RAF bombing range on Chesil Beach in the 50s & 60s.
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amfortas
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Nope. But I recall many a cold night at Gravely - the RLG for Oakington.
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Poultice Walloper
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I do remember RAF Theddlethorpe, a small bombing range on the Lincolnshire coast. A bleak and desolate place.
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Starbuck617
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RAF Radipole Lane
RAF Radipole Lane
My father-in-law served at Radipole Lane in the late 50's during his national service. He regales us with many a story from there!
RAF Radipole Lane
My father-in-law served at Radipole Lane in the late 50's during his national service. He regales us with many a story from there!
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An old mate of mine back in the 70s was stationed at RAF Mepal near Ely. The wife was born 2 miles from there. By the time i started going there it had become a Thor missile site then it closed and now flogs farm machinary. Still has a few old huts you can see.
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You might be interested in a little bit of its history here - http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/dorset/chi.html
The defunct airfield was my childhood playground in the late 60's and early/mid 70's!
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RAF Radipole Lane.
RAF Radipole Lane.
I was posted to RAF Radipole Lane in 1957 from Waddington and was there until the camp closed down, what a sad day that was.We also knew it as Chesil Beach Range Unit and as I write this I am also just looking at a Xmas Dinner Menu for 1958. I believe the dinner was held at The Fleet. There was space on the back of the menu for Autographs but unfortunately it didn't seem important at the time, there was a Peter Wilkinson, R.P. Val or Vail but can't read the other.
RAF Radipole Lane.
I was posted to RAF Radipole Lane in 1957 from Waddington and was there until the camp closed down, what a sad day that was.We also knew it as Chesil Beach Range Unit and as I write this I am also just looking at a Xmas Dinner Menu for 1958. I believe the dinner was held at The Fleet. There was space on the back of the menu for Autographs but unfortunately it didn't seem important at the time, there was a Peter Wilkinson, R.P. Val or Vail but can't read the other.
Ex-Splitter and Proud
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Are you really sure it was still open in the 70s?
I thought Thor went out of service in about 1963....
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As I recall it still had personel on there doing something, but I,m sure you're right about the missiles being gone.
I live near what was RAF Bridgnorth. All the old marital quaters and officers quaters still there as private housing now. The camp is an industrial estate now called Stanmore. I believe there was already an RAF stanmore somewhere in the uk so they had to call it RAF Bridgnorth.
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The old RAF Stanmore is in Middlesex-- not far from the northern end of the Jubilee Line.
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To give it it's full name RAF Stanmore Park, fantastic place full of women, because you also had RAF Bentley Proiry up the road.
Oh the mammeries!
They were never caught by the police then?
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Stanmore Park was a bit of a sleepy hollow when I was there in early 1981. I was sent there whilst on "Pool Flight" at Cosford waiting on my course to start. When my course finished I was sent down again (for reasons which escape me). As I was signing in at the guardroom I flicked the book back a couple of pages and there was my signature from 18 months previously.
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I had a mate who spent 6 years in Stanmore Park Quarters - and very nice it was there too.
I used to visit him when visiting my hometown - Stourbridge. and later spent many weeks styaing in the Stanmore Park Caravan Site - and very nice there too!
Tern Hill was my 1st Posting - and although its an Army base now its still used by the RAF and I believe it still has Scopies there too (from Shawbury).
I used to visit him when visiting my hometown - Stourbridge. and later spent many weeks styaing in the Stanmore Park Caravan Site - and very nice there too!
Tern Hill was my 1st Posting - and although its an Army base now its still used by the RAF and I believe it still has Scopies there too (from Shawbury).
There are no scopies at Tern Hill.. Scopies are TG12 (ASOPs/FC) you mean air traffc cnutrollers which are TG9 (FOA/ATC)
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Same difference in a dark room...
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I don't think so...
"Stanmore Park" is near Bridgenorth, Shropshire (it used to be RAF Bridgenorth) some 10 miles or so from Cosford. The Stanmore Park estate you refer to is near/in the old RAF Stanmore Park (where I was put when on my Fitters Course)
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