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We popped in here while in the area looking at some bits, it really hasn't changed in years this place. Topside is completely trashed but it was good tick off the underground tunnels and a good reason to waste an hour or two messing around with some lights underground History The Royal Naval...

I've done a bunch of these GPSS sites and I really like them - Islip, Hempsted, Sawtry, Carlett Park, and a couple of others I think (old memory failing me). Flax Bourton was one I was made aware of through @Webbs0710 post a few years ago but for whatever reason it never materialised into a...

During the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact prepared for a nuclear attack on Europe, In 1960, exercises were held in conditions similar to warfare, their aim was to test methods of transporting nuclear weapons from the USSR to the territories of western Poland to the strike units. Several methods of...

History - Hennocque quarry is a limestone quarry taking it's name from the family that owned it for several generations. When France fell to the Germans in 1940 the quarry was seized and used as part of the plans for the manufacture and distribution of V2 rockets. The V2 rocket or...

I have just found the article on the above site. I worked at this site from 1971 to 1974 and it was my first RAF posting as an RAF Armourer in 1971. At that time Coningsby was flying the F4 Phantom and the ESA was used for all weapon generation and storage associated with the F4 including all...

Finally we are able to see inside the 'Question mark' ... Old Ranges Reservoir/Tank opposite the Tennis Courts and Commandants House. Someone has destroyed the covering lid and concrete surround.. Clive and myself were looking at another structure nearby and had bought an endoscope with us...

Where do you store your treasured and not so treasured photos etc. and do you have anyway to organise them that works? I’m finding I’m amassing quite a large collection of photos on my iPhone and backed up in the cloud. I’ve also got a drone recently which is eating up storage fast too and I’ve...

I know this has been reported a lot but well why not again The History (lazy so stolen) On 18th August 1939, the Air Ministry sought approval to acquire the disused Glynrhonwy Isaf slate quarry which had closed in 1930; the quarry, near Llanberis in North Wales, was deemed suitable for the...

Site was constructed by the Regent Oil Company ( later renamed Texaco) in 1941/1942. Site was formerly known as the Stourport Government Civil Reserve. The depot is located on the east bank of the River Severn. It was let out on commercial hire to Regent Oil and later Conoco who used BPA as the...

Philosophy At first this post might seem a little bland, but bear with me as it gets better across the entries, and I hope to add to continue adding to it. Building sites may seem a bit of a soulless if not strange thing to explore for their own sake, but I actually think it helps to remind us...

The only location that worked out on our recent trip to Poland, but it was worth it. The factory started operating in 1992 as an ash processing and storage facility and stopped operating in 2000 when the ash started being used in construction and the need to store it ended. I'm not sure about...

History - ROF Standish was one of many Royal ordinance factories built at the start of world war 2 to assemble ammunition and weapons for the war effort. Each ROF factory specialised in specific types of ammunition and ROF Standish made .303 rounds most notably used in the chain fed machine guns...

The plant was established in 1992 for the purpose of processing and safe storage of ashes from a nearby coal power plant. The building has not been used since 2000. Full Set: LINK

G.P.S.S. (MOD) Fuel Storage Depot, Gloucester - October 2020 So a couple of weeks ago; myself and @mookster made a leisurely journey down to Gloucester after a quick stop off to Go Outdoors so that I could buy myself a pair of wellies for this one! I had been warned; but alas I forgot. The...

Having Photographed most of the former GPSS sites on the N/S pipeline. The Gloucester PSD had escaped my attention as I thought it was already housing like its sister site the Gloucester GCR. Its appearance on the forum a few weeks ago was a pleasant surprise. When i visited the site It was nice...