Reports - Now Demolished
Epping Forest District Council Emergency Bunker
Where? North Weald. Photos 29. Comments 1. Posted 25 February 2007.
This bunker was used by the nearby airfield and used as an operations room. During the 1980's, the local council took the bunker over and used it as an emergency centre.
As always, SubBrit has an excellent piece explaining what this place was for, and shows some interesting pre-fire photos.
Read full Epping Forest District Council Emergency Bunker article here
Exmouth Junction Railway Depot
Where? Exeter, Devon. Photos 35. Comments 8. Posted 11 September 2006.
Exmouth Junction was built as a locomotive depot in 1885. The locomotive depot closed in 1967, but carriages and wagons continued to receive repairs there for a few more years.
RAF Shepherds Grove
Where? Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Photos 69. Comments 32. Posted 12 August 2006.
RAF Shepherds Grove is located on the outskirts of the sleepy Suffolk village of Stanton. It was built during WW2 as an airfield for bombers. During the Cold War in the 1950's the USAF took over and based jet fighters there. When the jet fighters left, part of the base was used as a launch site for Thor nuclear missles.
The site closed in 1966 and some of the base is now an industrial estate.
RAF Watton
Where? Watton, Norfolk. Photos 45. Comments 35. Posted 12 August 2006.
RAF Watton closed in 1991 and sold in 1998. The residential areas were sold for residential use; and most of the technical buildings have been demolished, ie control towers, water towers, boiler rooms etc.
Four hangars remain and what is thought to be an old armoury. Everything was stupidly trashed though - that didn't deter us from the explore..
RAF Watton revisited
Where? Watton, Norfolk. Large photos 23. Comments 12. Posted 7 April 2007.
I was up in Norfolk recently so paid a quick re-visit to RAF Watton to try out my "new" camera. If anyone remembers my report from July, you will know that there were four hangars and a little building remaining. Well, that's changed slightly now...
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