Join me and sometimes others on explores on everything ranging from empty buildings ,ww2 sites, woods,beaches,old ruins ,etc etc etc ...having some fun on the way and trying too learn some history...
I can't find the USAAF station on Google maps or anything. I can find the Control tower next to the airfield, but I don't know where the usaaf station is. Can you give me an approximate location to where it is please?
He is Scottish mate. The same as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding. Chief of Fighter command. Battle of Britain. Admiral Andrew Cunningham.CNC Medditerranian Fleet. General Roy Urquhart. Commander British Airborne. Arnhem. Only Two star General to kill an enemy soldier in battle in the war. Give us a bit of credit. All British hands to the pumps.
You need a history lesson. Without the sas( long range desert group) the allied forces would have struggled without them as they destroyed so many German airfields and planes which could have been catastrophic for us
@@stevenmoses5807 I did history for 3 years at Manchester, so I don't need a lesson - thankyou. I don't doubt it made a contribution - IMO negligible - but that does not for one moment award him an admirable personality, any more than Stalin winning the war on the Eastern front.
Not wattle and daub, lime plaster. Wattle and daub is mud, sand and fibers placed over a woven hazel wall and is used on both sides. Lime plaster was used on the slats of the grand houses.
RJC, The collapse happened in the 70's as a result of drought subsidence and everything then was moved over ground in the woods then back underground under the lawn (left a lovely frost free stripe when it froze/snowed). It ran from the boiler house and carried Heating, water and telephone services. The hole you found by the path is the entrance to an emergency fire water supply installed by the RAF back in the 40s, remained so until closure, another is up by the old chapel
I’m down there almost every day walking my dogs and have been researching the the NEF, HMF and ROF munition factories remains for the last 10yrs. I still find something new from time to time, especially deep in the main forest.
Totally agree amazing builds there anywhere else like London they would be worth a Fortune. What a total waste, i can remember the offices mess when the base was operating, even though my father was an NCO. Wow 20 years ago i last visited and sure the roof was there
Great video buddy, if you are that way again there are searchlight positions cut into the cliffs. It was storm George when i visited and a little to risky climbing down the cliff face.
Thanks for watching and the info on the searchlight positions .. Hopefully I will get Down that way again and try and record them / don’t blame you not going down there during the storm .. take it easy 🫡👍
hi great little video,about 25 years ago i was delivering a load of grain and was sent just up the road from this windmill i remember stopping and having a look around i come from shropshire so don’t know the area very well i’ve been trying to find this for years i want to come back for another look i tipped the load in a hangar not far away the operator showed me some names that had been written by canadian airforce personnel during the war very moving anyway i’m begging to waffle on we mustn’t let there sacrifice get forgotten
Hi , I glad the video has reached you and now you know where this is ..That’s a great story and i do hope you come back and visit again . This is what makes doing these explores interesting for me … And you are correct we must never forget.🫡.Thanks for the wonderful comment / Just a thought maybe the names were in a control tower which is just up the road from here which i never ever got to ? ..
Great to see some tucked away areas just yards from the village where I live! My better half works on a commercial site on the old airfield and used to get quite a few old flyers making the pilgrimage, visiting the remains of the airfield. Sadly and understandably that has all but ceased now. Interestingly she has spotted airman in flying jackets and uniforms on the odd occasion walking past her office window! There is also a converted hanger where many sightings are quite common according to some of the people that work there! That is Darby Nursery stock that occupy a vast amount of the old airfield up the road from the Quorn factory. Some of the taxi ways are still used for tractor use. Apart from the USAF operational flight traffic from Lakenheath, Mildenhall and a few flight corridor RAF aircraft, the area is pretty quiet. The odd low flyover of a Hercules C130 at night does sort of bring back similar sounds from the war years! Thanks for taking the time to record our local bit of remaining wartime history. 😉👍
Thanks for the comment and the information regarding the airmen and the site itself . It seems it is still active in some ways ,with the spirits of the past still using the site . Glad the explore has shown you what is left and that you enjoyed it . Thanks for watching 🫡😃
I am a pilot and aviation historisn and archeologist who was allowed in officially two years ago. Thurleigh is the creepiest disused airfield I've ever visited. Glad when I'd finished my visit and the security barrier went up to facilitate my departure. Really odd atmosphere at this aeronautical site.
I wonder why the odd atmosphere there .?. I personally didn’t feel anything but I prob didn’t go in as many places as you . Thanks for watching and the comment 🫡😃
Omg us explorers never learn, I'm the same and wear blooming shorts forgetting about brambles lol I found this location yesterday by accident, so I didn't know about the entrance to get in or have my exploring kit with me. Its alot wetter today so I'm debating whether it's work going back and looking inside. Great video and thanks for sharing it. I've just subscribed x😊
Thanks for watching and subscribing 👍😃/ I still wear shorts so I haven’t learnt still lol . Definitely worth going back and going inside / Also there is another gun battery about 500 yds away from there which I hav just found out about /
Thanks for posting. I had never heard of this place before. Nice job. Do be careful of mold, asbestos and lead paint dust in these. Especially in tunnels and basements. Get masks rated for those. They're not that expensive.
My Gf & I used to visit this place back in the early 70’s,even back then the place looked like it had been abandoned, If I remember correctly the back of the house was inhabited by the then people who owned it, & the park was open to the public, they had animals & birds & a cafe.. If I remember my history I think it was part of the Burghley estate many many years ago.
Hello, I am the daughter of the last Baron Lilford, we used to own the hall and lived there at times....if you need any information, I am happy to help.
@@rjcexplores5778 we lived in the flat annexe as the main hall was completely uninhabitable. My father opened the park to the public, there was a caravan park, a race track, beautiful collection of rare birds of prey collected by the 3rd or 4th Lord Lilford. It was a magical place but when my father tried to renovate it the government required the building material to be original and that would have bankrupt him. He had no option but to sell. We were all devastated. They used to keep bears in the enclosures near where you filmed and we had a huge farm. The new owner is American and he also had it on the market. Not sure that went through. We also owned Bank Hall in Lancashire....worth a look out for as well as it has been partially renovated by a local charity.
@@hannahcurrier1843 amazing to read ! I work for a local fuel company driving a little tanker and love the area , I always look at the house from pilton / wadenhoe side and think it's a beautiful house. Kind regards from sunny stanwick 😀
The grounds are beautiful. Some very interesting structures there. The ain't building is gorgeous. You have so much more character in your building designs than we have here. Well done!
This is a trivial thought, but that reminds me of the first episode of Star Trek next Generation. Where a guy was trying to sell what he referred to as a building complex, but was actually a giant organism they were walking around inside of (which he had enslaved). Amazing video.
I was hoping too get to the opening but not sure I can make it as got too work / if not on this day I will another . There are some very nice places around this area to explore . Some nice woodlands also especially SSSI Sites which are great throughout different seasons of the year 👍😀
I’ve been here a few times, I’m convinced one day the footpath will be swallowed up by the river. See it while you can. Shame about the graffiti inside. Some people are muppets!
The location is on the old Keysoe Row West Road. The buildings were the quarters of the 101 squadron “V’ bombers. They were on 24 ht QRA with the planes on the dispersal pads ready to go.
My Grandad was a nurse at this hospital back in it’s hay day. The tales he could tell. 😮 Despite it’s disrepair it’s fascinating to see the inside, the place where he worked. 😊 Your very brave, I’d be worried about things falling on me or the stairs collapsing. I’m surprised it hasn’t been knocked down by now.
Hi I sure he could of told some story’s of this fascinating place . I wish I had got there earlier to document the other buildings before they were destroyed . I hoping they are going to keep the tower . Thanks for watching and leaving a comment 👍🙂
