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Fingringhoe Ranges , Colchester .


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Our usual dog walk these days is down to the ranges gates - or a variation on that theme . I've been telling my wife about the place and what used to be there and where we boys used to explore a lifetime ago ! That's made me wonder if there are any photographs of the place in it's earlier days . There are still a couple of bits of concrete outside the gates where the Horsa blocks used to be but I've not got any pics of those and although I remember the barns that used to be inside the gates , before the 'new' control tower was built , I never photographed any of those either - not even sure I had a camera in those days ! Just wondering .

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Our usual dog walk these days is down to the ranges gates - or a variation on that theme . I've been telling my wife about the place and what used to be there and where we boys used to explore a lifetime ago ! That's made me wonder if there are any photographs of the place in it's earlier days . There are still a couple of bits of concrete outside the gates where the Horsa blocks used to be but I've not got any pics of those and although I remember the barns that used to be inside the gates , before the 'new' control tower was built , I never photographed any of those either - not even sure I had a camera in those days ! Just wondering .

 

I use to go down to a place called Friday Woods in the 60s wow that long ago there was all sorts once upon a time and I was forever being told off for bringing (STUFF).home that had to be disposed off as my dad was in the Army. I followed him and am still picking up old bits.

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Yes , they still use Friday Woods , you might find it's changed a bit if you went now - there's a hard surfaced car park through Bounstead Road these days . Middlewick made the news a few weeks ago as it's been proposed it should be sold off for housing . They're probably getting sick of having to stop firing to tell the numpty locals that they can't stroll across the field while the exercises are taking place .

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