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welcome along

hi shane, everyone! right. finally figured how to put photos on. more later.

hi. if anyones interested(and i figure out how 2 upload them) i took pictures 2day, of the perimeter track(north and east side) whats left of the main runway and the secondary runways at thorpe abbotts!! also didnt know it was the 70th celebrations 2day. typical...

If anyone is interested in a more in depth look around Thorpe Abbotts, I have a 55 page, 5MB PDF file with photos, maps, and captions. A few screen prints have been attached to give you an idea of what it is.

 

If you want a copy, send me a PM with your email address.

 

Steve

 

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could u send me that pdf file please. edwardbrophy@hotmail.com cheers! also who do i need 2 contact 2 get permission 2 go onto the peri track & the last bits of runway 2 take some photos? tried the farm foreman but always engaged...

I just came back from the 95th bg Horham. Just a bit of runway there too.

Does anybody know of any forum groups going onto the former airfield at thorpe abbotts in the near future? Ive tried to phone the landowners foreman 3 times to get permission to go on there to take some photos & nothing! Any help appreciated...

I just came back from the 95th bg Horham. Just a bit of runway there too.

i recently asked for permission to photograph the last bits of runway[thorpe abbotts] via the 100bgmm@tiscali.co.uk site!! no joy yet response wise!! any ideas?!

yeah. kind of. thats why its such a crying shame those bits of runway wont b saved. if they could & b made part of the museum, could u imagine that. id b up there all the time!!

To be honest guys I have to disagree about there being such a difference between those who were in their teens and twenties during WW2 and people of the same age today,I'm 27 and I feel strongly that the current view of British youngsters as "yobs" is something which is largely created by the press. I'm not saying that all youngsters are angels but lets not tar everyone with the same brush,after all it could be said that as many pedophiles are men over 40 we should view all men in that age group as perverts :-o

 

Matt.

the good decent people are out there, we just have 2 find them!! in my job i see both good and the downright sc..!! i hope we have it in all of us, young or old, if the time ever came!!

Until you have been in a B-17 or similar and seen how small it is, and worn all the kit, and realised how heavy it all is, It's hard to imagine how they did it.

 

Add to that breathing oxygen for 8 hours, at minus whatever temperature, in a space where you can't stand up straight, then have people shoot at you.....

 

Then you go home, have a drink with your friends in a local, go to bed in a cold damp hut, and have to do it all again the following day, knowing the rest of your friends never came home yesterday.......

 

One of the youngest 100th BG airmen, slightly exagerated his age when joining up. He completed his tour of duty by the time of his 17th Birthday!!!!!!!!

 

Hard to see that happening these days.

 

Steve

i read recently about a b24 gunner who was grounded after 6 missions because he was only 16!!! lied about his age...now i cant see 2days kids doing that!!

right. well i saw these sites when i was looking for 100th bg links. dont know why but in the past 2 months anything 2 do with the 100th bg...thats why i asked about taking the runway photos!! theres something about that place. when i got out of my car on that first visit there was, know this will sound stupid, a static electric atmosphere!! anyway thats me for now. speak 2 u soon!!

hi. do u think the landowner would say yes 2 me just taking photos of the surviving bits of runway & thats it? oh saw u & ur jeep on my last visit bout 2 weeks ago...pretty good!!