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Not seen this place on the forums for a while..visited here with black shuck.really enjoyed this explore.and its amazing to think that this was one of the biggest and busiest bases in Europe.Originally starting life as a satellite airfield for west raynham.but ended up becoming an independent station..In 1944 it was left empty and started being redeveloped to serve as a heavy bomber base,work was completed in 1946..During the Cold War it was a very busy base,being used during the Berlin crisis,and I know through someone I know that live bombs were loaded during the Cuban crisis and were all on standby.the base shut in the eighties,and the majority of the base sold off in the nineties.
The guard house as you enter up the main drive
The accommodation blocks,these were available for the single service people.the married quarters were on a seperate site and that was sold off and now forms a place called wicken village.
There are loads of these style blocks around the site..now totally trashed though.
The old baseball court..I think the Americans were keen on R&R on base.
This is the old school building.it was nice to see all the artwork still on the walls
Next is the NCO'S buildings.these were a little more upmarket to the single quarters.all the halls were carpeted,better room,and instead of shower blocks there were bathrooms.they had there own canteen and bar area.
The bar area.
The kitchen area
The corridor down to the NCO'S rooms and one of the baths
Heading away from the accommodation blocks.its time to look at the admin blocks,here we have two guardhouses the one to the main gate for the airfirld and another one a little further up.this was an military police guard house.
The admin blocks..this consists of several things.the telephone exchanges and millitary police office,the British consulate,amongst many other rooms.
This we thought was prob the motor pool with its sliding doors.there was a nice sign on the wall I liked too.
The tower was a lot larger than I have ever been in.spread over four floors.there was even a bar area at the end.we did wonder what a bar area was doing in a tower.but I guess there was lots of people stuck out here away from the main base and all the outbuildings too.so they could get a snack here.
Thank you for looking.hope you enjoyed my take on Sculthorpe.
The guard house as you enter up the main drive
The accommodation blocks,these were available for the single service people.the married quarters were on a seperate site and that was sold off and now forms a place called wicken village.
There are loads of these style blocks around the site..now totally trashed though.
The old baseball court..I think the Americans were keen on R&R on base.
This is the old school building.it was nice to see all the artwork still on the walls
Next is the NCO'S buildings.these were a little more upmarket to the single quarters.all the halls were carpeted,better room,and instead of shower blocks there were bathrooms.they had there own canteen and bar area.
The bar area.
The kitchen area
The corridor down to the NCO'S rooms and one of the baths
Heading away from the accommodation blocks.its time to look at the admin blocks,here we have two guardhouses the one to the main gate for the airfirld and another one a little further up.this was an military police guard house.
The admin blocks..this consists of several things.the telephone exchanges and millitary police office,the British consulate,amongst many other rooms.
This we thought was prob the motor pool with its sliding doors.there was a nice sign on the wall I liked too.
The tower was a lot larger than I have ever been in.spread over four floors.there was even a bar area at the end.we did wonder what a bar area was doing in a tower.but I guess there was lots of people stuck out here away from the main base and all the outbuildings too.so they could get a snack here.
Thank you for looking.hope you enjoyed my take on Sculthorpe.
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