RAF Southrop, Glos

ricasso · Mar 15, 2009

I popped over to southrop today to check out Macaroni woods, the site of the domestic area of the airfield.
I know the area quite well (through work) but have never visited the woods.

Southrop was a flight training ground opened in 1940 and closed in1947 and was used by Oxford and Harvard training aircraft

water storage area

stanton shelter

ablution block

inside the previous building

allan scythe

wacky sculptures

the Braithwaite water tower

estate workshop

inside was loads of old estate railings (worth a fortune)

Foxylady · Mar 15, 2009

Ooh, this is nice! Always enjoy seeing photos of RAF Southrop...especially good to see a different section.
I really like the general woodiness of the site too, with the signs of various rural crafts going on.
Fab pics, btw. Good stuff, ricasso.

jonney · Mar 18, 2009

great photo's. I like the one of the stone mason's shed with the 'rubbing in' table outside (brought back some memories from when I used to do it - was a b*****d in the winter though) did you get any photo's of the inside of the stanton shelter.

ricasso · Mar 18, 2009

jonney said:
great photo's. I like the one of the stone mason's shed with the 'rubbing in' table outside (brought back some memories from when I used to do it - was a b*****d in the winter though) did you get any photo's of the inside of the stanton shelter.

Cheers jonney, no, me lad Billy checked it out and said there was nothing inside so I didnt bother to get a shot, to be honest there are loads of images of Stantons on DP, sorry mate, just a bit lazy that day!