Proteus Training Camp - Notts - 01.09

[Foxylady]

lol, I think he means, Foxy said she thought the buildings looked in good nick, and he says are you sure about that lol.l

Yes, i wondered about that but thought he meant were you sure about the place being demolished for centre park lodges. Dunno.

 

[Gangeox]

Yes, i wondered about that but thought he meant were you sure about the place being demolished for centre park lodges. Dunno.

I can assure you that centre parc's is in a completly different area, something like 2 miles or more away, so it wont be an 'extension' of centre parcs.

As Sal points out another company owns the site and they want to build holiday lodges there.

Check out:
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Proteus-Camp-holiday-lodges-plan.4485103.jp

Airsoft games have been played there but not sure if they still do.

Hope that is more clear

 

[LutEx]

Nice one, I nearly went there when I was an air cadet in the early part of this decade but wasn't able to make the camp

 

[Locksley]

Yes, i wondered about that but thought he meant were you sure about the place being demolished for centre park lodges. Dunno.

Exactly

I mean the whole thing about it being demolished.

 

[Gangeox]

Okay thats settled then,

1, Proteus site has nothing to do with centre parcs

2, Yes they did/do hold airsoft games there

3, Yes they are going to demolish it and build holiday lodges there.( independant company)

Glad thats cleared up

 

[shaunbaird]

ahhh I was just remembering this place.. I was in the army cadets Mansfield around 1988 (I think!).. spent a good weekend here.. really have fond memories.. plus we enjoyed a night exercise in sherwood forest using flares as well.. epic.. I remember getting "best cadet" at the end and had to march up in front of hundreds to get my "rambo knife" award.. fond times.... I have memories of several of us guys in one sleeping area trying to sleep and some guy walking round with his **** out "full hard!"... but besides that.. the girls billet was opposite.. we all remember gazing out the window and wondering if we should sneak across! ahaa!.. lol

 

[bigjohn]

ahhh I was just remembering this place.. I was in the army cadets Mansfield around 1988 (I think!).. spent a good weekend here.. really have fond memories.. plus we enjoyed a night exercise in sherwood forest using flares as well.. epic.. I remember getting "best cadet" at the end and had to march up in front of hundreds to get my "rambo knife" award.. fond times.... I have memories of several of us guys in one sleeping area trying to sleep and some guy walking round with his **** out "full hard!"... but besides that.. the girls billet was opposite.. we all remember gazing out the window and wondering if we should sneak across! ahaa!.. lol

In the mid 80's during the miners strike it was used to house Police from all around the country, I recall that those from Hampshire had to form up and march around the place when going to board their carriers to go to the pits. Until I read this I had forgotten about the stoves in the middle of the huts. My main memory is waking up to frost on the outside of my blankets.

 

[shaunbaird]

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[Hayman]

In the mid 80's during the miners strike it was used to house Police from all around the country, I recall that those from Hampshire had to form up and march around the place when going to board their carriers to go to the pits. Until I read this I had forgotten about the stoves in the middle of the huts. My main memory is waking up to frost on the outside of my blankets.

Maybe the stoves were the cylindrical Tortoise stoves - with the Slow But Sure motto.

 

[Jimthething]

I've got some photos of this camp in 2001 when I was an Army Cadet. We had our summer camp here along with a group of American Cadets who were over on an exchange. It rained non stop for the whole two weeks.

I was there with the army cadets in about 1984. It was ten days over Easter and there was snow on the ground for some of it. I remember the QM office, the parade ground, firing range and of course the Nissan huts with their coal burners.
Still have a few photos somewhere.