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Hi All
Well on the way to our 4 days of madness in north wales it would of been rude not to pop in to what is left of Wrexham ROF.
Wrexham ROF was built in the late 1930`s for the production of cordite, sited on the East side of the country to protect it from possible bombing from the pesky Germans.
The site is way bigger than we first thought, we walked along a small lane and were presented with a field full of former WW2 building but first a stumble through the woods (As you do).
Thats where we found this baby, an observation post typical to ROF`s.
Next up was a massive storage bulding.
Also on this part of the site are 2 pill boxes, they are in fact both Twin boxes with a roof covering both, the gun posts are tiny, and each room has a small roof vent.
Next up are a few shots from inside one of the storage or production buildings these are huge just huge all the entrances have blast wall protection and there is what is left of paved
road ways leading in to them and thereare lots of them.
Any ramble around a former WW2 you have to take pictures of toilet blocks.
But the thing is the Loo roll holder on the wall, it must be 70 years old.
Well done for getting to the bottom so thats about it, looks like another visit needs to be done as we only saw a tiny part of the site, so thanks for looking and all comments are most welcome.
If you want to see more pictures there are a few more on my FlickR page so pop over to :-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/sets/72157648554026768/
Cheers Newage
Well on the way to our 4 days of madness in north wales it would of been rude not to pop in to what is left of Wrexham ROF.
Wrexham ROF was built in the late 1930`s for the production of cordite, sited on the East side of the country to protect it from possible bombing from the pesky Germans.
The site is way bigger than we first thought, we walked along a small lane and were presented with a field full of former WW2 building but first a stumble through the woods (As you do).
Thats where we found this baby, an observation post typical to ROF`s.
Next up was a massive storage bulding.
Also on this part of the site are 2 pill boxes, they are in fact both Twin boxes with a roof covering both, the gun posts are tiny, and each room has a small roof vent.
Next up are a few shots from inside one of the storage or production buildings these are huge just huge all the entrances have blast wall protection and there is what is left of paved
road ways leading in to them and thereare lots of them.
Any ramble around a former WW2 you have to take pictures of toilet blocks.
But the thing is the Loo roll holder on the wall, it must be 70 years old.
Well done for getting to the bottom so thats about it, looks like another visit needs to be done as we only saw a tiny part of the site, so thanks for looking and all comments are most welcome.
If you want to see more pictures there are a few more on my FlickR page so pop over to :-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/sets/72157648554026768/
Cheers Newage
