The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Morning Alan & Welcome.

I also visited the Mohne dam while working in Duisberg during 1980 and they were a lot smaller than I had been expecting ~ I had been expecting to see dams like those in the Elan valley. I remember there had been a big debate going on in the UK that the whole dambusters raid had been a waste of men and resourse however a local engineers Father who had been a school boy at the time told us that it had caused major disruption and that a lot of defensive resourses had to be assigned to the area after the raid. He could not understand the mentallity of those talking the raid down and told us that they should be sent to the Eastern Front if they wanted to talk about wasted men and resouses.

Before I departed from Duisberg he took me along to a reunion of German Tank Core survivors from the eastern front and they related how that this had been their equivalent of the Somme but without any memorials to their departed comrades.

Heathrow in the 1960's had been an aircraft registration recorders dream place and it had been a lot easier to gain access to restricted areas than now seems even possible ~ must have been a dream.

We travelled down from Oxford each weekend and had to wait in the Nine Pin Bowling Alley too be collected on Sunday ( Next to the old Ariel Hotel )

Your comment about apprenticeships had been very true once the government changed around 1964 ~ A relative of mine belonged to a BAA social club at Heathrow ( ? ) and he told us many years later that all of the aircraft manufacturers representatives, who used to drop in for a ' Short and Chat ' if they were in transit, estimated that we would be out of the aircraft industry as a major player within 15 years.

Welcome Activat; I read a few of your posts already and hope to see more of your activity.

Ive been intrested in all things military for quite a long time ie RAF,NAVY,ARMY, CIVIL DEFENCE,etc . I was a member of the Defence of Britain project until it`s cease I logged many a structure weather it was surface or sub surface . Ive worked 20yrs in the MOD in various depts. My last post before finishing was with 5131 BD SQN we were tasked to clear ex military bases before they where put up for sale. Ive worked all over the UK and gained a lot of useless imformation which am willing to pass on .

Welcome to AiX BDU, I am ex 5131 BD Sqn and superplum also.

Information 'useless' to you can be another persons treasure so don't hold back:)

Indeed, welcome BDU, great to see you on here and I look forward to seeing some more of your posts with interest.

If you have any photos you are willing to share there are a couple of easy ways of posting them, deailed here;
/community/showthread.php?12239-Image-posting-(As-Attachments)

and here;
/community/showthread.php?12240-Image-posting-(Direct-linking-from-Facebook)

Hi BDU - welcome and look forward to your posts

Hi all, have recently discovered your website and are involved with some of the remaining RAF buildings at Lissett. I have been told the site we are involved with was the officers accommodation there are numerous buildings and I am wondering if there were any site plans available to view, that would give us the exact building uses instead of us just guessing and also what buildings have disappeared. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Met the member "Bomber" on site last summer - thank you for the information about this website.

Hi Dixon ,Glad to have met you last summer & welcome to the forum .I am sure some one on here will have information on where to get the information on the site plans .
Regards ,
Bomber .

Hello Dixon and welcome to the forum .

Everything you need to know and more about obtaining airfield plans are here ;
/community/showthread.php?8699-Where-to-get-Airfield-maps&highlight=airfield+site+plans

Plus of course the existing Lissett thread should be of use or interest ;

/community/showthread.php?54-Lissett

Good luck !

hi dixon i to have an involvement with some of the remaining RAF buildings at Lissett and we might no each other