Book - Home Bases

31 Aug 2015 22:13 #1 by carnaby
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I have just bought a copy of Sean Kelly's Home Bases. It describes the experiences of American military personnel based around London and includes:
Bushey Hall and Bushy Park, Eastcote, High wycombe, Northolt, South and West Ruislip, Uxbridge.

Rather than describe the book, the info is here: ushomebases.com/

Amazon has positive reviews and allows you to 'Look Inside'

Over the last decade, working with Paul Francis, I've witnessed the destruction of several of these bases and hence found the book fascinating.

Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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01 Sep 2015 12:13 #2 by carnaby
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Spent an hour browsing this fascinating book last night and discovered amongst the numerous credits:

Paul Francis, with whom I got to spend a wonderful couple of hours at West Ruislip and Eastcote. Paul is a legend among the airfield and base fraternity for his unrivalled knowledge of the buildings, their architecture, their changing uses and particularly unique features. If anyone knows the design and building details of a base then he does!


Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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01 Sep 2015 14:54 #3 by Peter Kirk
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Phew! Thank goodness he didn't use the word "expert" :)

No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)

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02 Sep 2015 17:12 #4 by PJH
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Phew! Thank goodness he didn't use the word "expert" :)


Or indeed "Maycrete" :lol:

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02 Sep 2015 17:28 #5 by REF
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Or indeed "Maycrete" :lol:


Oh god, did you have to mention the 'M' word.......

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22 Jan 2016 08:05 #6 by Harboda77
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In ' One Last Look ' by Philip Kaplan & Rex Alan Smith it contains at the bottom of page 57 an interior photograph of a rendered brick hut that uses the prescribed inappropriate description.

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