ed_oneal Posted July 10, 2006 Share #41 Posted July 10, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Andy: Coal is brought in by rail from the state of West Virginia to the rail yards. It is then loaded on ships and transported world wide. Look farther north from the rail yard to the largest naval base in the world. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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elansprint72 Posted July 12, 2006 Share #42 Posted July 12, 2006 Hey, missed this when I was away- good one. Whilst there was no airfield (as far as I know) on the South Wirral, there was a decoy site for Liverpool, which was a system of fires, lights and fake buildings, intended to fool bombers and make them unload in the wrong place; it worked, to a certain extent, in that quite a bit of explosive was dropped along the shore of the wrong river. Cheers, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share #43 Posted July 12, 2006 Hey, missed this when I was away- good one.Whilst there was no airfield (as far as I know) on the South Wirral, there was a decoy site for Liverpool, which was a system of fires, lights and fake buildings, intended to fool bombers and make them unload in the wrong place; it worked, to a certain extent, in that quite a bit of explosive was dropped along the shore of the wrong river. Cheers, Pete. The airfield was where the Vauxhall factory is in Ellesmere Port. The runway is still there, covered in parked Astras. It can clearly be seen as you leave or approach Liverpool Airport from the Wirral direction. There were two huge anti-aircraft batteries at Thurstaston during the war, the bases of which can still be made out. Not sure where the decoys would have been. There's no evidence like there is in Bristol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicamann Posted July 12, 2006 Share #44 Posted July 12, 2006 What can I say.. good shot..unusual story..but as we see ..nature prevailed No mention of camera..film ..lens, film? Thanks for sharing Cheers, JRM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share #45 Posted July 13, 2006 Sorry, John. R4/28 +ROM/Royal Supra 200/3 shots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 13, 2006 Share #46 Posted July 13, 2006 great scenery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted July 14, 2006 Share #47 Posted July 14, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) The airfield was where the Vauxhall factory is in Ellesmere Port. The runway is still there, covered in parked Astras. It can clearly be seen as you leave or approach Liverpool Airport from the Wirral direction. There were two huge anti-aircraft batteries at Thurstaston during the war, the bases of which can still be made out. Not sure where the decoys would have been. There's no evidence like there is in Bristol. I should have said South coast of the Wirral! There was a move to demolish one of the remaining hangars at Hooton (Vauxhall) a couple of years ago; it houses a small museum. Local pressure gave it a stay of execution. The decoy site was all along the coast from about Gayton to Hoylake; the folks who lit the fires, etc, lived underground (for obvious reasons!). Cheers, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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