RAF Scampton

[saundra]

The home of the Dambuster,s
Was going to be the site for immigrants
Been torn apart runway dug up million been spent on building wooden huts?
Dispite a big campaigns to stop it happening
Its future was planned as a visitor centre for the RAF
Well it can,now hopefully go ahead
Because the plan for immigrants has been axed scampton was not only close to my heart with memories

It was my husband last station in the RAF

[Workingman]

Saundra, as ex RAF I feel you pain. Scampton was just down the road from my first RAF station at Binbrook.

The unfortunate truth is that we have to find some use for these old WW1 and WW2 RAF stations and army barracks, but what? Many of them are out in the sticks with few local amenities or jobs. They are not even really useful as commuter dormitory towns never mind holding camps for immigrants / refugees / asylum seekers. A lot of the old RAF stations would be best turned back into the farmland they once were. Apart from that suggestion I have nothing else to offer.

[saundra]

Scampton has long been scheduled to become a visitor centre with millions ready to be invested
due to its past history I hope it works out
By the way binbrok was part of my social calendar and
Waddington in my youth
I worked at nearby wragby lived in lincoln small world

[Suff]

I was born in Lincoln and grew up mostly on Waddington base. My father served there for 26 years.

Living on the other side of Lincoln I never really went to Scampton. I have wondered over the years though what you would find if you dug into the ground where they re-routed the A15 to go round the runway. It is an old Roman road and I wondered if anything ever remained of it.

Guess with development of the site we'll never know.

My question about not using it for illegals is what are they going to do with them?? Because they are not going to stop coming.

[saundra]

No idea stuff pass the problem to somebody else that's what government do

[Kaz]

A visitor centre would have been interesting, what a shame

[saundra]

The plan for a visitor centre is still going ahead I think after the site is cleared of the 60billion worth of damage and trash some of those contracts must have made a few quid putting 12?wooden huts up being sarcastic never mind its what government due with tax money

[JoM]

I really hope it does go ahead, especially with it’s history. It could be a very interesting place to visit.
We’ve got RAF Cosford Museum near to us and it’s a superb museum, and admission is free too.

[cromwell]

Didn't it also used to be the home of the Red Arrows?

[saundra]

Yes it was crommers they are now at RAF Waddington
No my brother was at Gosford did his basic raf training there but had chicken pox so,had to,go,back into the next year course he didn't so,left and joined the merchant navy went round the world but that's anouther story