tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6440351178966740941..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Hullavington, WiltshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-12568901557262971832017-03-16T13:19:11.058+00:002017-03-16T13:19:11.058+00:00Yes, Higgly, it is the one near the Karting Hangar...Yes, Higgly, it is the one near the Karting Hangar - this site was sold off several years ago. You are probably aware that he airfield has now been sold to Sir James Dyson who is siting his new technical campus there. It has been stated that the airfield will be developed with respect to it's aviation heritage. Wiltshire Council planning application 17/02344/FUL shows what Dyson would like to do with hangars 85 and 86, the old parachute packing hangars at D site, near Stock Wood. This is just the first application, the rest of the airfield will be developed when a master plan has been agreed.Maggie Bawdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9659639306179834232014-02-18T18:57:25.212+00:002014-02-18T18:57:25.212+00:00Higgly: As you'll see from the date on the pos...Higgly: As you'll see from the date on the post, it's getting on for two years since I was there. I seem to remember that the carting place was nearby, but can't recall its exact location.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-15473628148044419192014-02-18T18:44:15.529+00:002014-02-18T18:44:15.529+00:00Hello Philip is this picture of hanger 87 ? The on...Hello Philip is this picture of hanger 87 ? The one next to m4 carting Higglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173403937654620825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80990079683815006202014-01-01T20:21:55.662+00:002014-01-01T20:21:55.662+00:00Thanks, Alan. Glad I prompted some happy memories....Thanks, Alan. Glad I prompted some happy memories.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-39522820769610919492014-01-01T20:16:12.261+00:002014-01-01T20:16:12.261+00:00I remember these grass covered hangers at RAF Seal...I remember these grass covered hangers at RAF Sealand in north Wales when I was a child in the 60's and 70's. We'd sneak through a gap in the fence, climb to the top and slide down them on cardboard sledges, the excitement heightened by the fact that the MOD police could come along at any time. Happy days.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560236561720595146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-81344873876233254592012-04-13T00:12:54.428+01:002012-04-13T00:12:54.428+01:00Brilliant.
My parish church growing up was a han...Brilliant. <br />My parish church growing up was a hangar, unfortunately they demolished it in the 90s.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-13089786289116212372012-04-11T09:32:51.880+01:002012-04-11T09:32:51.880+01:00Peter/Jon: Me too.Peter/Jon: Me too.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84222009476999840692012-04-11T09:30:52.699+01:002012-04-11T09:30:52.699+01:00'Proto-seedum' Jon. I like that.'Proto-seedum' Jon. I like that.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11462261088529048702012-04-11T09:27:31.815+01:002012-04-11T09:27:31.815+01:00Jon: Agreed. The fascination is for various reason...Jon: Agreed. The fascination is for various reasons, I think. The sense of what might be inside; the connections to the past (for my generation at least, the Battle of Britain was still the recent past when we were young); the effectiveness of the buildings' design; and what I can only call atmosphere – the mixture of the quietness and purposefulness of these places.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-70441023126953156782012-04-11T09:18:50.068+01:002012-04-11T09:18:50.068+01:00Rather like disused railway buildings, aircraft ha...Rather like disused railway buildings, aircraft hangars hold a deep fascination. What's within? a forgotten collection of quietly mouldering Spitfires? This one's a gem, close hugged to the ground with it's own proto-seedum roof...not dissimilar to Adnam's modern eco distribution depot outside Southwold. How obviously different to the upright vastness of the airship hangars of Cardington and equally captivating.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-61452815898982887292012-04-10T08:50:09.655+01:002012-04-10T08:50:09.655+01:00Thank you, Peter. Sometimes one sees a building th...Thank you, Peter. Sometimes one sees a building that seems to encapsulate an atmosphere, a whole period of history maybe, and that hangar was a case in point.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9747758702294190472012-04-10T08:15:02.721+01:002012-04-10T08:15:02.721+01:00This is exactly why I enjoy your blog so much. Yes...This is exactly why I enjoy your blog so much. Yes, it's about buildings, but also about places and their atmosphere. Thankyou.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com