The future of Coltishall

[Anark]

Is apparantly going to be turned into an "Immigration Detention and Removal Center" according to the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6172872.stm
What a shame but I suppose we need a place to dump 'em all

[MWISimmer]

My parents live about 3 miles from Coltishall, and the list has been changing since they announced decomissioning. So far:
Retail park
Business park
Prison
Housing estate
Immigration centre
There was even a rumour Norwich Airport may relocate there.
Rob.

[C]

What a surprise...

...not. Just about the same for any disused airfield - either an immigration centre (deportation might be easier if they reopen the runway - our government has an inability to arrange such simple things alas). Either that or it'll be come a prison...

...and that is how our government (Education, education, education, remember) care to treat our history. :-/

I didn't vote for 'em.

[F3Hadlow]

Pathetic, this country is so over-run thanks to it's ridiculously lenient system that we're turning historic sites (yes, despite the goverments best efforts to make us forget the fact, we WERE once a powerful and proud country) into places to sort out their mess.

Reminds me of a local station to me, RAF Acklington, a major Spitfire base up here in the north during the BoB, what is it now you ask? it's the site of a prison, Charlie is spot on.

[expat]

Is apparantly going to be turned into an "Immigration Detention and Removal Center" according to the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6172872.stm
What a shame but I suppose we need a place to dump 'em all

An immigration detention center maybe, but removal..........In the words of Nelson, Ha, Ha.

Matt

[flymo]

only an all too familiar story in this country and you are all spot on their about with your opinions and mine are very similar. bring back maggie

john

[C]

Reminds me of a local station to me, RAF Acklington, a major Spitfire base up here in the north during the BoB, what is it now you ask? it's the site of a prison, Charlie is spot on.

Generally the technical sites become the prison/immigration centre/waste of space/barracks, whilst the airfield site (grass and runways) becomes some thing else, be it farming, housing, an Army (god forbid) base. In Acklington's case I believe its been an open cast mine for many years...

[expat]

an Army (god forbid) base.

It is coming Charlie, just wait and see. Look at the Navy and RAF Harriers. The Helicopter force is Blue, but directed by Green.
I am still in contact with a few people from my previous life. I hear that the combined Harrier force is not the happiest of places. Fish Heads that are missing the sea and Crabs that can't get far enough away from a boat and bell bottoms. With so much under manning it is just a matter of time, but look on the bright side. All that money saved on three uniforms could be diverted to buy ammo that goes bang properly. Then you can all were green and a baseball cap instead :-/

Matt

[C]

I am still in contact with a few people from my previous life. I hear that the combined Harrier force is not the happiest of places. Fish Heads that are missing the sea and Crabs that can't get far enough away from a boat and bell bottoms.

No it isn't. Amusingly I read this week that the newly formed 801NAS won't actually have it's own unit until late next year (they've moved in with 800 apparently). At least then they'll have two RN GR7/9 Sqns to put on the ships - and a smaller proportion of RAF guys will have to go to sea (cos if they wanted to do that they would have joined the navy!).

JHC is the same apparently too.

All I can say is thankfully the Army and Navy (not House of Fraser!) don't have their own transport aircraft!

My point about the Army though was aimed in another direction, thinking in particular about Leconfield, Catterick, Waterbeach et al, which have all had perfectly good runways decimated by the Army. Catterick's is most ridiculous - it is now a car park!

[expat]

My point about the Army though was aimed in another direction, thinking in particular about Leconfield, Catterick, Waterbeach et al, which have all had perfectly good runways decimated by the Army. Catterick's is most ridiculous - it is now a car park!

The Army applied to build on the runway of my local ex-RAF base. Fortunately the town authorities said no. They also said that the "no" will last a minimum of 20 years before it can be asked again.

Matt