DJ OSKA
19-03-2011, 08:55 PM
This Anti-Aircraft camp was a complimentary camp to the site at Weybourne, now occupied by the Muckleburgh Collection. The camp also had connections with RAF Langham airfield.
Today, the site is part campsite, part farm, and part boatyard.
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/LineOfStiffkeyConifers.jpg
After a friendly chat with a "proper local boy" and a member of the campsite staff, I was allowed to have a look around to take some photos...
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3307.jpg
A number of lovely 1940s-style asbestos buildings still stand.
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3306.jpg
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3305.jpg
Some in very good condition, especially the Guardhouse, which has been restored, as it is used as the HQ for the camp site.
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3308.jpg
Unfortunately, some buildings have been demolished within the last few months, and some are to be knocked down VERY SOON, as I was informed...
This particular building, I believe, is to be flattened next:
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3311.jpg
The activities at Stiffkey Camp included target-towing exercises, where a line of bofor guns would fire at a target pulled by a DeHaviland Queen Bee aircraft (probably flown by some mad Polish bloke) but later in the Cold War, smaller radio-controlled target-drone aircraft were developed and launched from a metal pole surrounded by a circular track.
This unique launching site still remains on the nearby marshes and the metal pole is locally known as "The Whirligig":
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/TheWhirlygig.jpg
Today, the site is part campsite, part farm, and part boatyard.
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/LineOfStiffkeyConifers.jpg
After a friendly chat with a "proper local boy" and a member of the campsite staff, I was allowed to have a look around to take some photos...
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3307.jpg
A number of lovely 1940s-style asbestos buildings still stand.
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3306.jpg
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3305.jpg
Some in very good condition, especially the Guardhouse, which has been restored, as it is used as the HQ for the camp site.
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3308.jpg
Unfortunately, some buildings have been demolished within the last few months, and some are to be knocked down VERY SOON, as I was informed...
This particular building, I believe, is to be flattened next:
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/GEDC3311.jpg
The activities at Stiffkey Camp included target-towing exercises, where a line of bofor guns would fire at a target pulled by a DeHaviland Queen Bee aircraft (probably flown by some mad Polish bloke) but later in the Cold War, smaller radio-controlled target-drone aircraft were developed and launched from a metal pole surrounded by a circular track.
This unique launching site still remains on the nearby marshes and the metal pole is locally known as "The Whirligig":
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx145/djoska/TheWhirlygig.jpg