Tankman
16-05-2009, 03:58 PM
Pic heavy!
Everyone know's Greenham, as a result of the woman's peace campaign's of the 80's & 90's! Against the mobile cruise missile launchers that were based here.
But now they are a thing of the past:) and Greenham has been returned to the public. This has always been on my list of visits:thumb
Coming back from a days research at the ROC Archives in Winchester:thumb A stop off was in order:coffee
The sheer size of this place begger's belief! No pictures can fully show the scale of what was once one of the biggest bases in Europe. I intended only spending 1 hour here, but in the end spent three. Not even then had I covered the full site:(
As I walked from one section to another, what came over me was that the peace campaigner's were probably right in what they did!
If there is any one such place that epitomised the Cold War in the UK!
Then Greenham Common stands Heads up:thumb
You can now freely roam over the Common and walk anywhere apart from the Silo's, which are still guarded by their fencing and are now listed as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, including the fencing:lol:
On with the pics:coffee
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/405.jpg
Bury's Bank Road Entrance. This was the site of 'Blue Camp' for the Woman Peace Campaigner's:) A relatively quite part of Greenham situated at the end of the runway.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/257.jpg
The Silo's are one of the most impressive sites you will come across:thumb But they are still heavily secured behind the wire:secret For some time I followed the Peri track, hoping to find an entrance, but to no avail:(
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/273.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/271.jpg
The security at one of the silo entrances was pretty heavy! Note the barrier that had to be wheeled back before any entry was to be made towards the compound gates:w00t
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/305.jpg
The Fire Plane that was used by the base fire fighters in the 1980/90's stayed behind:lol:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/325.jpg
Rear Blast door from the Command centre that protects air filtration units, (still working) directly in front of this door was another blast door into the command centre itself (locked):(
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/327.jpg
Air filtration inlets:confused:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/339.jpg
Small Blast door:thumb
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/354.jpg
Control tower heavily fenced and boarded up!
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/357.jpg
Opps! Someone left this behind:w00t
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/277.jpg
Moody shot of the silo fencing:coffee
More pics can be found here:
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/?start=all
some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common
http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk/#homepage
Everyone know's Greenham, as a result of the woman's peace campaign's of the 80's & 90's! Against the mobile cruise missile launchers that were based here.
But now they are a thing of the past:) and Greenham has been returned to the public. This has always been on my list of visits:thumb
Coming back from a days research at the ROC Archives in Winchester:thumb A stop off was in order:coffee
The sheer size of this place begger's belief! No pictures can fully show the scale of what was once one of the biggest bases in Europe. I intended only spending 1 hour here, but in the end spent three. Not even then had I covered the full site:(
As I walked from one section to another, what came over me was that the peace campaigner's were probably right in what they did!
If there is any one such place that epitomised the Cold War in the UK!
Then Greenham Common stands Heads up:thumb
You can now freely roam over the Common and walk anywhere apart from the Silo's, which are still guarded by their fencing and are now listed as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, including the fencing:lol:
On with the pics:coffee
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/405.jpg
Bury's Bank Road Entrance. This was the site of 'Blue Camp' for the Woman Peace Campaigner's:) A relatively quite part of Greenham situated at the end of the runway.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/257.jpg
The Silo's are one of the most impressive sites you will come across:thumb But they are still heavily secured behind the wire:secret For some time I followed the Peri track, hoping to find an entrance, but to no avail:(
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/273.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/271.jpg
The security at one of the silo entrances was pretty heavy! Note the barrier that had to be wheeled back before any entry was to be made towards the compound gates:w00t
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/305.jpg
The Fire Plane that was used by the base fire fighters in the 1980/90's stayed behind:lol:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/325.jpg
Rear Blast door from the Command centre that protects air filtration units, (still working) directly in front of this door was another blast door into the command centre itself (locked):(
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/327.jpg
Air filtration inlets:confused:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/339.jpg
Small Blast door:thumb
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/354.jpg
Control tower heavily fenced and boarded up!
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/357.jpg
Opps! Someone left this behind:w00t
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/277.jpg
Moody shot of the silo fencing:coffee
More pics can be found here:
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii38/tankman_2008/GREENHAM%20COMMON/?start=all
some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common
http://www.yourgreenham.co.uk/#homepage