Best Preseved Thor Site?

[norwichpaul]

Which is the best preserved Thor Site and which is the least?

[REF]

Best - Vandenberg!

Worst - Feltwell or Shepherds Grove!

[Arcade Al]

The 1 North Luffenham pad I looked at seemed pretty good. Didn't have time to look at the other ones there though.

[Carnaby]

Best - Vandenberg!

Some Pathe news of Thor footage here:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=82553

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=64195

Having browsed the two recent books on Thor, I hadn't realised that, unlike Vandenberg, the RAF UK sites were 'once only'. Firing a missile would wreck the launch site concrete. (Soviet retaliation would also wreck it, plus a lot more!)

(Link to one book)

Graham

[norwichpaul]

Me and REF have decided that Harrington is the best, even beter than North Luffenham.

[typhoons]

Caistor is in good raft, Hemswell pretty poor.....

[REF]

Do you have any pics of the Caistor site typhoons?

[typhoons]

Sorry REF , but the guy that owns it is adamant that no-one can get onto the site, new classification.....very.. very... very ...private land At the end of the day its only got a few chicken sheds on it but !!!!!! Will try again at some point though, tried about 4 years ago ,...to no avail... PC.

[Able Mabel]

I was considering writing a book concerning the 'THOR' in Lincolnshire, my thinking that it would pretty well have the same history as the other sites.

have interviewed a few fellows that were station at a few of the sites as well.

Visited numerous sites, Caistor, Bardney, Ludford, Breigton, Hemswell.
O/S map in hand i think i even measured a pan with a view to scalling to 1:72nd, (I must have bene crazy )

and i think i now have photogrpahs of all the installations that were on site, office, generator/power house, fire tender shed and a few that i cant remember off the top of my head.

Caistor was of great interest because most of the Admin buildings were still there. likewise at Breigton, Guard room and i think Bardney the building just beyond the pad which i think was the theo building and the 'RIM' building at Hemswell

Hey ho

[PNK]

Mepal must be a contender for one of the worst.