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@@Loosechip-ins Thanks for watching and commenting. That certainly makes a lot of sense. I believe he spent a lot of time fighting in France too. His name comes up again in another video I will be uploading in the next day or two.

@@GiuseppeGavazzaAmbient Thank you for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated. I have just finished filming the next one. Hope to have it edited and uploaded in the next few days.

@@BLzBob.7268 Thanks very much for watching and commenting. Very interesting that your uncle trained at Bridgnorth. My friend’s father did his training there too (Alan Robins) there were a couple of famous names that also passed through there.

Thank you for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated. It is a tragic and very sad story about what happened to your brother. I sincerely hope that others will learn from it so that it is never repeated. My very best wishes to you.

Thanks for watching and commenting. I know the structure that you mean. Some people believed it was a back way into Drakelow!

Sounds idilic Dave. Winter was good for showing off the features with minimal undergrowth, but blue bells sounds like a good excuse to go again. Thanks for watching and commenting. Much appreciated.

Thank you very much for watching and commenting Natalie. I found reference to a site at Hawkbatch whilst researching this one. Would that be the same one do you know?

@thewheezywanderer6995 This one is on the opposite side of the river by the entrance to Hill Farm on Northwood Lane.

@@NatalieSmith-dz3ee Thank you.

Not sure if this is different but there is a clear hill fort in Wassell Wood Bewdley. Strangely I found Lidar maps a year ago and visited the same sites as yourself as I live locally too. There is a small Roman fort not far from Button Oak which the road dissects. Forts are more common than you think and were probably the equivalent of towns/villages with defenses. Huge amounts of history on our doorstep but we learn next to nothing at school!

@richardbabb1408 Thanks for watching and commenting Richard. I’m not sure if the one in Wassell wood and Northwood is the same site. I haven’t had a chance to look into it yet. I am aware that there are several sites around this part of the world. I wonder if they are connected to ancient river crossings perhaps. But yes we seem to have an abundance of Roman and Iron Age sites around here. As with most of my video projects it is always a ‘work in progress’ and I certainly intend to revisit the subject soon.

Thanks for watching, subscribing and commenting Sue. Where was that then? Adrian told me that a number of farms in the area bought up buildings from RAF Bridgnorth when it closed.

@thewheezywanderer6995 it was down Orton Lane in Wombourne

Thanks for watching and commenting Scarletpach. I hadn’t noticed it until you pointed it out. Maybe it’s our response the the famous face on Mars!

Thank you for watching and commenting and for sharing your memories Ray. Much appreciated.

Thank you for watching and commenting. There’s more to come on this subject. I plan to take you back even further in time!

Thank you very much for watching and commenting. I think that the large number of WW2 buildings that have survived and are still in use today helps keep that historic atmosphere.

Thanks for watching and commenting Martin. I first found it many years ago, but still struggled to relocate this time! The woods are constantly changing as areas are harvested and others grow.

Thank you for watching and commenting. There’s a full video here: ruclips.net/video/4mZyCagNFpU/видео.htmlsi=Wg7Xv8EdmgCgsSnm

Thank you for watching and commenting. I really enjoyed my visit and I’m sure that there’s more to be discovered. I hope to come again and hope the video inspires more people to visit and come forward with recollections and info.

Thanks for watching and commenting Mike. Feedback much appreciated.

Thanks for watching and commenting. I haven’t been able to get there very much this year.

Thanks for watching and commenting Michael. The extra info is much appreciated. I remember the Prince William aircrash in 1972 I was there at the time. I had forgotten about the Good Year air races and you also reminded me of when the Good Year airship was based there too. I remember the parachuting taking place too. Did it stop because of too many accidents? I was lucky enough to get a pleasure flight in a Rapide a few years ago at one of the WW2 weekends at HG. It was brilliant.

@@TimestreamII I'd already left when the skydiving finished. I don't think it was through an accumulation of accidents, more likely financial. Although I myself & my other jumping companion, Mike Taylor, were involved in a near death accident. If you want to know more about this, look it up on Google - put in 'Skydiving accident- 15th. July 1972'. Personally, I'd sooner forget about it.

@@TimestreamII I'd already left when the skydiving ended at the airfield, but I don't think it was because of accidents, more likely financial. Talking of accidents, myself & my friend, Mike Taylor were involved in one accident there. You can Google it if you want to by putting in 'Skydiving accident, 15th. July 1972 at Halfpenny Green airfield.' I, personally, would rather forget about it.

Wow! Just looked it up, that was incredible!

Thank you very much and thanks for watching and commenting. There’s a short follow up here: ruclips.net/video/87VZMEyJlQ8/видео.htmlsi=BX6NJByLuZw_5eoE and a short bit here too: ruclips.net/video/PATEiAzoN3s/видео.htmlsi=tVoG94kkz2NZ7EZf

Thanks for watching and commenting. RAF Hartlebury is a possibility for a future video. The history of your house sounds fascinating!

@@thewheezywanderer6995 It really is! We’ve found all sorts out about, found wells hidden in the kitchen etc. We’ve hit a few dead ends though, such as the connection to RAF Hartlebury!

Thanks for watching and commenting Michael. Glad you enjoyed it. There are several Kinver Edge videos on my channel : ruclips.net/p/PLI8WJG9lN_jkLZcFp6AaF80qUv8Cqh8KG&si=W-o8mbFozfQAriEH

Thanks for watching Michael. Glad you enjoyed the video. There’s an extra bit here: ruclips.net/video/87VZMEyJlQ8/видео.htmlsi=2qNJ2wc3W9GdQewY

There’s also a short bit about one of the bridges that has survived, although re-located : ruclips.net/video/PATEiAzoN3s/видео.htmlsi=-r1Lpt4Qxmkn7J00

Thanks for watching and commenting Christina. Sad that there’s virtually nothing left. At least there’s the scout hut as a relic.

Hi Mike, nice to hear from you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks for watching and commenting Mike.

Hi Michael, thanks for watching and commenting. I was searching through the undergrowth for remains of a small quarry which I saw many years ago. I did explain in the commentary, but you may have missed it. There are a few videos on the edge on my channel. ruclips.net/p/PLI8WJG9lN_jkLZcFp6AaF80qUv8Cqh8KG&si=bxjznyiehOa-FIHD

Thank you for watching.

Thank you for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated.

Thank you for watching and commenting. It is greatly appreciated. I watched and very much enjoyed your video on Charter Hall. Unfortunately there were many accidents and deaths at HG and on the training flights away from the airfield, even after changing to Avro Ansons. There was also a civilian worker killed when he walked into a running propeller during the war.

Thanks Ian and thank you for watching.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think the furthest afield so far was Kilpeck, Herefordshire! I’ll look into Gatacre. Cheers.

Thank you for watching Michael.

Thank you for watching and commenting Giuseppe.

Hi Flynn, Thank you for watching and commenting. Not that many views on this one, although I do like it myself! SVR is an interesting idea, although I prefer narrow gauge myself. Keep your eyes on the channel, maybe I’ll take you up on your suggestion. Cheers mate.

Cheers mate. This is the 4th Drakelow one now. I do have a few more bits and pieces in my archive, but wonder if it’s getting a bit repetitive now. Thanks for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated.

Thank you for watching and commenting. The national trust are looking for a guide for the rock houses, maybe you have found your true vocation! Best wishes.

Thanks for watching and commenting. There is a nice friendly atmosphere in The Cross these days.

Thanks for watching and commenting Michael. I wasn’t sure whether to actually post this one. It would be such a shame if this became full of rubbish and graffiti. In this day and age it’s hard to know what to do for the best. Some local people will know this location. More to come soon. Cheers.

Thank you very much for watching and commenting. Your comments are much appreciated.

Thank you for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated.

Thank you for watching and commenting. Thought this one would be of interest to you.😀

Thanks for taking the trouble to watch. It is much appreciated.

Hi, Christina, thank you for watching and commenting. The latest belief is that it is indeed the bridge that used to cross the canal by the Stewpony. It was moved sometime between 1930 and 1953 to replace an old wooden bridge that gave access to Stag Meadow. Not seen any hard evidence, but apparently there are a few people who have claim this to be the case. It certainly does look very much like the bridge over the canal in some old photos.

Hi, We always struggled to find anything to be honest. We left a 1950’s Home Office Emergency Manual Switch. I.e. an old manual telephone switchboard. It actually came from the basement of an exchange in Nottingham called Archer. It was part of the govt Emergency communications network and would have been connected to Drakelow and other gov’t establishments. We also left a County Message Switch. A more modern computerised version. This came from the bunker below County Hall in Shrewsbury. Shropshire county council would have been under control of Drakelow should there have been a war or civil emergency and this gear would have had a direct line to Drakelow’s MSX. The Air-soft people thought it would be fun to smash the special keyboard and although they said they would fix it they never did. This was left outside the BBC studio and was in working order. We also left a load of equipment in the BBC studio which although not original and probably not the same equipment that was originally there. I don’t know the location of any other items. But I’ll keep a look out in case anything crops up.

Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. Yes it could have come from anywhere else really. It does bear a striking resemblance to the one in my thumbnail pic that I also show in the video. That was the one crossing the canal at The Stewpony. I am hoping that someone out there knows the answer.

@@thewheezywanderer6995 Yes - it could be the one from the Stewponey that was moved. That was later replaced by a very different bridge to carry the KLR - a wooden one if I recall correctly.

On the Stewponey bridge there appears to be a white logo on the side. Is there any evidence of that on the bridge at the meadows (even a faint indentation under the paintwork could prove your theory)

@@GarrattFamily I think it may have been the other way around Tony. I ‘think’ the wooden bridge with open sides was replaced with the iron/steel one, but could be wrong!

@@GarrattFamily I didn’t see one the other day, but I’ll take another look when the weather is better!