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Short Brothers Shadow Factory & Air Raid Tunnels Pt.2
These are the second set of photos from our visit to this tunnel system. Built during the Second World War these tunnels were used as an...

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Oct 8, 20181 min read
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Dumpy B
Built in late 1942 as a back up communications facility for the Combined HQ under Dover Castle. This bunker would’ve been used for joint...

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Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Short Brothers Shadow Factory & Air Raid Tunnels
Built during the Second World War these tunnels were used as an air raid shelter for the workers of the seaplane works but also provided...

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Sep 20, 20181 min read
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Curtis’s and Harvey Explosives Works
The explosives factory began life as a gunpowder works in 1892 by Hay, Merricks and Company, gunpowder makers of Roslin, Scotland. The...

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Feb 28, 20241 min read
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Gravesend Blockhouse
The Gravesend Blockhouse was ordered by King Henry VIII as part of his device plan in response to fears of an imminent invasion by...

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Feb 21, 20241 min read
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Tilbury Fort
Tilbury Fort, situated on the north bank of the River Thames in Essex, England, has a history dating back to the 16th century. The fort...

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Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Replica WWI Trenches
These trenches were created so that people could experience what life was like in the trenches during WWI.

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Feb 7, 20241 min read
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Upnor Castle
Upnor Castle, situated on the River Medway in Kent, England, has a history dating back to the Elizabethan era. Built between 1559 and...

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Jan 31, 20241 min read
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HMS Medway
HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River Class offshore patrol vessel. Built by BAE Systems on the River Clyde. She was laid down on the 8th June...

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Jan 24, 20241 min read
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Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle’s history dates back to the late 10th century when it was founded by King Edward the Martyr. However, its most notable...

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Jan 10, 20241 min read
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Camber Castle
Camber Castle, also known formerly as Winchelsea Castle, is a 16th-century Device Fort, built King Henry VIII near Rye to protect the...

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Jan 3, 20241 min read
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RAF Hawkinge Battle HQ
The bunker is one of the remaining structures left at the airfield. This bunker was possibly a Battle HQ for the airfield. Inside there...

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Jul 26, 20231 min read
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RAF Hawkinge Fuel Bunker
This fuel bunker was constructed in the 1930s to supply fuel for the planes flying from the airfield. Within the bunker are two rooms....

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Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Wanstone Farm HAA Battery: D2
Wanstone Farm HAA Battery known as D2 was started at the start of World War Two. Originally the guns were mobile being housed in...

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Jun 28, 20231 min read
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Wanstone Battery: Jane
Wanstone Farm Battery was started in 1942 with the mountings for the guns being completed on February. Building work was controlled by...

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Jun 14, 20231 min read
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Short Stirling LK488 Tail Section
Built as a Short Stirling MK III, LK488 coded QQ-E was part of 1651 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) C Flight. On the night of 18 October 1944...

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May 31, 20231 min read
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Short Sunderland ML824
This Sunderland was built as a Mk III by Shorts at their Queens Island factory, Belfast. She was delivered to the RAF on the 30th June...

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May 24, 20232 min read
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Hurricane: Unsung Hero
Hurricane MK I P3717 Built in 1940 by Hawker and fitted with a Rolls Royce Merlin III engine this Hurricane entered service with 253...

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May 17, 20233 min read
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Remains of a Romanesque Palace
These remains date from the end of the 12th Century and were probably built by a member of the Drahošovice family. The palace was later...

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Oct 12, 20221 min read
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TerezÃn Small Fortress
The small fortress and town at Terezin was constructed at the end of the 18th Century on the right bank of the Ohre River. The fortress...

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Oct 5, 20222 min read
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