WW2 areas of interest

[rs1952]

Johnnytheboy said:

Yertis said:

AAGR said:

Bovingdon - Ah yes

Bovingdon - Ah no... wrong place, wrong county, wrong part of England.


Bovington yes

Is that near the villages of Upper Pedant and Lower Pedant?

Nearest to Middle Pedant you fool

[LordHaveMurci]

There's the Royal Signals museum at Blandford Camp.

Edited by LordHaveMurci on Wednesday 13th December 22:07

[rs1952]

alfaspecial said:

Trains would stop in Box tunnel and the shells etc were unloaded & stored in hundreds of miles of tunnels - had it gone 'bang' it would have een the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever (bigger than RAF Fauld explosion

And while I'm in pedant mode...

Trains did not stop in Box tunnel. The rail access to the underground storage facility (which later became the government's nuclear bunker) was just to the right of the eastern portal of the tunnel near Corsham (on the right if travelling from London towards Bath)

You can still see it there today - if you ever go that way by train, keep an eye out on the right when you enter the first deep cutting after leaving Chippenham. It looks a lot smaller than you might expect, but that's the way in!

By the way, if anybody is ready to add an urban myth to this thread, the Strategic Reserve of steam engines isn't in there either

[splodge s4]

rs1952 said:

By the way, if anybody is ready to add an urban myth to this thread, the Strategic Reserve of steam engines isn't in there either

Oh yes it is, my mates, dads, brother's best friend said so

[rs1952]

splodge s4 said:

rs1952 said:

By the way, if anybody is ready to add an urban myth to this thread, the Strategic Reserve of steam engines isn't in there either

Oh yes it is, my mates, dads, brother's best friend said so

Ah right - your mates, dads, brother's best friend

Isn't he the bloke I heard about who got a FPN for 30.1mph in a 30?

And failed a breath test after half of shandy?

[d40steve]

Does anyone know why there is a tank painted with tiger stripes sitting next to the M5 near Bristol, see it all the time on my way up from Devon and all ways wondered why it's there

[the chav]

The tank in the m5 belongs to this company

We paintball in there and then quad biking
http://bristolactivitycentre.co.uk/

[Red Devil]

rs1952 said:

alfaspecial said:

Trains would stop in Box tunnel and the shells etc were unloaded & stored in hundreds of miles of tunnels - had it gone 'bang' it would have een the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever (bigger than RAF Fauld explosion

And while I'm in pedant mode...

Trains did not stop in Box tunnel. The rail access to the underground storage facility (which later became the government's nuclear bunker) was just to the right of the eastern portal of the tunnel near Corsham (on the right if travelling from London towards Bath)

You can still see it there today - if you ever go that way by train, keep an eye out on the right when you enter the first deep cutting after leaving Chippenham. It looks a lot smaller than you might expect, but that's the way in!

By the way, if anybody is ready to add an urban myth to this thread, the Strategic Reserve of steam engines isn't in there either

Correct about Box Tunnel. There are no transhipment facilities therein. Any train stopping there would block the main line.
Wrong about the Burlington Bunker though: that was located in part of Spring Quarry (see below), not Tunnel.
Spring was on the opposite (south) side of the railway and not connected to CAD.

The OP is getting his quarries mixed up.
Monkton Farleigh was one of four which formed the Central Ammunition Depot, Corsham.
Its connection was originally via an aerial ropeway from Farleigh Downs Sidings.
This was supplemented in 1942 by a narrow gauge railway leading to underground sidings.
From there a conveyor in a tunnel more than a mile long led to the storage areas.
http://www.jarrelook.co.uk/Urbex/Farleigh%20Down%2...
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/m/monkton...

The others were Tunnel (as mentioned above), Eastlays, and Ridge.
https://www.higgypop.com/underground/monkton-farle...

Pics of Tunnel entrance.
Victorian era cut stone wagons - https://cdn1.28dayslater.co.uk/xf/2017/07/1365003_...
WW2 ammunition wagons - http://www.monkton-farleigh.co.uk/sc_cad1_war_157....
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

There was much more to Corsham than the ammunition stores.
RAF Rudloe Manor was constructed in Browns Quarry next door to Tunnel.
The underground Bristol Aeroplane Company engine factory at Spring Quarry (see above).
RNSD Copenacre.
More on all of the above locations here - http://www.monkton-farleigh.co.uk/index.htm

Google 28DL Corsham for links to reports with masses of pics plus a couple of videos as well.