EAW001890 ENGLAND (1946). RAF Ringway, Manchester Airport, 1946
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Details
| Title | [EAW001890] RAF Ringway, Manchester Airport, 1946 |
| Reference | EAW001890 |
| Date | 12-July-1946 |
| Link | |
| Place name | MANCHESTER AIRPORT |
| Parish | RINGWAY |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 382257, 385022 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.266643638282, 53.361508398218 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ823850 |
Pins
 WW2 Camouflage Scheme RAF Hangar |
Sparky |
Tuesday 19th of September 2017 10:38:32 AM |
| Radar tower |
boltie |
Monday 21st of April 2014 07:14:37 AM |
Sorry not radar. This airfield was used during WW2 for training parachutists. They where lifted up by this tower, two at a time, with a fully opened parachute and then released to float back down again. They would then progress to dropping from a balloon and finally to jumping from an aircraft. Rather them than me, a very brave thing to do. |
John Wass |
Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 03:13:48 PM |
| Outwood Lane, towards Brownley Green, Wythenshawe and Timperley. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:26:24 PM |
| Yew Tree Lane, towards Ringway church and pub. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:25:40 PM |
| Congregational Church. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:24:59 PM |
| The hamlet of Heyhead. Virtually nothing remains of it now, other than the graveyard of the Congregational church. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:24:15 PM |
| Hallman Lane - named after a family who were local farmers/market gardeners for generations. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:22:47 PM |
| Woodhouse Lane, towards Brownley Green, Sharston and Wythenshawe. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:21:16 PM |
| Ringway Road, towards Moss Nook. |
John Ellis |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 02:18:32 PM |
| The Lamb family lived in one of these houses - cant remember which - Mother was Annie, daughters Audrey and Beryl. Beryl was best friends with my Mum Dorothy Hancock, who lived a Highfield House, a few yards up Ringway Road - just visible on this picture. |
Lee |
Sunday 10th of November 2013 04:56:16 AM |
| My Dad Terry Morris used this field as an allotment in the early 1970s for growing all sorts of veg - no longer exists. Now has airport buildings on it. |
Lee |
Sunday 10th of November 2013 04:52:21 AM |
| Corner of Woodhouse Lane and Ringway Road - Fullaloves corner grocery shop stood here. No longer exits, but the old road junction is still there, over grown between airport car parks |
Lee |
Sunday 10th of November 2013 04:49:10 AM |
| Woodhouse Lane - some traces still remain, just visible in between car parks - look on Google earth. |
Lee |
Sunday 10th of November 2013 04:46:12 AM |
| The Airport Hotel - amazingly still there, now on the old road, looking more or less the same, despite the huge expansion of the airport around it, and the railway line that passes in front of it now. |
Lee |
Sunday 27th of October 2013 07:32:38 AM |