Royal Navy Research Archive

Peter Luckraft

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:09:09 +0000

I lived 3 doors down from the Attacker. Anyone interested in some photos?

Peter Luckraft

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 13:07:57 +0000

Some photos by CdrE LHWE Luckraft, my Dad, who helped shut down HMS Sanderling (Donibristle & Halfar)

Only one photo seems to want to up load !

tom livsey

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 14:48:37 +0100

Remember living in glasgow road in Paisley in the early 60's and seeing aircraft being delivered late at night

tom livsey

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 14:42:56 +0100

I remember living in glasgow road in Paisley in early 60's and seeing planes being delivered late at night

robin dow

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:01:41 +0000

i remember as a child in te very early 1950's seeing aircraft from there flying low over kilbarochan where i lived later in the late 1950's we went to an airshow there the main display was of 4 scimitars doing a display and also a swordfish which did very much the same display as they do today you could get a flight in a dragon rapide for i think 10 bob i saw an avenger lying behind one of the hangers i would have been about 10 at that time happy memories

Brian Farley

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:10:11 +0100

I have actually cycled southbound down the centre of the runway at Abbotsinch, in the early 1960s, wondering what all the concrete was for. It was only when I saw the control tower, that the truth dawned on me.
I was a student at Paisley Technical College, on my way home to Cardonald in Glasgow. But, exploring back roads on my way home one day, I found a farm track which petered out into a path. Eventually I came to a low wire fence with a hut of electronics on the other side. So I continued on the concrete path on the other side, wondering why the concrete was getting wider and wider and then excessively wide. When I saw the control tower I got off pretty fast and cycled through the compound and out the main gate - saluting the Naval guards as I went past.
So, to this day, I can truthfully say that I cycled down the main runway at Glasgow Airport! Even the control tower is as I remembered it, but the buildings behind it look totally gone.
Great memories,
Brian Farley.