tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post2121679297707759625..comments2024-03-26T11:47:07.063+00:00Comments on BigLee's 'Miniature Adventures': Chadwell Heath Anti-Aircraft BatteryBigLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-1177605117591310812021-02-21T13:51:49.238+00:002021-02-21T13:51:49.238+00:00I visited the site in the 1960s It took me ages to...I visited the site in the 1960s It took me ages to find it as I was searching the area in Chadwell Heath until a local man with a wealth of local Knowledge told me the Gun Site was off Whalebone Lane, Marks Gate. I was most surprised that this site had 8 AA Guns rather than the usual 4, plus I was told there was a Radar Site a few hundred yards away to the South which also passed information to the AA Battery in Barking Park. It was virtually intact but I believe today its been vandalised. Some huts in the Camp entrance from Whalebone Lane are now shops.Chris Coulthardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-50387862573994241002016-06-25T19:10:53.965+01:002016-06-25T19:10:53.965+01:00I was there today I took a walk passed the quarry ...I was there today I took a walk passed the quarry and come across this amazing site and it is accessible there is a gate with a broken lock when I took a Stoll in there they're was loads of graffitid shelters when I went to walk into one of the big shelters and heard a noise got scared and ran off. It is very overgrown and I wish to go back there with a friend one dayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-74663964450395488102011-02-24T13:51:55.869+00:002011-02-24T13:51:55.869+00:00Re Chadwell Heath Gun Site I was posted there in 1...Re Chadwell Heath Gun Site I was posted there in 1939,the huts and other buildings had not been finished then. The Battery was Left Troopof 155 Battery,theRight Troop was on the guns in Barking Park.At that time there was only four guns at each site,it was about late in 1941 that the troop from Barking came to Chadwell,four more guns were set up.Huts bombed,parade area blownup,lot & lots more.R.W.Garlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-11885157168032487422010-10-18T21:26:01.632+01:002010-10-18T21:26:01.632+01:00I didn't know it existed until a couple of yea...I didn't know it existed until a couple of years ago when my Brother in Law told me about it.. and I live less than 4 miles from the site!BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-65016731989398706832010-10-18T19:56:52.644+01:002010-10-18T19:56:52.644+01:00I never knew that was there and I only live in Nor...I never knew that was there and I only live in North Kent.<br />Amazing.<br />JohnJohn Lambsheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598696442104566164noreply@blogger.com