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Year: 1954
RAF Base
I was born at the RAF base 2 Drone Hill where my father was based. I am now 54 years old and in July 2004 after losing my mother I came up to Coldingham to revisit the base, which to my surprise in now a caravan site, and the house that I was born in is still there. As you can imaging it was quite an emotional visit. The old Naffi is now the site clubhouse and there was a write-up of it being an RAF radar base, it closed in 1957 and I would be most grateful to anyone who can supply any old photos of how it used to be.
We stayed in Scoutscroft caravan park. All the areas we visited including Berwick, Eyemouth, St Abbs and a lot more were so beautiful and we hope to revisit in 2009. We found the people of Coldingham warm, friendly and helpful, even the local pubs were a joy to visit. A memory to treasure.
Shared on 28 June 2008
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RE: RAF Base
The Drone Hill site was researched a few years ago by the Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland (APSS), and they built a scale model of the whole site (1:500) which is on display in their Radar and Radio exhibition at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune. See apss.org.uk for photos, details and contact information.
Malcolm Oliver
Shared on 20 July 2009
