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The Valley of Tyneham ... and the " great invasion "
Not an invading army nor even a few foreign special ops guys in sight !!
Hunkered down in the hedgerow brambles maybe ?
Yet this area has never been given back to those who lived here prior to the Second World War....
" In 1943 (the same year Imber ( Wiltshire ) was requisitioned, the 250-odd inhabitants of the Tyneham valley were given one month to vacate their homes.
Just like the people of Imber, they were compensated only to the value of the vegetables in their gardens (most of them were tenants), and told they'd be allowed back when the war was over.
And just like the people of Imber, they never were !!
For many years Tyneham looked like suffering the same fate as its Wiltshire cousin, and it slowly crumbled through neglect as the army played war games in the surrounding countryside.
In the 1970s, though, Tyneham and Imber's paths diverged.
After various campaigns and government committee reports, in 1975 a fairly liberal amount of public access was restored to the village and to the coastal walking routes nearby on the Lulworth Range. (Lulworth Cove to Tyneham and back is a pretty manageable six-mile stroll on a nice day.)
The village church and school have both been restored as museums, with lots of archive materials from the pre-war days. "
The Purbeck Isle - or hills plus the Heritage Coastline is one of my favourite areas to spend time.... some of the best land around depending on desired usage.... Certainly fantastic as a place of peace and beautiful scenery from the Cliffs, to the Heathland, and through pasture land in the valley.......
Maybe if I contacted the right government department and said I wished to commandeer a reasonable portion of this fabulous land because I wished to practice firing blanks and driving my personal tank around viewing the scenery from the turret they just might let me ? .......
What do you think. ?
If " The Crown " does not own the best land around you can bet your life that the MOD do.......
The area behind me in this photo is the open heathland, tank course and firing range ..... but a wonderful winding narrow tarmacked lane winds around the hills giving a fabulous view also.....
One for Fence Friday I guess --- never have posted one before ...
The Valley of Tyneham ... and the " great invasion "
Not an invading army nor even a few foreign special ops guys in sight !!
Hunkered down in the hedgerow brambles maybe ?
Yet this area has never been given back to those who lived here prior to the Second World War....
" In 1943 (the same year Imber ( Wiltshire ) was requisitioned, the 250-odd inhabitants of the Tyneham valley were given one month to vacate their homes.
Just like the people of Imber, they were compensated only to the value of the vegetables in their gardens (most of them were tenants), and told they'd be allowed back when the war was over.
And just like the people of Imber, they never were !!
For many years Tyneham looked like suffering the same fate as its Wiltshire cousin, and it slowly crumbled through neglect as the army played war games in the surrounding countryside.
In the 1970s, though, Tyneham and Imber's paths diverged.
After various campaigns and government committee reports, in 1975 a fairly liberal amount of public access was restored to the village and to the coastal walking routes nearby on the Lulworth Range. (Lulworth Cove to Tyneham and back is a pretty manageable six-mile stroll on a nice day.)
The village church and school have both been restored as museums, with lots of archive materials from the pre-war days. "
The Purbeck Isle - or hills plus the Heritage Coastline is one of my favourite areas to spend time.... some of the best land around depending on desired usage.... Certainly fantastic as a place of peace and beautiful scenery from the Cliffs, to the Heathland, and through pasture land in the valley.......
Maybe if I contacted the right government department and said I wished to commandeer a reasonable portion of this fabulous land because I wished to practice firing blanks and driving my personal tank around viewing the scenery from the turret they just might let me ? .......
What do you think. ?
If " The Crown " does not own the best land around you can bet your life that the MOD do.......
The area behind me in this photo is the open heathland, tank course and firing range ..... but a wonderful winding narrow tarmacked lane winds around the hills giving a fabulous view also.....
One for Fence Friday I guess --- never have posted one before ...