What If!
How many of
us have said this. What if I were older/younger, born somewhere else, have a
different job. What if Matilda of Clare never gifted land in Carbrooke to the
Knights Hospitallers, What if Henry V111 never dissolved the Monasteries, What
if Carbrooke School was never established, What if we didn’t have the Village
Green, What if RAF Watton was never established, What If RAF Watton was still
operating?
The Heritage
Group will be looking to answer these last 2 questions in a way, as we present a talk by Julian Horn, on the effects RAF
Watton has had on our local area, for example has the recent spate of house
building in the Wayland area (not just
on old RAF land) been as a result of land sales by MOD, has the influence of an
larger number of military personal encouraged or discouraged development in
this area. Would we have so many out of town industrial units, affecting our
environment, but providing local employment, have we had a larger number of
military ‘outsiders’ settling down here or
did we lose a larger than average number young women as they married into the military
and moved away. Did the military personnel and their families use the local
facilities, or tend to keep to themselves.
Of course we
cannot change what has happened, but by being aware of how our environment
changes and how and why it may affect an area in so many unexpected ways, we
can plan for the future more objectively.
Friday
October 21st
Presentation by Julian Horn
‘HOW HAS RAF
WATTON AFFECTED OUR LOCAL AREA?’
Carbrooke
Village Hall 7.30pm
Bar &
Raffle
No charge
but donations will be shared between village groups.
A presentation
taking a slightly different angle of the subject.
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