JH/POL/LOC/5 - [Closure of RAF Watton]

Reference code

JH/POL/LOC/5

Level of description

File

Title

[Closure of RAF Watton]

Date/s

1961
1968-1970

Quantity & Format

84 items Mixed

Personal name

Rees, Merlyn

Subject

RAF Watton (station)

Scope and content

Contains correspondence and press-cuttings regarding plans to close RAF Watton. Correspondents include Merlyn Rees, local council and planning officers, landowners, constituents, and Ministry of Defence civil servants. The letters discuss what will be done with the site and how the impact on local jobs and services which depend on the base can be lessened. Industrial development or the building of a technical college are two suggestions for the site. A 1961 letter deals with road safety in the case of route B1108 at the R.A.F. station.

See also JH/POL/LOC/6 and JH/POL/LOC/24.

JH - Hill Papers
- JH/POL - [Political papers]
  - JH/POL/LOC - [Constituency papers]
    - JH/POL/LOC/5 - [Closure of RAF Watton]

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