Many Thanks to Peter Appleton and Lancelot Barron for the information on the airfield. This is really fascinating and I will definitely keep a look out for the book. Thank you both again So, might Biddy Camp have been a part of the airfield or perhaps just a caravan site? Sue Tomkins

Sue, I don't recall a caravan park anywhere in the vicinity of the old airfield in my lifetime so I suspect the name probably does associate with the airfield. There was a camp on the opposite side of Marske (the east side between Marske and Saltburn) called Windy Hill. It was used between the wars by the Territorial Army (I have postcards that my grandfather sent to his wife and family when he was on annual camp there in the 1920s) The buildings survived into the post-WWII era. I know this because I myself went to Cub Camp there during the late 1950s. regards, Peter

Sue (and anyone else with an interest in the history of the East Cleveland area), An excellent source of local history publications is Guisborough Bookshop who have a presence on the web at: http://www.guisboroughbookshop.com. regards, Peter Appleton My Family Tree website: http:/www.tribalpages.com/tribes/pappleton3 -----Original Message----- From: Sue Tomkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 January 2006 12:56 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NYorks] The Stray, Redcar Many Thanks to Peter Appleton and Lancelot Barron for the information on the airfield. This is really fascinating and I will definitely keep a look out for the book. Thank you both again So, might Biddy Camp have been a part of the airfield or perhaps just a caravan site? Sue Tomkins ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ENG-NORTH-YORKS list, send the command "unsubscribe" to [email protected] (if in mail mode) or [email protected] (if in digest mode.) ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx