In message <b79u2vFaqr8U1@mid.individual.net>, Tickettyboo <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> writes: >Everyone gave me so much help with my quest for John Duncan Bertie >FULTON, I thought I should update, as I now have a copy of his will. Thanks for coming back; interesting. [] >As far as finding out about the Fulton Block at RAF Cosford, the many >enquiries I sent out were mostly replied to (no reply from Defence >Infrastructure Organisation which is a bit disappointing). The English >Heritage enquiry route eventually resulted in me contacting the author >of a report on which the heritage status is based. He kindly replied >but his sources were given as 'local knowledge' and info in the Mess. >The fact that the block was named for JDBF does seem to be common >knowledge as is the bequest by "Lady Fulton' to build it, but for the >mo I am back at a standstill to find any info on just who she may have been. > > Were you able to actually visit the block itself, to see if it had any plaque (inside or out), "foundation" stone (not necessarily at ground level - the one for my school is _over_ the front door!), or similar? (Possibly overgrown/overpainted?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ... would have me up before Lord Justice Leveson before you could say "I simply can't recall". - Eddie Mair, Radio Times 14-20 July 2012

On 2013-08-18 15:30:22 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) said: > In message <b79u2vFaqr8U1@mid.individual.net>, Tickettyboo > <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> writes: >> Everyone gave me so much help with my quest for John Duncan Bertie >> FULTON, I thought I should update, as I now have a copy of his will. > > Thanks for coming back; interesting. > [] >> As far as finding out about the Fulton Block at RAF Cosford, the many >> enquiries I sent out were mostly replied to (no reply from Defence >> Infrastructure Organisation which is a bit disappointing). The English >> Heritage enquiry route eventually resulted in me contacting the author >> of a report on which the heritage status is based. He kindly replied >> but his sources were given as 'local knowledge' and info in the Mess. >> The fact that the block was named for JDBF does seem to be common >> knowledge as is the bequest by "Lady Fulton' to build it, but for the >> mo I am back at a standstill to find any info on just who she may have >> been. >> >> > Were you able to actually visit the block itself, to see if it had any > plaque (inside or out), "foundation" stone (not necessarily at ground > level - the one for my school is _over_ the front door!), or similar? > (Possibly overgrown/overpainted?) No, travelling isn't an option for me atm. Though I would have thought if there was a plaque then the reply to my query to the base would have mentioned that. Not too sure that they actually allow civilians to wander into an RAF base anyway, I would have thought they were pretty hot on security? -- Tickettyboo

In message <b7crheFto7dU1@mid.individual.net>, Tickettyboo <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> writes: [] >No, travelling isn't an option for me atm. Though I would have thought Sorry to hear that. >if there was a plaque then the reply to my query to the base would have >mentioned that. Yes if it's well-maintained; however, it might have been painted over, some piece of furniture moved in front of it, or similar, such that nobody knows it's there. A foundation stone might again have been painted enough times that nobody knows it is one, and/or had things placed in front of it. >Not too sure that they actually allow civilians to wander into an RAF >base anyway, I would have thought they were pretty hot on security? I very much doubt you'd be able to just walk in! You'd need to get special permission. I would have thought it ought to be possible to obtain it though, though it might take a while to find the right person to ask (the base commander perhaps! Especially if he's an older person). You might have to offer to produce a history of the building/base for them, or - though I don't like to suggest such dishonesty - lead them to believe that's what you're doing. With the help of local historical society, perhaps: presumably there is one. (I'd look on noticeboards in the nearest main public library; such organisations often have a card there.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A man is not contemptible because he thinks science explains everything, and a man is not contempptible because he doesn't. - Howard Jacobson, in Radio Times 2010/1/23-29.