Aboard Red Sands
Part Two of the double feature of pictures taken from the roof & inside Bofors Gun Tower in 2003
Stairs down to intermediate floor
Audio |
David
Allen on the Jim Reeves Show July 1967 |
Intermediate floor with crane operative window & open doors right
Crane operative hatch to left of crane jib above open door
Barge "Greta" from open door
The interior has started to deteriorate further
Broken internal fittings & fixtures on intermediate floor
Outside open door on intermediate floor looking towards G1 Gun Tower
Note part of Red Sands Development Corporation Signage showing on door
Underside of crane jib arm outside intermediate level door
Control, G3 & 4 Gun Towers
G2, G3 & Control Towers
Intermediate floor with cable dangling from crane jib arm
G2, 3 & Control Towers
Interior intermediate floor
Control, G2 & 3 Towers from intermediate level window
Control, G4 & 1 Towers
Top of stairs on intermediate floor looking down to bottom level
Bottom floor looking South out onto walkway
Interior lower level
"Greta" passes South Whitstable/Herne Bay coastline in background
On bottom floor walkway outside door with Control G4 & G1 Gun Towers
G4 & G1 Gun Towers
Skeletal Critall window frames
Heating plant & control valve
Room with a view?
Ratings bathroom on lower level
With the glass having fallen out of the rusting window frames
End of a fine exploration of Red Sands "Greta" heads for home
Congratulations on the site update, the pictures inside the
Tower are very interesting, glad you made it back in one piece. I liked the
bit on Seatribe & have visited the website for the Red Sands Project.
They have a lot of good wishes but not by the look of it cash, probably the
main requisite, time will tell no doubt. Having filmed out of one of the Air
Industries blimps, more years ago than I care to mention as it flew over Red
Sands I was wondering how people will get out? Incidentally flew from Southend
by helicopter for camera trials using an early hand-held video camera attached
to a multi-mount, more often used with a Panavision camera than an EMI! Our
flight path took us over the Mi Amigo - which was a bit of a treat. I wonder
where the films are now?
Congratulations on a splendid job keeping us all informed. Derek Smith
Okay Bob, Aboard Red Sands I give up, how did you get up on the tower? Off the topmast or sprit of the Greta? Dave Parry
You sure know how to stir up the envy in my fort 'anorak', I have just looked at your new Aboard Red Sands entry & now eagerly await the next. The forts have long been an interest of mine & your Sealand VCD went some way to satisfying the curiosity about what being on board the forts is like today, but now you've gone and stirred me up again with Red Sands. Regards, Mike Cox
Thoroughly enjoyed looking at the photos of your Radio City reunion, it's nice to know that the union of old friends is still alive and well 40 years on. Aboard Redsands part 2 was great too. Regards, Steve - Ealing
For news on the Red Sands preservation project see Seatribe
For a brief history of all the Thames Estuary Forts see Fort Fax