Not so much anymore. It’s barely open these days.
Avro museum at Woodford (ex aerodrome)
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Not so much anymore. It’s barely open these days.
pride in battle
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Heaton park 70's ??I went to the museum today.
Avro Heritage Museum | Aviation | Woodford | Stockport
The Avro Heritage Museum is an aviation museum on the old Woodford airfield near Stockport and south of Manchester, Cheshire.www.avroheritagemuseum.co.uk
Really good.
Gorgeous Vulcan parked outside. 3 cockpit chats available (pay extra) - Lancaster cut off replica, Vulcan cut off, VC10 cutoff. (I think there’s a nimrod cut off as well, but wasn’t available)
‘simple’ flight simulator.
VR experience of a Lancaster bomber raid.
Lots of models and details about Avro products.
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The staff (all volunteers) were marvellous, and most seemed to have worked on the site.
It was odd driving through the (still being built) housing estate to get to it. But lovely to see the Vulcan - fond memories of it banking over the crowd at air show in my youth there.
andyhinch
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It’s probably 18 years since I moved out of Woodford tbh
remember arthur mann
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Got a call from my mate the other night, we both started at Hawker Siddeley in 66, asked me if I was on Facebook, I'm not, warned me off the friends of aerospace site. Apparently it's just one big obituary. Most of our workmates gone to the big hangar in the sky.
Best wishes mate, from the heart of a blue to a fellow blue. And RIP all your mates.
Remember the good times..That's all I can say sir.
pride in battle
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The air show at heaton park 70's had a vulcan, I think ?
Same family own it. But they’ve had plenty of issues. Shame really, decent pub. Can be a bit cliquey…
metalblue
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Shame there are no Manchester’s still left. Such a beautiful aircraft if somewhat cursed.