Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Found it! Third pillbox in Steeton, squeezed between two new residential buildings. The two storey pillbox makes more sense when seeing this one as the tops of both are at the same level, with the taller one being further downhill. This pillbox appeared in the 1979 film 'Yanks' (pic 2) starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave as well as Charlie from 'Casualty' and Wally Batty (in pic 2) from 'Last of the Summer Wine'! Pics 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 are taken from roughly similar positions. Pic 3 was taken by Andy Wade who started the ball rolling getting them listed. #ww2 #pillbox #steeton #royalordnancefactory#incongruous #yorkshire #yanksfilm #wallybatty #joegladwin #steetonpillbox #pillbox #steetonfirepost A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 24, 2019 at 3:27pm PDT
Found it! Third pillbox in Steeton, squeezed between two new residential buildings. The two storey pillbox makes more sense when seeing this one as the tops of both are at the same level, with the taller one being further downhill. This pillbox appeared in the 1979 film 'Yanks' (pic 2) starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave as well as Charlie from 'Casualty' and Wally Batty (in pic 2) from 'Last of the Summer Wine'! Pics 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 are taken from roughly similar positions. Pic 3 was taken by Andy Wade who started the ball rolling getting them listed. #ww2 #pillbox #steeton #royalordnancefactory#incongruous #yorkshire #yanksfilm #wallybatty #joegladwin #steetonpillbox #pillbox #steetonfirepost
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 24, 2019 at 3:27pm PDT
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