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Thurleigh
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A brief note about the area
A haunted Officers Mess Numerous ghosts haunt this old airfield |
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Thurleigh lies to the north of the county and has a parish population of 696 (as given in the 2001 Census). The village is a small compact one with groups of picturesque thatched, timber-framed cottages. The church, dedicated to St Peter, has a twelfth century tower and stands next to the remains of a mediæval motte and bailey castle. The name means 'at the wood/clearing' from the Old English aet thaere leage. In the Domesday Book the name is given as Lalega.
Keysoe Road has its share of ghosts, all related to the time when it was the administrative quarters used by the 306th Bombardment Group of the US Air Force. Later the site became an RAF officers' mess. Michael Cook was living in the mess whilst working for the Defence Research Agency. On numerous occasions he would hear footsteps outside his door after he had gone to bed. Every time he investigated there was no one there. When he talked about it with the other residents he was told “Oh yes! Didn't you know that the mess is haunted by an America airman?”
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The airfield has its share of ghosts, all related to the time when it was a wartime airfield occupied by the 306th Bombardment Group of the US Air Force. The site became part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment and because of this it was regularly patrolled by Ministry of Defence policemen. Patrols had repeatedly reported seeing wartime aircrew playing cards in a lighted hut. When they went round to the door to investigate they found the hut deserted and in darkness. One policeman, on patrol with his dog, spotted a man on a bicycle in the half-light of evening. The cyclist turned off towards a hanger so the policeman went round the other way to cut him off. But search where he might he could find no sign of the man or the bicycle.
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