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Tuesday, 21st August 2007 by James Turnbull
Written on the ground beside the runway of an old World War 2 airfield is the most bizarre large type yet: “Garlic?!“. This airfield used to be RAF Hibaldstow, which has been inactive since 1947. Currently the site is used by a skydiving school, so I contacted them to ask if they’ve branched out into selling foodstuffs. The person I spoke to explained that they were not in the garlic…
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