Interesting I visited this place briefly only once whilst I was posted to RAF Buchan 98 to 91 lived at 1 Pusey Place overlooking Peterhead Harbour, the very first night after I arrived some prisoner from the Gaol up the hill escaped...turned out he just wanted a pint! They caught him in a nearby pub at Mintlaw where he told the barman to call the police. I was the last airman to do guard duty at Newton Farm Lodge, and had the pleasure of padlocking the gate after my shift finished one dark rainy night at 6pm. I remember guarding an empty camp for about an hour after the last person had left as I had to officially wait until 6pm to lock the gate for the last time. I was a communications UNITER techy working down the R3 Bunker up on the hill. The type 80 Radar was still in operation for a short while after I left. No disrespect but the locals were the most unfriendly people I have ever met.
Prolly 88-91 though... I grew up in the area in the 70s/80s and later served at Buchan 93-97, also lived in Pusey Place at the top of the hill. T80 was finally decomm'd in 93 iirc, just before I was posted there, and in Stores we still had original parts wrapped in greaseproof paper with manufacturing dates from 1952. As a kid, I remember the radar used to cause audible/visible interference on audio/television equipment every 30 seconds at our house about 3 miles away. My father still has audio recordings with the interference signature on them :) You're not wrong about the locals; it was a grim place to grow up.. My folks live not far from the airfield featured in this video, though not much remains any more unfortunately.
Interesting I visited this place briefly only once whilst I was posted to RAF Buchan 98 to 91 lived at 1 Pusey Place overlooking Peterhead Harbour, the very first night after I arrived some prisoner from the Gaol up the hill escaped...turned out he just wanted a pint! They caught him in a nearby pub at Mintlaw where he told the barman to call the police. I was the last airman to do guard duty at Newton Farm Lodge, and had the pleasure of padlocking the gate after my shift finished one dark rainy night at 6pm. I remember guarding an empty camp for about an hour after the last person had left as I had to officially wait until 6pm to lock the gate for the last time. I was a communications UNITER techy working down the R3 Bunker up on the hill. The type 80 Radar was still in operation for a short while after I left.
No disrespect but the locals were the most unfriendly people I have ever met.
Prolly 88-91 though... I grew up in the area in the 70s/80s and later served at Buchan 93-97, also lived in Pusey Place at the top of the hill. T80 was finally decomm'd in 93 iirc, just before I was posted there, and in Stores we still had original parts wrapped in greaseproof paper with manufacturing dates from 1952.
As a kid, I remember the radar used to cause audible/visible interference on audio/television equipment every 30 seconds at our house about 3 miles away. My father still has audio recordings with the interference signature on them :) You're not wrong about the locals; it was a grim place to grow up.. My folks live not far from the airfield featured in this video, though not much remains any more unfortunately.
Really nice set of photos! Thanks for sharing!
The pictures do not show how bleak and desolate the place was. Buchan was also a dump.
Very interesting, thank you for the video
Glad you like it!
I bought a house there which i was told was part of the raf peterhead hospital.
Where is yr house? I will tell if it was!