Follingsby Lane, RAF Usworth decontamination unit

Follingsby Lane, RAF Usworth decontamination unit

HER Number
13409
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Follingsby Lane, RAF Usworth decontamination unit
Place
Usworth
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Decontamination Building
Site Type: Specific
Decontamination Building
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Oral Evidence
Description
This was a decontamination unit for 'for injured and uninjured servicemen'. The building was brick with a concrete roof and a tall square chimney. In the 1950s there were paragraphs of 'The theory of flight' written in chalk on the walls.
Easting
433620
Northing
559320
Grid Reference
NZ433620559320
Sources
Pers comm, Tom Scott, 7 October 2010