Entering Cropwell Butler on Hardigate Road
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Entering Cropwell Butler on Hardigate Road
Image: © J.Hannan-Briggs Taken: 2 Feb 2013
In WWII a Starfish site was at Cropwell Butler - waste land deliberately set alight to lure bombers away from key targets. In May 1941 they bombed the Vale of Belvoir by mistake, thinking it was Nottingham, killing only livestock.
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Image Location
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52.930131
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-0.986565