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The highlighted areas in the plan above show the two cells we explored: Cell 4 (the large building) and Cell 3 (the smaller building below it):
Cell 3 from the first floor walkway looking west. I was further along when Tom shouted
Easternmost underground chamber of Cell 3 looking west
Southern tunnel under the testing chamber of Cell 3, walking west
Eastern view between Cell 4 and Cell 3 looking towards the Computer Building. We hid in the sumps and pipes to the right of shot, near the elevated section of Weir Road
North eastern corner of Cell 3 rising above the elevated Weir Road. The door we wrestled with was next to the ladder mounted on the building
One of our first views of Pyestock. The Air House can be seen in the background, then Cell 3 and finally Cell 4. Taken from the former ejector seat testing area
Walking across the fields to Pyestock
The northern perimeter fence
Eastern side of Cell 4 as seen from the former ejector seat testing area
Interior of Cell 3 looking west
Southern chamber under Cell 3 looking back eastward
Southern chamber under Cell 3 continuing westwards
Exhaust pipe array looking towards Number 10 Exhauster
Walkway between Cell 4 (right) and its office annex (left) with Brian's Bridge above. We climbed through the window into Cell 4 here
South eastern office on the ground floor of Cell 4
Interior of Cell 4 from crane gantry. Western view. The steps to the right give an indication of scale
Scrap metal from the 'Sahara' film set
Modifications to Cell 4 by the 'Sahara' set dressers included this gantry
Northern boundary of Pyestock looking east. The Anechoic Facility is on the left and the Bramshot Cooling Towers are on the right
Looking into the darkened testing chamber of Cell 3. A few months later and I would be standing inside it.