- Ludham
Ludham (population 1301 [Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ."] ) is a
village inNorfolk, England , inThe Broads , at the end of a dyke leading toWomack Water and flowing into theRiver Thurne . It lies to the east ofLudham Bridge on theRiver Ant .It is part of the
Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR , aNational Nature Reserve .The village gave its name to a
Ham class minesweeper ,HMS Ludham .RAF Ludham
Ludham was transferred from
No. 12 Group RAF to theAdmiralty on 24 August 1944 and occupied by theMobile Naval Airfields Organisation . RNAS Ludham was commissioned as HMS "Flycatcher", RNAS Ludham on 4 September under the command of the Senior Officer Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation.At Ludham the MNAO assembled and despatched the first fiveMobile Naval Air Bases (MONAB) and one "Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard" (TAMY). "Flycatcher" moved from Ludham toRAF Middle Wallop which was more advantageous to shipping the assembled units to theFar East . In return the RAF took Ludham on again. [ [http://www.btinternet.com/~faahistoryweb/Flycatcher-1.htm Flycatcher (1) Ludham ] ]Film Location
Ludham was one of the film locations for the 1954 movie "Conflict of Wings" starring John Gregson and Muriel Pavlow. Adapted from the novel by Don Sharp, the story takes place in a Norfolk country village where the locals decide to fight against a proposal to build a rocket range on a bird sanctuary. [ [http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/beaconsfield/filmography/1950/1954/001.html Britmovie (2)] ]
Filming took place in the village centre and shows many buildings and features (like the Bakers Arms pub and the very narrow main road through the village) which are no longer there.
A photograph showing filming and more information about Ludham can be accessed at the Ludham Community Archive website http://www.ludhamarchive.org.uk/nita.htm
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