- Killingholme
Killingholme is an area of
Lincolnshire , comprising the villages ofNorth Killingholme andSouth Killingholme . It is the site of two oil refineries, theHumber Refinery andLindsey Oil Refinery , and anliquid petroleum gas storage facility (180 metres underground). [http://www.conocophillips.co.uk/about/humber/index.htm] .It is also a fast expanding port, handling
RORO ferries fromBelgium andHoek van Holland , as well as car imports from mainland Europe and Korea. It was formerly the home of RAF 550 Squadron, which flew Lancaster bombers from North Killingholme airbase from early 1944 to October 1945. RAF 550 Squadron is credited with opening the D-day attack on 5th June, 1944 [http://www.550squadron.theraf.co.uk] .In the 1980s the area was one of several proposed by the British Government's nuclear body
NIREX for a disposal facility forradioactive waste .Fact|date=March 2007 This led to the village being featured in a sketch on thesatirical ITV comedy Spitting Image in which 'government advisors' wanted to put such sites in places like "...Killing Homes, Killing Animals, Killing People". After widespread protests at all proposed sites NIREX did not proceed with any such development.Fact|date=March 2007ee also
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North Killingholme
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