{"id":5370,"date":"2015-03-08T17:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2025-09-26T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:59:46","slug":"lichfield-airfield-defences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/lichfield-airfield-defences\/","title":{"rendered":"Lichfield Airfield Defences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The snaps are self explanatory and are of the old air field at Lichfield now called called Fradley Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I stopped to take the initial Pillbox, I discovered one under the cover of the Canal Bridge. Since I was now dressed to go field walking, I only took them from the road. I then drove along the lane stopping, snapping, and starting off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dragons Teeth, have been removed. Turning right at the junction I could see that the field with the covered Pillbox was firm under foot, So I took a stroll. There were plenty of brambles and barbed wire around the entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As time went by, I realised that I had to make tracks. So I did not snap the old control tower, Camp gate way, etc. However, I did snap the Pillbox on the main A38 opposite Fradley Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"928a86\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #928a86;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"161\" data-id=\"11991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lichfield1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11991 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"4c677d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4c677d;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"161\" data-id=\"11992\" 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Jones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The snaps are self explanatory and are of the old air field at Lichfield now called called Fradley Park. When I stopped to take the initial Pillbox, I discovered one under the cover of the Canal Bridge. Since I was now dressed to go field walking, I only took them from the road. 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